Unit 4 Study Guide: Civil War & Reconstruction
I can identify and analyze the technological aspects of the Civil War.
 How did improved communication technology impact the outcome of the war?
 What technological innovation had the greatest impact on the military tactics in the war?
I can identify and analyze the social aspects of the Civil War.
 Why did the South face more problems during the Civil War than the North?
 What was the greatest weakness of the South?
 What was the North’s greatest strength?
I can identify and analyze the strategic aspects of the Civil War.
 What did Lincoln do to keep the Border States in the Union?
 How did the presence of the Border States impact Lincoln’s decisions?
 Who did the South hope to forge an alliance with during the Civil War?
 What tactic of warfare did General Grant employ?
 What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?
I can explain the influence of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of the union and his executive
actions and leadership on the course of the Civil War.
 How did Lincoln’s reaction to the problems at Fort Sumter illustrate his leadership style?
 Who was Lincoln’s VP in 1864?
 What was Lincoln’s primary objective during the war?
 How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the war?
I can evaluate different reconstruction plans and their social, economic, and political impact on
the South and the rest of the country.
 What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? How was it viewed by President Johnson?
 Explain Lincoln’s 10% Plan for Reconstruction.
 How did Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction Plan differ from Lincoln’s?
 What is Radical Reconstruction? When did it finally end?
 What is the Wade Davis Bill?
 Was Reconstruction successful? Why / Why not?
I can describe the basic provisions and immediate impact of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and
Fifteenth Amendments.
 What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
 Who gained legal rights as a result of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment?
I can analyze the immediate and long-term influences of Reconstruction on the lives of African
Americans and the US as a whole.
 How did the Northern economy change as a result of the Civil War?
 What was the primary motive of the Ku Klux Klan?
 What happened to the presidency of Andrew Johnson?
Unit 4 Study Guide: Civil War & Reconstruction