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Presidential biography questions limited to information from the following link: www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

Franklin Pierce
James Buchanen
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford Hayes

Inaugural addresses (including introductory commentary) limited to information from the following link: www.bartleby.com/124/

James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln (first and second)
Ulysses Grant (first and second)
Rutherford Hayes

Amendments 13, 14, 15:  www.civil-war.net/pages/bill_of_rights.asp

Missouri Compromise
          Source of complete text:  www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833427.html
          Related information:  www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=22&page=transcript

Kansas Nebraska Act
          Source of complete text:  http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Kansas-Nebraska_Act_%5BFull_Text%5D
          Related information:  www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0827030.html

Compromise of 1850
          Source of complete text:  http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=668
          Related information:  www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813116.html

Georgia Declaration of Secession:  www.civil-war.net/pages/georgia_declaration.asp

Texas Declaration of Secession:  www.civil-war.net/pages/texas_declaration.asp

Mississippi Declaration of Secession:  www.civil-war.net/pages/mississippi_declaration.asp

Constitution of the Confederate States of America:  www.civil-war.net/pages/confederate_constitution.asp

Emancipation Proclamation:  www.civil-war.net/pages/emancipation_proclamation.asp

Fugitive Slave Act:  www.civil-war.net/pages/fugitive_slave_act.asp

THE U.S. CIVIL WAR -- General Knowledge resources: draft list (5/6/09)
This information will be used for the first portion of the test. Terms, locations, concepts, etc. will be provided in the 2009-10 Study Guide.

• The History Place Website / Timeline with additional links to related terms and concepts
  http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
  
  
• Information related to the Civil War from the History Channel Website
  http://www.history.com/content/civilwar
  
  
• United States Military Academy maps of the Civil War
  http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/american_civil_war/index.htm
  
  
• The American Civil War Homepage website with multiple links to useful information
  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
  
  
• National Park Service Civil War website - link ”about the Civil War’ connects to a timeline
  http://cwar.nps.gov/civilwar/civilwar.htm
  
  
• Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
  http://www.historyofwar.org/subject_american_civil_war.html#wars
  
  
• The Civil War Home Page - multiple links, extensive database
  http://www.civil-war.net/
  
  
• Multiple links for valuable information
  http://www.vlib.us/eras/civil_war.html
  
  
• Helpful suggestions for research
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/uscw_rec_links/tips.html

RUBRIC for the Social Studies Essay