Civil War And Reconstruction Review Sheet
1.
What does “manifest destiny” mean?
2.
The new territory gained from Mexico after the Mexican-American War that included New Mexico, California, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming was collectively known as the:
3.
In the 1840s and 1850s, the friction between the North and South intensified due to this growing trend in U.S. history:
4.
What did the unsuccessful Wilmot Proviso propose?
5.
Name 3 of the 4 major provisions of the Compromise of 1850:
6.
What is popular sovereignty?
7.
What person most responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 & arguing for popular sovereignty in the West?
8.
In order to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, this law had to be repealed:
9.
The Republican Party was formed as a result of Northern anger over this new law:
10.
Why did Northern Republicans refer to themselves as “free-soilers” rather than “abolitionists”?
11.
The most popular book of the 19th Century that depicted the horrors of slavery was ____ written by ____.
12.
What caused free-soilers and pro-slavery residents in Kansas to have a bloody civil-war from 1854 to 1858 (“Bleeding Kansas”)?
13.
What precedent did the Supreme Court establish regarding rights of African-Americans in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
14.
The two candidates who ran for the Illinois Senate in 1858 were:
15.
Who was the leader of the Harper’s Ferry, Virginia raid who hoped to use the attack to end all slavery in the South?
16.
Book written by ____ (a white Southerner) that argued that slavery hurt small yeoman farmers in the South called _____
17.
What was the most significant reason for the “irreconcilable differences” between the North and South in the 1850s & cause for
the outbreak of Civil War in 1861?
18.
Who was president of the United States when South Carolina seceded?
19.
Name 2 advantages the North had at the outbreak of the Civil War
20.
Name 2 advantages the South had at the outbreak of the Civil War
21.
Northern anti-war Republicans who criticized Lincoln and the Union’s participation in the Civil War were called:
22.
(a) Name the Northern war strategy (designed by Winfield Scott) and (b) Name 3 of the 4 major components of this plan
23.
Name the two ships that fought the Battle of the Ironclads (1862):
24.
Before Antietam, Lincoln said the North was fighting Civil War to “____” but after Antietam, the focus of the North became ___.
25.
According to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, all the slaves living ___ (location) were freed.
26.
All the slaves in the United States were freed upon ratification of the ____.
27.
The only two Civil War battles fought on Northern soil were:
28.
What was the battle was the turning point in the north for the Union Army and Why?
29.
Grant’s army was able to take control of the Mississippi River after the Battle of __
30.
What was the battle was the turning point in the south for the Union Army and Why?
31.
Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 at ___ (location) outside of Richmond, VA
32.
Who assassinated Lincoln?
33.
Two part question: (a) What was Lincoln’s reconstruction plan called? and (b) What was one provision of this plan?
34.
What was the Wade Davis Bill?
35.
Name one provision of Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plan
36.
Southerners oppressed freedmen & got by reconstruction efforts creating these discriminatory laws against African-Americans:
37.
Who was the first African-American Senator
38.
What is the difference between a “carpetbagger” and a “scalawag”?
39.
Name two provisions of Thaddeus Stevens’ “Radical Reconstruction” Plan that went in place in 1867
40.
To replace slavery after the Civil War, the primary labor system for black farmers in South was
41.
Name and describe each of the three “reconstruction amendments”
42.
The most famous Radical Republican in Congress was:
43.
Which party controlled Congress throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction era?
44.
Which demographic group in America was most upset with the passage of the 15th Amendment?
45.
What ended Reconstruction?
Civil War And Reconstruction Review Sheet
1.
Any one will do: Western expansion; annexation of newly-settled lands; God wants the US to become stronger
2.
The Mexican Cession
3.
Western expansion OR the spread of slavery into western territories
4.
A ban on all slaves and free blacks in the Mexican Cession
5.
California comes in as a free state, NM and Utah popular sovereignty, outlaw slave trade in DC, Fugitive slave law
6.
the idea that the residents of western territories have the right to decide if slavery will be allowed in their territory
7.
Stephen Douglas
8.
Missouri Compromise (1820)
9.
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
10.
The wanted to stop the expansion of slavery into the west but they did not intend to force the South to end its slave system
because it was protected by their state constitutions
11.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe
12.
The popular sovereignty vote that led to the creation of a pro-slavery territorial legislature (Not the state constitution, that’s later)
13.
That blacks, free or slave, are not considered citizens and cannot sue in court
14.
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
15.
John Brown
16.
written by Hinton Helper; called The Impending Crisis of the South
17.
Slavery
18.
James Buchanan
19.
Any two will do: larger population, greater industrial production to make weapons, more railroads, more textiles
20.
Any two will do: better military leadership, did not have to invade the North to win (defensive strategy), better relations &
possible alliances with England & France, better shooters by soldiers
21.
Copperheads
22.
(a) Anaconda Plan (b) Any 3 will do: naval blockade of the south, take control of the Mississippi River, divide the South & West,
take control of Richmond, VA.
23.
“The CSS Virginia (a.k.a. the Merrimack) vs. the USS Monitor
24.
“preserve the Union”…emancipate the slaves
25.
the Confederacy (or the South; or in “rebellious” states)
26.
13th Amendment
27.
Antietam and Gettysburg
28.
Gettysburg
29.
Vicksburg
30.
Vicksburg
31.
Appomattox Courthouse
32.
John Wilkes Booth
33.
(a) Ten-Percent Plan (b) States could be re-admitted when 10% of its population swore an oath of US loyalty OR Pardons offered
for oath-takers OR States had to recognize the emancipation of slaves
34.
Wade Davis Bill
35.
Appointed provisional state governors to lead state constitutional conventions OR States must declare secession illegal & ratify
the 13th Amendment
36.
Black Codes (not Jim Crow Laws—those describe discriminatory acts after Reconstruction ended)
37.
Hiram Revels
38.
Carpetbaggers are northerners who moved South to assist Reconstruction; Scalawags are Southerners who helped or profited from
Reconstruction efforts.
39.
Any two will do: Confiscation & redistribution of planter lands; Allowed quick re-entry for states that supported black suffrage;
Ex-Confederates couldn’t vote; Created 5 military zones in the South
40.
Sharecropping
41.
13th Amendment—abolished slavery; 14th Amendment—protected civil rights for Americans; 15th Amendment—offered
African-American voters men the right to vote
42.
Thaddeus Stevens
43.
Republican Party
44.
Women because they wanted universal suffrage
45.
Compromise of 1877