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Ch 1. Life in 19th Century America {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[14522].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - American Political, Religious & Personal Identity in the Early 19th Century	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14523].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14523].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - America's Demographic Changes in the Early 1800s	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14525].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14525].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - Secession of the Southern States: Causes & Timeline	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14347].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14347].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Creation of the Confederacy: Leadership & Goals	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14349].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14349].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - The Battle of Fort Sumter & the Start of the Civil War	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6165].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6165].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - Civil War Begins: Northern and Southern Advantages Compared	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1464].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1464].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - The First Battle of Bull Run: Civil War Blood is Shed	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1465].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1465].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 8 - The Battle of Ball's Bluff: Summary & Political Ramifications	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14356].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14356].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 9 - Slavery in Early America: Characteristics & Opposition	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14524].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14524].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 10 - Economic Developments in the North: A Commercial Revolution	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1444].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1444].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 11 - Life in the South: Ordered Society and Economy of the Southern States	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1446].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1446].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 2. Rising Tension Over Slavery {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[14448].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - Henry Clay and the Missouri Compromise of 1820	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1430].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1430].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - The Mexican-American War, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo & the Wilmot Proviso	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1454].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1454].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - President Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2419].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2419].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - Abolitionist Movement: Important Figures in the Fight to End Slavery	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1448].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1448].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - Bloody Kansas: Causes, Effects and Summary of Events	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1459].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1459].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - Dred Scott v. Sanford: Case Summary & Decision	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14449].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14449].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry: Fighting Slavery	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1461].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1461].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 3. The Political Situation in 1860 {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[13852].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - The Birth of the Republican Party: Contributing Factors & Platform	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13853].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13853].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - Abraham Lincoln: Presidency, Accomplishments & Assassination	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13854].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13854].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - The 1860 Democratic National Convention: The Party Splits	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13855].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13855].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Election of 1860: Definition, Summary, Candidates & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13856].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13856].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 4. The War in 1862 {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[11616].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - President Lincoln's Cabinet: Members & Dynamics	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11617].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11617].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - President Davis' Cabinet: Members & Dynamics	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11618].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11618].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - Comparing the Union and Confederate Armies: Policies & Members	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11619].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11619].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Anaconda Plan: Civil War Strategy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11620].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11620].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - General McClellan, the Army of Potomac & the Peninsula Campaign	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11621].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11621].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - The Blockade and Blockade Runners During the Civil War: Definition & Purpose	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11622].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11622].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - The Battle of Hampton Roads: Summary, Causes & Consequences	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11623].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11623].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 8 - The Battle of Shiloh: Conflict, Outcome & Generals Involved	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11624].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11624].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 9 - The Fight for the Mississippi River in 1862: Summary & History	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11625].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11625].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 10 - The Second Battle of Bull Run: Summary & Facts	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11626].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11626].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 11 - The Battle of Antietam: Conflict, Outcome & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11627].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11627].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 12 - The Battle of Fredericksburg: Summary, Timeline & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11628].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11628].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 13 - The Emancipation Proclamation: Creation, Context and Legacy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1467].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1467].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 14 - The Civil War West of the Mississippi River: Summary & Major Events	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11629].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11629].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 15 - Britain and France Respond to the American Civil War	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11630].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[11630].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 5. The War Continues: 1863 {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[12681].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - Casualties of the Civil War: Statistics & Causes	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12682].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12682].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - The Role of Women in the Civil War	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12683].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12683].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - African Americans in the Civil War: History & Facts	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12684].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12684].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Politics of War: Legislation & Executive Actions	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12685].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12685].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - The Effect of War on Civilians in the United States: The Impact on Daily Life & the Economy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12686].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12686].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - Civilian Reaction in the Confederacy to the War: The Impact on Daily Life & the Economy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12687].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12687].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - The Battle of Stones River: Summary & Outcome	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12688].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12688].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 8 - The Battle of Chancellorsville: Summary & Outcome	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14526].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14526].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 9 - Battle of Gettysburg: Summary & Outcome	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14527].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14527].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 10 - Control of the Mississippi: the Fall of Vicksburg and Capture of Port Hudson	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12689].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12689].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 11 - The Fight for Tennessee: Battles at Chickamauga, Chattanooga & Knoxville	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12690].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[12690].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 6. The Tide of War Shifts: 1864 {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[13456].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - General Ulysses S. Grant Takes Charge: His Strategic Plan for Ending the War	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13457].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13457].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - The Wilderness Campaign: Summary & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13458].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13458].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - The Battle of Spotsylvania: Summary & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13459].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13459].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Battle of Cold Harbor: Events & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13465].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13465].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - The Siege of Petersburg: Summary, Timeline & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13460].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13460].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - Shenandoah Valley Campaigns: Summary, Timeline & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13461].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13461].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign: Summary & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13466].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13466].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 8 - The Battle of Mobile Bay: Summary & Significance	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13462].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13462].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 9 - The Politics of 1864: President Abraham Lincoln is Re-Elected	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13464].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13464].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 10 - The Battle of Nashville: Summary & Outcome	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13463].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[13463].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 11 - Sherman's March to the Sea	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1471].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1471].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 7. Conclusion of the Civil War: 1865 {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[14073].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - The Last 100 Days of the Civil War: Goals & Actions	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14074].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14074].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - The Fall of Richmond: The Capital of the Confederacy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14075].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14075].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - General Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse: Terms & Conditions	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14076].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14076].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln: Facts, Failed Plots & Motivation	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14077].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14077].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - The End of the Civil War: Summary & Timeline	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14078].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14078].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - The Costs of the Civil War: Human, Economic & Cultural	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14079].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14079].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Ch 8. Reconstruction After the Civil War {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[14518].percentComplete}}% complete

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Lesson 1 - President Lincoln's Legacy: Plans for a Reconstructed Union	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1474].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1474].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 2 - President Andrew Johnson: Attempts to Continue Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1475].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1475].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 3 - The Radical Republican Plan for Reconstruction: The Reconstruction Acts & Civil Rights Act	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14519].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14519].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 4 - The Reconstruction Amendments: The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1478].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1478].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 5 - The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Conflict Between President and Congress	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1476].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1476].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 6 - Reconstruction in the South: Positive & Negative Effects	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14520].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14520].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 7 - Reconstruction's Effects on African Americans: Politics, Education and Economy	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1479].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1479].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Lesson 8 - The Redeemers: Definition & History	Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14521].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14521].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
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Earn professional development credits to renew your history teaching license with the Civil War and Reconstruction for Teachers. Brush up on Civil War and Reconstruction topics so you can better teach U.S. history, political science, and other history topics. Learn on your own schedule and at your own pace. You can complete this course in under two weeks - perfect for teachers who need to earn history credits in a hurry!

Watch engaging video lessons about slavery and the Civil War.
Check your knowledge of things like the Mexican-American War and President Lincoln's cabinet with practice quizzes and exams.
Ask clarification questions from our expert history instructors.
Earn 3 college credits by taking the DSST Civil War and Reconstruction exam.

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The Civil War and Reconstruction for Teachers is ideal for any teachers looking to earn credits to use toward licensure renewal. The flexible, self-paced format makes it easy to fit your studies into a busy schedule. The course is fully online, so you can study anytime, anywhere. This course also benefits:

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Practice Makes Perfect: Quizzes and practice exams let you review Civil War and Reconstruction terminology and key concepts and track what you've mastered.
Quick and Flexible: Learn on your own schedule and on any device. You could earn history credits in less than two weeks.

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Course Plan for Earning Credit in Less Than Two Weeks

Follow this course plan if you want to complete the Civil War and Reconstruction for Teachers and be ready to earn transferable credit in less than two weeks. For each chapter assignment, take all of the lesson quizzes and the practice chapter exam at the end of each chapter. If you miss any questions, review the video lesson to master the concept.

Day	Assignment	What You'll Learn
Day 1	Chapter 1	Life in 19th Century America (slavery in early America, economic developments in the North, life in the South)
Day 2	Chapter 2	Rising Tension Over Slavery (the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Mexican-American War, the abolitionist movement, Bloody Kansas, Dred Scott v. Sanford)
Day 3	Chapter 3	The Political Situation in 1860 (the birth of the Republican party, the 1860 Democratic National Convention, the election of 1860)
Day 4	Chapter 4	The Civil War Unfolds: 1861 (secession of the southern states, creation of the Confederacy, the Battle of Fort Sumter, the First Battle of Bull Run)
Day 5	Chapter 5	The War in 1862 (President Lincoln's cabinet, comparing the Union and Confederate armies, the Anaconda Plan, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Emancipation Proclamation)
Day 6	Chapter 6	The War Continues: 1863 (casualties of the Civil War, the role of women in the Civil War, the politics of war, the Battle of Gettysburg)
Day 7	Chapter 7	The Tide of War Shifts: 1864 (Grant's plan for ending the war, the Battle of Cold Harbor, the Battle of Nashville, Sherman's March to the Sea)
Day 8	Chapter 8	Conclusion of the Civil War: 1865 (the last 100 days of the Civil War, the assassination of President Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox courthouse)
Day 9	Chapter 9	Reconstruction After the Civil War (Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, the Reconstruction Amendments, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the Redeemers)
Day 10	Final Exam	Take the practice final exam to see what you've mastered and make sure you are ready to earn credit for the Civil War and Reconstruction

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