10th Grade - History Summer Assignment

CIVIL WAR Document Based Question

PART A - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS: This task is based on the accompanying documents (1- 5). Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of the task. The task is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. As you analyze the documents, take into account both the source of the document and the author's point of view. For part A, look at each document and answer the questions after each document. For part B, use your answers to the questions to help write a well-organized essay. If you have any questions please contact me at anmadhi@philasd.org

Documents Here: http://goo.gl/y1kpW

DOCUMENT 1 - Compromise of 1850

1. How were future new states to decide if they entered the Union as a free or slave state?

2. What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

3. How many slave states are there in 1850?

4. How many free states are there in 1850?

5. What evidence is there on the map to show a past compromise?

DOCUMENT 2 - Civil War Graphs

1. Using the Population graph, which section of the country had almost twice the number of people living there?  North or South?

2. Using the Number of Soldiers graph, which section of the country had almost twice the number of soldiers in their army? North or South?

3. Using the Number of Factories graph, what is the difference between the economies of the North and

South?

4. Using the Miles of Railroad Tracks graph, which section had a better railroad system to transport goods and supplies? North or South?

5. Using all the graphs, list 3 reasons and explain why the North would do better in a war against the South.

6. Explain why the information on this page is accurate or not accurate. Where could you look to verify the data?

DOCUMENT 3- Sectionalism (Differences between the North & South)

1. Describe the economy of the South. How did the people make a living? What did they need for this type of economy?

2. Describe the economy of the North. How did the people in North make a living? What did they need for this type of economy?

3. What is the difference between the Northern and Southern economies?

DOCUMENT 4 - Slavery

1. What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. Did many people read Uncle Tom's Cabin? Explain your answer.

3. What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have in the North? How did it make people feel about slavery?

DOCUMENT 5 - Lincoln's Election

1. Using Lincoln's 1860 campaign poster, what did the Republican party support?

2. What does the phrase "Free Territory" mean?

3. What part of the country would vote for Lincoln? Why?

4. Why would the election of Lincoln cause Southern states to leave the Union?

5. What did the South mean by the phrase "state's rights"?

                    CIVIL WAR Document Based Question
                          PART B - WRITTEN RESPONSE

DIRECTIONS:

•       Write a well organized essay that includes a strong introduction, body (topic and closing sentence for each paragraph), and conclusion that analyzes and interprets the assigned task

•       Use the information from the documents and the answers to the questions in Part A to support your response

•       Do not simply repeat the contents of the documents

•       Include details, examples or reasons to develop your ideas

•       Utilize specific related outside information (your knowledge of social studies)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:

After the Constitution was adopted by all of the States in 1789, uniting the States into one nation, differences between the States had been worked out through compromises. For more than 30 years arguments between the North and South had been growing. By 1861 these differences between the Northern States (which included the Mid-Western and Western States) and the Southern States had become so great that compromise would no longer work. Thus, a conflict started within our nation that was called the Civil War (1861-1865).

TASK:

Most historians agree that the Civil War was caused by series of events and growing differences between the States. Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded (withdrew) from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

PARAGRAPH	TOPIC
1	Introduction—Describe America pre-Civil War and why slavery is such a big issue
2	Reason #1 for secession; document support too
3	Reason #2 for secession; document support too
4	Reason #3 for secession; document support too
5	Conclusion—Sum up what you have learned and explain if you think the South was justified (right)for leaving the United States