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1860 - 1877 Review with students the layout and purpose of a timeline. Be sure students understand how the flow of time is shown in this visual format. The dates shown in the answer key below are for your reference, and students do not need to list them on their timeline or the timeline guide. Timeline event guide, page 128 To help study the timeline, students should complete the "fill in the blanks" event guide using the word bank at the bottom of the page. It's a good small group project, with students sharing what they already know, and then using a textbook, online encyclopedia, or other resources to help them pick the correct answers. 1. Lincoln elected - 1860 (Nov.) ...Southern states to secede. 2. South Carolina secedes - 1860 (Dec.) ...the Confederacy was born. 3. C.S.A. formed - 1861 (Feb.) Jefferson Davis was president... 4. Fort Sumter shelled - 1861 (April) This event started the fighting... 5. Bull Run - 1861 (July) ...near Manassas, Virginia. 6. Monitor fights Virginia - 1862 (March) ...of these iron -covered ships... 7. Antietam - 1862 (Sept.) ...victory for the North. 8. Emancipation Proclamation - effective Jan. 1863 ...of the end of slavery. 9. Gettysburg - 1863 (July) ...was the turning point of... 10. Sherman's March - 1864-65 It destroyed large areas of... 11. Lee surrenders - 1865 (April) ...from the city of Richmond. 12. Lincoln assassinated - 1865 (April) ...at Ford's Theater, in... 13. 13th Amendment ratified - 1865 (Dec.) This amendment ended all... 14. Reconstruction Acts - 1867 (March) ...a system of military occupation... 15. Pres. Johnson impeached - 1868 (cleared in May) ...conviction by one vote... 16. 14th Amendment ratified - 1868 (July) ...made blacks citizens of... 17. 15th Amendment ratified - 1870 (March) ...gave black men the... 18. Amnesty Act passed - 1872 ...right to vote to most... 19. Last federal troops withdrawn - 1877 ...the end of Reconstruction. |
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