Civil War from NEH

I just received this from the NEH for their Civil War items to help you in the classroom.

• An Early Threat of Secession The Missouri Compromise 1820
  Interactive map illustrating the geography, demography, and political division of the United States as a result of the Missouri Compromise over the issue of Slavery in 1820-21http://edsitement.neh.gov/student-resource/early-threat-secession-missouri-compromise-1820-1821 

Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America: A House Dividing

• Kansas Nebraska ActAn interactive political and demographic map of the U.S. in 1854 that allows users to see the economic, demographic, and political makeup of regions and states at the time. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular sovereignty allowed the settlers of a federal territory to decide the slavery question without interference from Congress.
  http://edsitement.neh.gov/student-resource/kansas-nebraska-act-interactive-map

Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America: A House Dividing

• Abraham Lincoln on the American UnionExplore this interactive timeline of Lincoln’s most famous speeches, and a little-known fragment on the Constitution and union’ to learn about the significance of Union to the future of American government.http://edsitement.neh.gov/student-resource/lincoln-american-union-word-fitly-spoken
  Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit Abraham Lincoln on the American Union
• On the Eve of the Civil WarA student interactive that uses a series of animated maps to summarize all the factors and statistics on the United States on the eve of the American Civil War. Click on the various tabs across the bottom of the interactive to bring up the different statistical maps.
• Meet the CommandersA comprehensive animated map showing the locations and travel routes of the major Civil War military campaigns. Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The American Civil War: A “Terrible Swift Sword”.
• Battles of the Civil War Campaign Map A comprehensive animated map showing the locations and travel routes of the major Civil War military campaigns. Accompanies EDSITEment curriculum unit: The American Civil War: A “Terrible Swift Sword”.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/student-resource/american-civil-war-eve-war

Accompanies the curriculum unit The American Civil War