Unit 6 Test Guide

Honors American History

Unit 6- The Civil War

Test Guide

Ch. 11

People to know…

-       Abraham Lincoln

-       Jefferson Davis

-       Stonewall Jackson

-       George McClellan

-       Ulysses S. Grant

-       Robert E. Lee

-       Edward Everett

-       William Tecumseh Sherman

-       John Wilkes Booth

Ch. 11, Sect 1: The Civil War Begins

-       How did Lincoln handle the situation at Fort Sumter? Who fired the first shots? Why did Lincoln not fire the first shots?

-       What was Lincoln’s response to the attack at Fort Sumter?

-       Strengths of the North? South?

-       Identify the war strategies of the North (including the Anaconda Plan)

-       What was significant about the First Battle of Bull Run?

-       Identify the new types of weapons used in the Civil War

-       Summarize the events and effects of the Battle of Antietam

Ch. 11, Sect 2: The Politics of War

-       Why was the Union fighting the war?

-       What was Lincoln’s stance about slavery at the beginning of the war?

-       Identify the Emancipation Proclamation. Effect?

-       How did Lincoln restrict rights and liberties during the Civil War? Include habeas corpus and conscription.

-       How did New York City respond to the draft?

Ch. 11, Sect 3: Life During Wartime

-       How did the war affect the economies of the North and South?

Ch. 11, Sect 4:

-       Summarize the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Include events of the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd days.

-       Identify the outcome and effects of the Battle of Gettysburg.

-       Explain the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg.

-       Identify the purpose of the Gettysburg Address.

-       Explain the effects of the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg on Confederate morale.

-       What happened in the election of 1864? What was Lincoln’s party? Opponents and their parties?

-       When and where did the Confederates officially surrender? What were the terms?

Ch. 11, Sect 5: The Legacy of War

-       Identify the political changes as a result of the war

-       Identify the economic changes as a result of the war, including the National Bank Act

-       Identify the 13^th amendment

-       Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Lincoln?

Unit 5- The Civil War

Your task is to summarize the steps leading up to the Civil War by answering the question below...

During the 1850s in America, how did issues with expansion, slavery and politics lead to the outbreak of the Civil War?

Value: 35 points
Due: Monday, Nov. 25

Note: Any form of plagiarism will result in the grade of a zero. Although you will need to refer to your textbook and internet sources, you must paraphrase.

Refer to the list at the bottom of the page to see topic links to help you with your supporting details.

The format will be a five paragraph essay..

Paragraph 1: Introduction (6-7 sentences)

• Set the stage; include the time period (1850s); mention other events of the Antebellum Era that increased the tension between the North and the South.
• Include a thesis statement (last sentence or two of the paragraph). This is the over all point of your  paper. Elaborate upon the themes of expansion, slavery and politics. Lastly, take a stance.

Paragraph 2: Expansion paragraph (8-10 sentences)

• Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence to introduce the issue of westward expansion.
• Include supporting points and details about expansionist issues and events
• Conclude this paragraph with a transition sentence into paragraph 3 (slavery)

Paragraph 3: Slavery paragraph (8-10 sentences)

• Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence to introduce the slavery issue.
• Include supporting points and details about slavery issues and events
• Conclude this paragraph with a transition sentence into paragraph 4 (politics)

 Paragraph 4: Politics paragraph (8-10 sentences)

•  Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence to introduce the effects of political decisions/events of the 1850s
• Include supporting points and details about political issues and events

Paragraph 5: Conclusion (6-7 sentences)

• Ties together main points of the essay
• Restates the thesis in a slightly different way
• Answers the question, so what?

Topics to include... (also in your textbook)

• Wilmot Proviso
• CA statehood
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Underground Railroad
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Bleeding Kansas
• Dred Scott Decision
• Lincoln-Douglass Debates
• Harper's Ferry- John Brown
• Election of 1860- effects?
• The establishment of the Confederacy

Unit 4 Test Guide

Unit 4 Test Guide

Balancing Sectionalism, Nationalism, and Expansion

Ch. 7, 8, 9

Ch. 7- Balancing Sectionalism and Nationalism

Identify

-        mass production

-        Industrial Revolution

-        Samuel Slater

-        Francis Cabot Lowell

-        Eli Whitney

-        Henry Clay

-        American System

-        National Road

-        Erie Canal

-        Tariff of 1816

-        John Q. Adams

-        Nationalism

-        Adams-Onis Treaty

-        Monroe Doctrine

-        Missouri Compromise

-        Andrew Jackson

-        Spoils system

-        Indian Removal Act 1830

-        Trail of Tears

-        John C. Calhoun

-        Martin Van Buren

Understand/Explain…

-        Where in the world did the Industrial Revolution begin? Where in the U.s?

-        Who mostly worked in the Lowell mills? Why?

-        The economic system of the North

-        The economic system of the South

-        The effect of the cotton gin on slavery and expansion

-        How the Era of Good Feelings portrayed nationalism/unification (think American System, transportation improvements, protective tariffs, Supreme Court, Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise)

-        Decision of McColloch v. Maryland

-        Who were supporters of Andrew Jackson?

-        What was the result of the Tariff of Abominations? (SC)

-        What was Jackson’s view of the national bank?

-        Why did the Whig Party form? Members? Goals?

-        Jackson’s legacy/ panic of 1837

Ch. 8- Reforming American Society

Identify:

-        Charles G. Finney

-        Revival

-        Transcendentalism

-        Ralph Waldo Emerson

-        Henry David Thoreau

-        Utopias (purpose)

-        Dorthea Dix

-        Horace Mann

-        Abolition

-        Frederick Douglass

-        Cult of domesticity

-        Temperance movement

-        Seneca Falls Convention

-        Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Lucretia Mott

Understand/Explain…

-        The Second Great Awakening set the stage for various reforms, such as…

-        How did women’s roles/influence change during Antebellum America? 

-        How did the Lowell girls contribute to strikes/union labor?

Ch. 9- Expanding Markets and Moving West

Identify…

-        Market revolution

-        Capitalism

-        Entrepreneur

-        Samuel Morse

-        John Deere

-        Cyrus McCormick

-        John O’Sullivan

-        Manifest Destiny

-        Treaty of Fort Laramie

-        Mormons- Joseph Smith

-        Brigham Young

-        “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”

-        Stephen Austin

-        Santa Anna

-        Sam Houston

-        The Alamo

-        Texas Revolution

-        James K. Polk

-        Mexican War

-        Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

-        Gadsen Purchase

-        Forty-niners

Understand/Explain:

-        The effect of industrialization on the distribution of wealth

-        Effects of manifest destiny on Native Americans

-        How did Texas gain its independence?

-        President Polk’s influence on westward expansion

-        U.S. territories gained from Mexico

-        The impact of the discovery of gold in California

Unit 3 Quiz Guide

Ch. 5 Shaping a New Nation

- Define a republic
- Identify characteristics of state constitutions
- Describe aspects of the Articles of Confederation. Powers of the Articles? Main problems of the Articles?
- How to govern the public lands west of the Appalachians?- Explain the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- What was significant about Shays's Rebellion?
- Where did the Constitutional Convention take place? Main players (people)?
- Explain the VA Plan, NJ Plan and the resulting Great Compromise
- How did the Three-Fifths Compromise deal with the slavery issue?
- Describe the 3 separate branches of government in terms of their powers
- How does the system of checks and balances relate to the 3 branches? Provide examples
- How does one become president? Explain the role of the electoral college.
- Differentiate beliefs of Federalists and Antifederalists
- What was the goal of The Federalist papers? Authors?
- Which group of people advocated the Bill of Rights?
- Identify the rights within the 1st and 4th amendments

Unit 2 Study Guide

Re-read chapter 4, study all notes, study John Adams video questions

Format: Matching, Multiple Choice, Short Answer

Ch. 4, Sect. 1- The Stirrings of Rebellion

-       Why did Britain impose new taxes on the colonies?

-       What was the Stamp Act?

-       Who led the protests against the Stamp Act? Who were the Sons of Liberty? Leader? Goals?

-       What were the Townshend Acts?

-       What is meant by the term, “No taxation without representation?”

-       What happened at the 1770 Boston Massacre? Why did John Adams defend the British?

-       How did John Adams plan his masterful defense?

-       Identify the 4 intolerable acts in response to the Boston Tea Party

-       Who were the minutemen?

-       Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord significant?

-       What was decided at the First Continental Congress?

Ch. 4, Sect. 2- Issues Behind the Revolution

-       What was decided at the Second Continental Congress?

-       Explain what happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill?

-       Identify the Olive Branch Petition.  What was it? Who initiated it?

-       Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

-       Identify the 3 parts of the Declaration of Independence after the preamble

-       Loyalists vs. Patriots: who were they?

-       Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

Ch. 4, Sect. 3- Struggling Toward Saratoga

-       British and American strengths and weaknesses

-       Washington’s surprise attack

-       Battle of Saratoga’s significance.  Why was it a turning point?

Ch. 4, Sect.4- Winning the War

-       Who was Marquis de Lafayette?

-       Who were the Hessians?

-       What battle officially ended the Revolutionary War?

-       What were the points decided at the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War?

-       What impact did the revolution have on women, African Americans, Native Americans?

-       Impact of the revolution at home and abroad?

-       Why did America win the war?

Identify:

-       John Adams, Sam Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, Caesar Rodney, Captain Preston, Abigail Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Paine, Marquis de Lafayette