Civil War Review
APUSH 2012-13
1. Name at least two examples of antebellum sectional division prior to the 1840s:
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
2. Inspired by the Second Great Awakening, the _______________ movement became active in the 1830s and 1840s.
Name at least three different types of these reformers:
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
3. Name at least four individuals associated with this movement:
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
d. _________________________
4. Name two ways the Constitution was used to advocate/attack the system of slavery in the 1830s.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
5. The slavery debate intensified with the acquisition of western territories in the mid-19th century. Specifically, the
_________________ stoked southern anger when it proposed to ban slavery from all territory gained from the
Mexican War.
6. The _____________________________ temporarily postponed disunion, though it probably guaranteed an eventual
Civil War. The two principal parts of Henry Clay’s solution were to admit ______________________ as a free
state in exchange for _________________________.
7. This legislation (#6) provoked far stronger anti-slavery action, thanks to the passage of numerous __________
____________ laws (which invoked a states’ rights argument to justify ignoring a federal law) and the publication
of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s _______________________ in 1852.
8. The political atmosphere became more contentious as the ____________________ Party demanded that slavery be
kept out of the western territories (Republicans would later adopt this same position), while Southerners
contemplated the acquisition of Cuba with the _________________________.
9. The breakdown of political compromise was most evident through Stephen Douglas’ __________-____________
Act, which proposed the admission of new states based on popular sovereignty. The subsequent violence became
known as __________________________. Personal violence was also evident in the Capitol Building when
_________________ savagely beat __________________ with a cane.
10. The Supreme Court also widened the sectional chasm with its ruling of the ___________________ case (1857). By
affirming the designation of slaves as property, the court legalized slavery throughout the nation. Furthermore, the
ruling deemed African Americans as ineligible for U.S. citizenship.
11. Any last hope of political reconciliation was eliminated in the late 1850s. Name and discuss two of these events:
a. _________________________
b. ________________________
12. What was unusual about the election of 1860?
13. The war began in _________ (year), as the first shots of the war were fired at _________________, South Carolina.
14. The 4 “border states” that permitted slavery but did not secede were ______________________,
______________________, ______________________, and ______________________.
15. __________________ was elected as the Confederate president, with the capital at _________________, Virginia.
16. The South’s greatest advantage was its___________________. List any two Southern disadvantages:
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
17. The 1st Battle of _________ _________ (near D.C.) dispelled the Union notion that the war would be short.
Ultimately, Union advantages proved too effective for the South to overcome. Name three of them:
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
18. The _______________ Plan was the Union’s war strategy as formed by Gen. Winfield Scott. It called for:
a. a naval ___________
b. dividing the Confederacy by taking control of the ___________________ River
c. get/train a really big army in order to fight a war of _______________ in the eastern theater.
19. Identify three (or more) actions Lincoln ordered - using his powers as both Chief Executive and Commander-inChief - without the approval of Congress:
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
20. What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam (1862)?
21. As signs of the stresses of war, riots occurred in Richmond (1862) over _____________ and in New York (1863)
over ______________.
22. The naval battle between the _________________ and the _________________ was signaled the end of the
wooden sailing ship era and the advent of ironclad ships in naval warfare.
23. The South’s foreign policy rested on “__________ ___________ Diplomacy” which would, in theory, induce
Britain and/or France to directly aid the South’s war effort.
24. Name two reasons why this diplomacy (#23) failed.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
25. Even before the Emancipation Proclamation, Union Gen. Benjamin Butler set the stage for limited emancipation by
refusing to return captured slaves to their Confederate owners – he called these slaves “______________” and this
action gave rise to the ___________________ Acts.
26. Name three effects of the Emancipation Proclamation:
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
27. Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio was the leader of the ________________, who opposed the war
and wanted a negotiated peace.
28. How could a drafted man avoid conscription in the North?
29. What was the primary way the US financed the war? Name two supplemental ways the US financed the war.
30. Beyond just a military conflict, the Civil War was a turning point politically. The states’ rights/secession doctrine
was defeated, and the powers of the federal government began to expand. List any four laws passed by Congress
during the war.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
d. _________________________
31. What roles did women take on during the war?
32. Union General _____________ successfully won in the siege battle of _____________ in 1863, which was key for
the control of the _____________ River. This Union general was then given command of the US army in Virginia.
33. At the same time, Union forces won the three-day battle at ___________________, PA, culminating in
____________’s Charge which devastated Lee’s forces. After this battle, the South never again regained the
____________ and only fought a __________ war.
34. From 1864 onward, the war highly resembled “total war” (as would be practiced during WWI and beyond). Name
two examples of total war during the Civil War.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
35. Whom did Lincoln defeat in the 1864 election?
36. Lee’s forces surrendered at _____________________ in 1865. One month before, Lincoln declared in his Second
Inaugural Address that the South should be treated “with __________ toward none; with __________ toward all”
reflecting his vision of leniency after the war.
37. Lincoln was assassinated by _______________________ at _____________ Theater in D.C. Consequently,
_______________, a Southern Democrat, became president.
38. What was the long-term political consequence of the Union victory?
39. The women’s ______________ movement grew as a result of the war out of the frustration that it had been
postponed by the antebellum focus on abolitionism.
40. Post-war plans were developed in advance of the Confederacy’s surrender. Lincoln offered the lenient
________________ Plan, while Radical Republicans proposed the ____________________ Bill.
41. The three Reconstruction Amendments were the 13th, which _____________________________, the 14th, which
__________________________________, and the 15th, which _________________________________.
42. Congressional Republicans launched the _____________________ in 1865, the first government-run social welfare
program. They passed the _____________________ in 1866, though this was vetoed by President Johnson. In
1867, the ________________________Act ordered the military occupation of the South by Union troops.
43. _____________________, resentful of “northern meddling,” sought to return the South to its antebellum ways.
They did this with the aid of the KKK and White Citizens’ Councils. _____________________ were introduced to
prevent the economic and social equality of the races, while ________________________ was used to trap most
African Americans (and some poor whites) in a cycle of constant debt.
44. Andrew Johnson was officially impeached in 1868 for violating the _______________________ Act, though it was
motivated more by Radical Republicans’ frustration with the lack of social transformation in the South.
45. Southern resistance proved too strong for northern reformers to overcome. The _________________ of 1873
shifted the nation’s focus towards economic reform, while the Supreme Court began the legal retreat away from the
spirit of reform with its rulings in the ___________________ Cases (1873). The election of President Hayes –
known as the ________________________ - marked the end of Reconstruction.
Civil War Review
APUSH 2012-13
1. MISSOURI COMPROMISE, NULLIFICATION CRISIS
2. ABOLITION, COMPENSATED/UNCOMP, GRADUAL/IMMEDIATE, COLONIZERS, MILITANT
3. GARRISON, DOUGLASS, TRUTH, WALKER, PHILLIPS, WALKER
4.
5TH AMENDMENT (PROPERTY), GAG RULE
5. WILMOT PROVISO
6. COMPROMISE OF 1850, CALIFORNIA , FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
7. PERSONAL LIBERTY, UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
8. FREE SOIL, OSTEND MANIFESTO
9. KANSAS_-_NEBRASKA, BLEEDING KANSAS, BROOKS, SUMNER.
10. DRED SCOTT
11. LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATESHARPER’S FERRY
12. FOUR CANDIDATES (TWO DEMOCRATS); NO ONE WON A MAJORITY IN THE POPULAR VOTE;
UMMM…. SECESSION
13. 1861, FT. SUMTER
14. MO, MD, KY, DE
15. JEFFERSON DAVIS, RICHMOND
16. MILTARY/GENERALS; SMALL POP, LACK OF INDUSTRY, WEAK CENTRAL GOVT.!!!
17. BULL RUN, LARGE POP, BIGGER ECONOMY (MORE MONEY/INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION), UNION
HAD A NAVY
18. ANACONDA, BLOCKADE, MISSISSIPPI. ATTRITION
19. FUNDING ARMY, RAISED ARMY, HABEAS CORPU
20. STOPPED INVASION OF THE NORTH (KEPT BATTLES IN SOUTH); LED TO EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION
21. FOOD, CONSCRIPTION
22. MONITOR, MERRIMAC
23. KING COTTON
24. OVER-RELIED ON COTTON, BRITISH GOT COTTON ELSEWHERE
25. CONTRABAND, CONFISCATION
26. STOPPED FOREIGN AID, OPENED UNION ARMY, ENCOURAGED RUNAWAYS
27. COPPERHEADS
28. PAY $300 FOR A SUBSTITUTE
29. LOANS; TAXES (INCOME AND EXCISE) AND TARIFFS
30. HOMESTEAD, MORRILL TARIFF/LAND GRANT, PACIFIC RAILWAY, NAT’L BANKING, LEGAL
TENDER
31. RAN FARMS/FACTORIES WHILE MEN WERE AWAY; NURSES; AID SOCIETIES
32. GRANT, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
33. GETTYSBURG, PICKETT, OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE
34. SHERMAN’S MARCH (BURNING FIELDS/FACTORIES), LURE POOR WHITES TO FRONTIER (EG,
HOMESTEAD), FREEING SLAVES
35. McCLELLAN
36. APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE, MALICE, CHARITY
37. JW BOOTH, FORD’S, A JOHNSON
38. REPUBLICAN DOMINANCE; END OF STATES’ RIGHTS
39. SUFFRAGE
40. TEN PERCENT, WADE-DAVIS.
41. ABOLISHED SLAVERY, GUARANTEED CIVIL RIGHTS, GUARANTEED MALE SUFFRAGE
42. FREEDMEN’S BUREAU, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, RECONSTRUCTION
43. REDEEMERS, BLACK CODES, SHARECROPPING
44. TENURE OF OFFICE
45. PANIC, SLAUGHTERHOUSE, COMPROMISE OF 1877