Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address.
Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip Bazaar.
Explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter. the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg. the Emancipation Proclamation. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.