11th Grade US History End of Course Exam *Study Guide
2013-14
STANDARD 2: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION - Understand the causes, course, and consequences
of the Civil War and Reconstruction and its effects on the American people.
TESTED BENCHMARK: SS.912.A.2.1
Review causes and consequences of the Civil War.
Also Assesses:
SS.912.A.2.2 Assess the influence of significant people or groups on Reconstruction.
SS.912.A.2.3 Describe the issues that divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction era.
SS.912.A.2.4 Distinguish the freedoms guaranteed to African Americans and other groups with the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments to the Constitution.
SS.912.A.2.5 Assess how Jim Crow Laws influenced life for African Americans and other racial/ethnic minority groups.
SS.912.A.2.6 Compare the effects of the Black Codes and the Nadir on freed people, and analyze the sharecropping
system and debt peonage as practiced in the United States.
SS.912.A.2.7 Review the Native American experience.
Note to educator: The items in this study guide are representative of the information contained in the “U.S. History Endof-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications” created by the Florida Department of Education and serves to provide
information about the scope and function of the end-of-course assessment. The benchmarks serve as the objectives to
which the test items are written. There may be additional guidelines or restrictions located in the individual benchmark
specifications. The study guide was created to assist educators in remediating students that do not meet proficiency
standards. Based on data results, teachers may assign all or portions of the guide to best meet the needs of the
individual student. Florida Department of Education US History Test Items Specifications may be located at
http://fcat.fldoe.org/eoc/pdf/FL09Sp_US_History.pdf.
*Items with an asterisk (*) represent the Higher Order Questions contained on the Task Cards created by Lake County Schools, Florida.
Student Directions: In your own words, fully explain each of the phrases, people, or events below. Include
as many details as possible to create an answer that will truly assist in studying for the end of course exam.
Compromise of
1850
Fugitive Slave
Act
Dred Scott
Decision
KansasNebraska Act
1862
Homestead Act
Freeport
Doctrine
Emancipation
Proclamation
Ostend
Manifesto
11th Grade US History End of Course Exam *Study Guide
Gettysburg
Address
Anaconda Plan
13th
Amendment
14th
Amendment
15th
Amendment
Civil Rights Act
of 1866
African
American
Migration
Jim Crow Laws
Radical
Reconstruction
Nadir
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Freedmen’s
Bureau
Abraham
Lincoln
Jefferson
Davis
Ulysses S.
Grant
Robert E.
Lee
Sharecropping
Benchmark Clarifications
2013-14
11th Grade US History End of Course Exam *Study Guide
2013-14
Describe the causes and the consequences of the Civil War.
What role did the concept of compromise contribute to causes leading to the Civil War? Explain
Identify and/or evaluate the causes and consequences of the Civil War.
Identify the economic, political, and/or social causes of the Civil War.
Identify the economic, political and/or social consequences of Reconstruction.
Identify and/or categorize the influence of significant people or groups on Reconstruction.
Describe the issues that divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction period.
Describe the significance and/or impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Describe how Jim Crow Laws circumvented the meaning and intent of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Analyze and/or explain the various components of Jim Crow legislation and its effect on Southern minorities.
11th Grade US History End of Course Exam *Study Guide
2013-14
Identify settlement patterns in the American West, the reservation system, and/or the tribulations of the Native
Americans from 1865-1890
*HIGHER ORDER QUESTIONS
Directions: In your own words, fully answer the questions below. Include as many details as possible to create
an answer that will truly assist in studying for the end of course exam.
*Items with an asterisk (*) represent the Higher Order Questions contained on the Task Cards created by Lake County Schools, Florida.
What role did the concept of compromise contribute to causes leading to the Civil War?
How would you compare and contrast the goals of the Radical and Moderate Reconstructivists?
How did Constitutional changes impact democratic ideals after the Civil War?
How did major political parties and leaders influence controversial social and economic ideals before and after
the Civil War?
11th Grade US History End of Course Exam *Study Guide
2013-14
How did the Civil War and Reconstruction impact the Presidency?
What role did the prewar social and cultural differences in the North and South play in causing the Civil War?
How did American settlement patterns impact Native Americans from 1865 to 1890?