Standard - SS8H6: The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
Element a.:
Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska
Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
Standard - SS8E1: The student will give examples of the kinds of goods and services produced in Georgia in different historical periods.
Standard - SS8E2: The student will explain the benefits of free trade.
Element a.: Describe how Georgians have engaged in trade in different historical time periods.
Slavery
States’ Rights
Nullification
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850 and the
Georgia Platform
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
Election of 1860
Debate Over Secession in GA
Role of Alexander Stephens
E.Q. – What key events contributed to deepening unrest and hostility in antebellum America?
E.Q. – What key events were significant to the Civil War?

Differences
Identification
Who? and/or What?
Context
When? and/or Where?
Connections
Why and/or How? Explain its connection to the
GPS, its impact on GA, and/or the “big picture”.
Why did the North and South differ on the issue of slavery?
Slavery
States’ Rights
How did the issue of slavery help lead to the Civil War?
How did the issue of States’ Rights help lead to the Civil War?
Nullification
Missouri Compromise
How did the issue of nullification help lead to the Civil War?
How did the Missouri Compromise help lead to the Civil War?

Compromise of 1850 and
The Georgia Platform
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
Abolitionists
How did the Compromise of 1850 help lead to the Civil War?
The Georgia Platform, which convinced
GA’s citizens to support the
Compromise of 1850, was the result of the work of what three men?
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act help lead to the Civil War?
How did the Dred Scott Supreme Court case help lead to the Civil War?
Who were three prominent
Abolitionists?

Slaves and Freed Blacks
Election of 1860
Debate Over Secession in Georgia
Role of Alexander Stephens
Trade During Antebellum Georgia
How did the slaves and Freed Slaves contribute to the start of the Civil War?
How did the presidential election of
1860 help lead to the Civil War?
How did the debate over secession in
Georgia help lead to the Civil War?
Why did Georgia ultimately make the decision to secede from the Union?
What role did Alexander Stephens play in the debate over secession in Georgia?
After Georgia seceded from the Union, what role did Alexander Stephens play in the Confederacy?
Why was trade so important to Georgia during the Antebellum period?

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Essential Question #1: What key events contributed to deepening unrest and hostility in antebellum America?
Essential Question #2: What key events were significant to the Civil War?