Unit 5 – The Nation Divides and Reunites

8th Grade Social Studies Project

You will make a Powerpoint Presentation on the Causes of the CIVIL WAR.

Your presentation needs to include 12 slides:

1. Different Needs (Page 314)

2. Forging a Compromise (Page 315)

3. Sectionalism Deepens (Page 318 – 319)

4. The Anti-Slavery Movement (Pages 320 – 324)

5. Role of Women (Pages 322 – 324)

6. Kansas – Nebraska Act. (page 325)

7. Violence erupts. (Pages 327 – 328)

8. Houses Divided (Page 330)

9. The Dred Scott Case. (Page 331)

10. Anti-Slavery Movement goes ahead. (Page 332)

11. ‘The Underground Railroad’. (Page 333)

12. The South seceeds. (Page 334 – 335)

GRADING :

Power Point Presentation - /20

Note-taking - /10

Graphics - /10

TOTAL - /40

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