AP United States History

Timeline # 6: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861 – 1877) Last Revised 10/27/11

IMPORTANT NOTE: The new edition of the Kennedy text has completely re-designed the Civil War chapter. We will skip around somewhat, especially with Kennedy’s Chapter 21. Follow this timeline closely!

Date	Daily Topic Material Covered	Readings and Assignments due for the day
Tuesday 11/8/11 (D) Wednesday 11/9/11 (E)	The Civil War 150 Years Later (seminar discussion of the study of the war and slavery in today’s society)
Pre-Unit	Please review the “Advantages and Disadvantages” handout posted online, as well as Kennedy’s Ch. 20	Kennedy, Chapter 20 AMSCO, 265-268 (Ch. 14) Complete the online review questions for Kennedy Ch. 20 and submit via e-mail by Thursday 11/17
Thursday 11/10/11 Session 1	“Setting up for war” War Goals; The Anaconda Plan Confederate Nation Building First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas): July 21, 1861 War in the West: Forts Henry and Donelson	Kennedy, pages 481-482 (1^st Bull Run) AMSCO, 270-271 (Grant-West) Kennedy, pages 494-495 (Grant-West)
Monday 11/14/11 Session 2	“Disasters and Organization of 1862” Political responses to Grant in the West McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign Shenandoah Valley Campaign (Stonewall Jackson) Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) War at Sea: Merrimack v. Monitor Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg	Kennedy, 483-487 (Peninsular to Antietam) Kennedy, 492 (Fredericksburg/2^nd Bull Run) AMSCO, 269 – 271
Tuesday 11/15/11 (D) Wednesday 11/16/11 (E) Session 3	MAP QUIZ (Kennedy 20, 21; the South) “Confiscation, Emancipation, and Diplomacy: A War for Freedom” Confiscation Acts; Emancipation; Freedmen’s Bureau; The 13^th Amendment (Pres DVD: Lincoln – begin)	Kennedy, 488-492 (Emancipation) Kennedy, 506-507 (Nationalism) AMSCO, 271 - 274 Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
Thursday 11/17/11 (D) Friday 11/18/11 (E) Session 4	Finish material from previous session “The Fruits of Hard War Strategy” Battle of Vicksburg (and Jackson, MS) Battle of Gettysburg Chickamauga and Chattanooga (the West) Problems in the Confederate home front	Online assignment for Kennedy 20 due Kennedy, 492-494 (Gettysburg) Kennedy, 495-497 (Vicksburg/West) AMSCO, 274 – 276 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Thursday 11/17/11 (E) Friday 11/18/11 (D)	In-Class DBQ Essay: Bring your DBQ copy and rubric to class with your handwritten notes.
Monday 11/21/11 Session 5	Finish material from previous session “Politics of War and the Election of 1864” Grant in Command: The Overland Campaign Sherman’s March and the War from West to East Peace Democrats and Copperheads Election of 1864: Lincoln vs. McClellan Civil liberties and conscription	Review Kennedy’s Chapter 20 on civil liberties and conscription Online document assignment due (submit to mbroach@bishopkenny.org; follow all instructions in the activity) Kennedy, 497-498 (Sherman to the Sea) Kennedy, 499-501 (Politics/Election) Kennedy, 502-504 (Grant/Overland Camp) AMSCO, 276 - 281
Tuesday 11/22/11 (D) Wednesday 11/23/11 (E)**	Additional Activity / Review Day
Thanksgiving Holidays
Monday 11/28/11 Session 6	“The End of the War and the Fall of the Captain” Final Union campaign and Lee’s surrender at Appomatox Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Begin Reconstruction (Presidential plans, Congressional opposition)	Kennedy, 504-509 Historiography: Kennedy, 511; AMSCO, 280-281 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain!
Tuesday 11/29/11 (D) Wednesday 11/30/11 (E) Session 7	SEMINAR: “The Reconstruction Ordeal” Reconstruction during the War; Lincoln/Johnson Radical (Congressional) Plans Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction	Kennedy, chapter 22 (all: p. 513-535) AMSCO, chapter 15 (all) Historiography: Kennedy, 534-535; AMSCO, 302-303
Thursday 12/1/11	Finish Reconstruction / Wrap-up & Review Will also discuss the emergence of the “New South” to start Unit 7	Online assignment for Kennedy 22 due (Same as before – do online quiz questions, submit via e-mail)
Friday 12/2/11	Examination # 6	Online Submission Format: e-mail: mbroach@bishopkenny.org subject: Last Name F Ch #
Monday 12/5/11	BEGIN UNIT 7 MATERIAL New South and Politics in the Gilded Age	Kennedy, Ch. 23
Tuesday 12/6/11 (D) Wednesday 12/7/11 (E)	Finish Gilded Age Politics and the New South	Kennedy, Ch. 23
Thursday 12/8/11 *D mod after the Bishop’s Mass	Midterm Review: Units 1-3
Friday 12/9/11	Midterm Review: Units 1-6
Monday 12/12/11	Midterm Review: Skills
Thursday 12/15/11	Midterm Exam

Research Paper due no later than Friday, December 2, 2011 by 10:00 PM (online)