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PERIOD 5:

1844-1877

PERIOD 5 SHORT HISTORIES

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really, Period 5?!

The first big battle of the Civil War, Bull Run, was a little too close for comfort for grocer Wilmer McLean, who lived nearby. So he packed up and moved across state to Appomattox. And it was there , 4 years later, that General Lee surrendered to General Grant in McLean's parlor, effectively ending the Civil War .

ROD'S PERIOD 2 LESSONS

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PERIOD 5 ARTIFACTS (aka, primary sources)

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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

President Lincoln delivers his famous speech at a critical point of the war, 1863.

LINCOLN ON SLAVERY

Lincoln on the illogic of slavery, 1850s.

SLAVERY AS A POSITIVE GOOD

Calhoun articulates a new defense of slavery, 1837.

ALABAMA SLAVERY CODE

Alabama passes a series of codes to prevent insurrections, 1833

MANIFEST DESTINY

America’s vision for the West is explained and justified, 1845.

GO DOWN MOSES

A slave song of hope, sung in the fields, 1800s.

SINGING OF FREEDOM

A slave song of hope, sung in the fields, 1800s.

CHARITY
ANDERSON

A woman recalls her living as a slave, 1837.

I FINALLY GOT RELIGION

A former slave explains the importance of Christianity, 1890.

THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN V. ABEL F. FITCH AND OTHERS

Prosecutor James Van Dyke, 1851.

SPECIAL REPORT
OF MR. JOSEPH WHITWORTH

1854

ABOLITIONIST THEODORE PARKER

Broadside poster, 1851

DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD

Supreme Court majority opinion, 1857.

FRAGMENT FROM SENTATE RACE SPEECH

Abraham Lincoln, circa 1857-58.

"WHAT SHALL THE SOUTH DO?"

Daily Herald, North Carolina newspaper, 1859

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