| The Civil War and Reconstruction |
| PRINTABLE HANDOUTS |
| Causes and Effects - Blank Charts |
| Causes and Effects - "American Civil War" - Short-term and long-term causes and effects chart |
| Crossword Puzzles |
| Crossword Puzzle - "Reconstruction" - Includes word bank |
| DBQs: Document-Based Questions |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources: "The Emancipation Proclamation" Abraham Lincoln (1863) |
| Readings with Questions |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Secession and Civil War" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Western Advance, Eastern Stalemate" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Gettysburg to Appomattox" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "With Malice toward None" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Radical Reconstruction" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The End of Reconstruction" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Civil War and New Patterns of American Politics" |
| T-Charts - Blank Forms for Students to Complete |
| T-Chart - "Radical Reconstruction" - Short- and long-term gains and losses chart |
| T-Chart - "Strengths and Weaknesses: North against South" |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Civil War" |
| Word Search Puzzles |
| Word Search Puzzle - "The Reconstructed Nation" |
| Writing Exercises |
| Writing Exercises - "The American Civil War" |
| Writing Exercises - "Reconstruction" |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| GAMES & TEST PREP |
| Click here for our large inventory of American History test-prep review games and practice tests. |
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| MAPS & PICTURES |
| Click here to view our History galleries. |
| Click here to see our Geography materials. |
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| POWERPOINTS |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (1861) |
| Emancipation Proclamation (1863) |
| Gettysburg Address (1863) |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
| The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War University of Virginia Civil War Archive |
| Clara Barton National Historic Site Flash Player Presentation (National Park Service) |
| Abraham Lincoln - PDF Biography Workbook at CurrClick |
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