The War Between the States

Introduction

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Task

 You will be presented with ten questions about the civil war and your goal is to search the worldwide web to find the correct answers to each one. Do not worry! You will not be blindly searching for the answers; this webquest will guide you to help you find the answers you seek. Good Luck, and remember, you were chosen because you are capable.

Process

There are ten questions, so the questions are 10 points each. You must answer all parts of each question.

1) In what year did the Civil War begin? In what year did it end?

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090322032633AASxc2y

2) About how many people died in the civil war? How many Union and how many Confederate?

http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-facts

3) List all the states that suceded from the Union, in the order in which the suceded and give the date of sucession for each state. 

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/secession_order.htm

4) What well known escaped slave led a raid to free slaves during the Civil War?

http://www.history.com/news/10-surprising-civil-war-facts

5) In Virginia, in the year 1862, Robert E. Lee and George McClellan fought a series of six battles in seven days which  were called what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25HHVDOaGeE

6) True or False? Before his assassination in 1865, there were other attempts to kill President Lincoln.

http://www.history.com/news/10-surprising-civil-war-facts

7) What did a woman have to do if she wanted to fight as a soldier during the Civil War?

http://www.historynet.com/women-in-the-civil-war

8) What did Confederate General Joseph Johnston call the Civil War?

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/

9) Who had more states for their cause? The Union or the Confederacy?

http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/map.html

10) What began as a result of the increase in wartime production and the development of new technologies?

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/USRA_Civ_War_Effects.htm

Evaluation

Each question is worth 10 points. You must have answered all of the question to get any credit.

All questions are correct and complete - 100 points(:

One question wrong - 90 points

Two questions wrong - 80 points

Three questions wrong - 70 points

Four questions wrong - 60 points

Five questions wrong - 50 points

Six questions wrong - 40 points

Any scores lower than this are failing, and you will be required to redo the WebQuest.

all scores will have an added +10 points for effort.

Conclusion

Hopefully you've been able to complete your task with a passing score, and so congratulations! My hope for you is that you walk away with some added knowledge of the civil war that you can apply to your everyday life, such as when you're playing Trivia Crack.

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