End of Civil War and Reconstruction: 5th Grade

Students in the 5th grade have wrapped up their exploration of the Civil War and are looking at the aftermath including Reconstruction. Sudents will be reviewing vocabulary and a studying and revising a timeline created earlier in teh week in order to focus on the most significant events of the war. Students should be able to explain or briefly describe the following events:

Lincoln Elected
South Carolina secedes
Confederacy Formed
Fort Sumter
Upper South Secedes
Antietam (the bloodiest day)
Gettysburg
Emacipation Proclamation
Capture of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Appomattox Cout House
Lincoln's Assasination
Juneteenth