Civil War Review Sheet
1.
The causes of the Civil War – Major Essay Question! Do these causes justify the Civil War
a. State’s Rights vs. Federal Rights
b. Slavery
c. Difference in economies - North vs. South
2.
Know the difference between how the issue of slave states verses free states was settled in
each of the following pieces of legislation –
a. Missouri Compromise
b. Compromise of 1850
c. Kansas/Nebraska Act
3.
Events that intensified the disagreement over slavery – describe how.
a. Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
b. John Brown’s attack at Harper’s Ferry
c. Fugitive Slave Law
d. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Book Uncle Tom’s Cabin
4.
Abraham Lincoln as President
a. Forming of Republican Party - when
b. Secession of South Carolina - why
c. Goal of preserving the Union – meaning…
5.
Fighting of the War
a. New weaponry – old tactics
b. First shot fired beginning the Civil War–
c. Deadliest Battle
d. Turning point of War
e. Surrender
6.
General terms and identification
a. Clara Barton
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. 54th Massachusetts
d. Union Leaders – Grant, Sherman, Lincoln
e. Confederate Leaders – Lee, Jackson, Davis
f. Emancipation Proclamation – status of slaves in rebellion verses slaves in border
states
7.
Reconstruction Main Ideas
a. Lincoln’s Plan and why it did not happen
b. Radical Republicans plan of punishment
c. Resentment in the south
d. Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson - why
e. Civil War Amendments – 13, 14, 15 – African American representation in Congress
f. Rise of Segregation, Black Codes, Jim Cow, KKK
Options for short answer - significance
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Emotions intensify over the Slavery debate – Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, John Brown?
Advantages the north had over the south and how it helped them win the war.
Contrast Missouri Compromise and Kansas/Nebraska Act
Would things be different had Lincoln lived?
The situation of African Americans post Civil War – positive and negative.
Short Essay Questions
1. Causes of the Civil War – were they enough to go to war?
Make up of Test
60 points total
21 pts. 21 Multiple Choice
14 pts. 14 True and False
15 pts. 5 Short Answer
10 pts. 1 Short Essay