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Your students, using this Jackdaw, will understand the significance of secession as a major cause of the Civil War, in addition to the issue of slavery. Hands-on historical documents — Lee’s letter about joining the Confederacy, notes from a slave, Lincoln’s memos, a map of the states in 1860 — help students explore secession and its many ramifications for the nation. Historians: National Historical Publications and Records Commission - Editor, Mary A. Giunta, Compiler, Burt Knauft. Please see professional book: B 96732 for ideas to support teaching and learning with Jackdaw primary sources. IL 8-12. The contents of this Jackdaw feature: Broadsheets What Is Secession? Right of States to Secede from the Union Slavery — An Issue That Divided the Union “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand” The Significance and Consequences of the Civil War Comparison: United States and Confederate Constitutions Timeline: 1607-1870 Historical Documents U.S. map illustrating seceding and border states, 1860-61. Newspaper article on South Carolina’s secession from the Union, New York Daily Tribune, December 1860. Secession gallery — 17 annotated illustrations and photos of the turmoil, 1852-67. Ulysses S. Grant’s letter to Frederick Dent on the coming war and slavery, April 1861. Letter from Robert E. Lee to his sister about his decision to join the Confederacy, April 1861. Jefferson Davis’ inaugural address and rationale for secession and establishment of the Confederacy. February 1862. Letter and list of slaves from a former slaveholder, May 1862. Abraham Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley describing Lincoln’s policy on the war and slavery, August 1862. Certificate of Freedom for slave “Augustus,” September 1862. Testimony from former slaveholder to Freedman’s Inquiry Commission, November 1863. Letter from James Herney, a black soldier, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, May 1866. Pictures and descriptions of 14 famous and important people during secession and the Civil War. Study Guide / Lesson Plan – Reproducible Activities | |