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  • You will need to know the causes and consequences of the Civil War.

  • You will need to know the economic, political, and social causes of the Civil War.

  • You will need to know the varying points of view regarding the main causes of the Civil War.

  • You will need to know the constitutional issues relevant to the Civil War and Reconstruction.

  • You will need to know the economic, political, and social consequences of Reconstruction.

  • You will need to know the influence of significant people or groups on Reconstruction.

  • You will need to know the issues that divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction era.

     

Example One



Use the following quote and your knowledge of US History to answer the following question.

"This country will be drenched in blood. The people of the North are not going to let the country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it. Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. Only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared."

The quote above was spoken by William T. Sherman upon hearing the news that the southern states had begun to secede. Which of the following is Sherman’s projection as the outcome and/or consequence of southern secession?

A. There will be a war in which the South will win due to their militaristic nature and abundance of weapons.

B. There will be a war in which the South will win due to their governmental dominance and obvious determination.

C. There will be a war in which the North will win due to their technological advancements and lack of southern military.

D. There will be a war in which the North will win due to their stability though political, social, and economic conditions.

Example Two



“We have been taught to hunt and live on the game. You tell us that we must learn to farm, live in one house, and take on your ways. Suppose the people living beyond the great sea should come and tell you that you must stop farming, and kill your cattle and take your houses and lands, what would you do? Would you not fight them?”

--Gall, a Hunkpapa Sioux Indian, quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

What was Gall’s view of future relations between the Plains Indians and the settlers?

A.            Peaceful coexistence

B.            Further conflict

C.            Mutual respect

D.            Equality

 

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Civil War and Reconstruction  SS.912.A.2

LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY
1860-1910 (32%)

Civil War and Reconstruction
Challenges to american Farmers
Industrial Revolution

GLOBAL MILITARY, POLITICAL , AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES 1890-1940 (34%)

Imperialism
World War One
Roaring Tweenties
Peace & Relief after WWI
Civil Rights 20's & 30's
Great Depression & New Deal

UNITED STATES AND THE DEFENSE OF

THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE 1940-PRESENT (32%) 

World War II
Early Cold War 1945-1950
Foreign Policy; Truman
Post WWII Domestic Prosperity
1960's Foreign & Domestic Policy
Civil Rights Movements
Significant Supreme Court Decision
US Foreign Policy, 1972-Present
Into the 21st Century

Terms to know include, but are not limited to: African-American migration, Anaconda Plan, Black Codes, carpetbaggers, Compromise of 1850, Dawes Act, debt peonage, Dred Scott decision, Emancipation Proclamation, 15th Amendment, 14th Amendment, Freeport Doctrine, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Jim Crow Laws, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Ku Klux Klan, Ostend Manifesto, Radical Republicans, reservation system, sharecropping, states' rights, 13th Amendment, Vicksburg, westward expansion.

Civil War

Reconstruction

Example Three



The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to:
a.  prevent them from voting
b.  limit their access to public facilities
c.  block their educational opportunities
d.  deny them economic advancements

 

Example Four



In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between
a. proslavery and antislavery groups
b. Spanish landowners and new American settler
c. Chinese and Irish railroad workers
d. Native American Indians and white settlers

 

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