Unit 8: The Civil War

Was the Civil War a righteous judgement for America’s embrace of slavery?

Introduction

1 | Did slavery cause the Civil War?
Slavery

2 | Did westward expansion cause the Civil War?
Westward Expansion

3 | Could American leaders have prevented the Civil War?
Political Failures

4 | Could the South have won the Civil War?
Fighting the War

5 | What did the war mean?
The Meaning of the War

6 | The Union won the war, but who won the peace?
Reconstruction

Conclusion

Unit Review

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