User-Created Content
By zachlowe1
On July 9, 2019
Bell Ringer: Southern Planter Class and the Civil War
Jemison Family
This clip discusses the effects of the Civil War on the prominent family from Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL).
Description
This bellringer explores the effects of the Civil War on the Jemisons, a prominent family from Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL).
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How does Mrs. Jemison's Day Book give insight into the Civil War's effects on the Southern Planter class?
- How was the concept of privacy in the home during the mid-1800s similar to/different from today?
- According to the clip, in what other ways was the family affected by the Civil War?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Civil War
- Confederate Army
- Embargo
- Grandeur
- Heiress
- Plantation
- Planter Class
- Secession
- Shortage
- Union Army