Why did the nation tear itself apart, and what did Reconstruction try to rebuild?
- Can you explain the Civil War without following the money?
- What do cotton, tariffs, and enslaved labor add that “North vs. South” leaves out?
- What did Reconstruction promise, and what happened to those promises?
Signature project: Causation analysis — students build an evidence-based claim about why the war came, using economic, political, and personal sources together.
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Middle School