I.B.8.7

Explain the course and consequences of the civil war and how it divided people in the United States, to include:<ol type="a"><li>contributions and significance of key figures (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant)</li><li>major turning points in the civil war, including Gettysburg; unique nature of the civil war (e.g., impact of Americans fighting Americans, high casualties caused by disease and type of warfare, widespread destruction of American property)</li><li>role of African Americans; purpose and effect of the emancipation proclamation</li></ol>