This Civil War PowerPoint gives an overview of causes, sides/leaders, battles, and outcomes of the American Civil War. The slides are broken down as follows:
 
Intro (3 slides)
with table of contents, standards, 16 key terms
 
Causes (15 slides)
with a writing assignment around 12 causes of the civil war, each with explanations and visuals (Constitution, Missouri Compromise, Abolition Movement, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Election of 1860, Secession, Northern desire to maintain the Union, Attack on Fort Sumter)
 
Sides and Leaders (15 slides)
with a map worksheet, intro to North and South perspectives, Lincoln (Debates with Douglas, film text included!), Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Copperheads
 
Battles (15 slides)
maps, total war concept, ironclads, Bull Run, photography, Seven Days' Battle, Antietam, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg Address translating worksheet, Vicksburg
 
Outcomes (15 slides)
Ken Burns quote, explanation of Northern victory, Clara Barton, Massachusetts 54th, Railroad, industrial output, finance statistics North vs. South, Death Tolls, Emancipation Proclamation, 13th, 14th, 15th amendments, Glory Video questions, Glory writing prompts, Civil War Timeline worksheet