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Material:
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Crisis at Fort Sumter
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| Submitted by: |
William Paquette on Aug 30, 2007 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Aug 30, 2007 |
| Title: |
Crisis at Fort Sumter |
| Description: |
Crisis at Fort Sumter goes through the process followed by President Abraham Lincoln as he decided whether or not to attack and retain Fort Sumter in the recently seceded state of South Carolina. |
| Type of Task: |
Individual,
Student-centered,
Supplemental Activity,
Unsupervised
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| Time Required |
5-7 hours |
| Topics: |
United States History
The Civil War |
| Course: |
United States History |
| Audience: |
College General Ed,
College Lower Division,
College Upper Division,
High School
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
None. |
| Learning Objectives: |
To acquaint students with a deeper understanding of the events leading to the bombardment of Fort Sumter. |
| Technical Notes: |
None. |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
CLICK "go to material." Navigate the site. Search: Background, Dilemmas of Compromise, Lincoln's Inaugural Address, Initial Problems of Forts Pickens and Sumter, Hesitation and Decision, Final Order, and And the War Came.
Write a 7-9 page paper answer the following questions: 1) Could the attack on Fort Sumter have been avoided?, 2) At what stages of Lincoln's decision making proces could the attck on Fort Sumter been replaced by an alternative and what were the alternatives?, 3) Do you agree with Lincoln's decision to attack Fort Sumter? Explain why or why not. |
| Assessment: |
7-9 page paper. |
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