Unit 7 Study Guide
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS
FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
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What was the purpose of the Civil War for the North/Union? For the South/Confederacy?
Describe the Northern/Union advantages and disadvantages during the Civil War.
Describe the Southern/Confederate advantages and disadvantages during the Civil War.
Describe the Northern/Union strategy to win the Civil War. What was it called?
Describe the Southern/Confederate strategy to win the Civil War.
Why was George McClellan significant?
Why was Ulysses S. Grant significant?
Why was William T. Sherman significant?
Why was Robert E. Lee significant?
Why did President Lincoln struggle with Border States during the Civil War?
What were the causes of the New York City draft riots?
Why did northern morale to fight the war frequently decline?
Who were the “copperheads?”
What was the role of Britain during the Civil War?
What was the impact of new technology on the Civil War?
Why was the Battle of Bull Run significant?
Why was the Battle of Antietam significant in terms of:
a. Northern morale?
b. British involvement?
c. Slavery?
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation significant?
What was the foreign impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the domestic impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the role of women during the Civil War?
What was the role of blacks during the Civil War?
Describe life for soldiers during the Civil War.
How did the Civil War impact the Northern/Union economy?
How did the Civil War impact the Southern/Confederate economy?
Why was the Siege of Vicksburg significant?
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant?
What were the major points of the Gettysburg Address?
Describe war atrocities that occurred during the Civil War.
Why was Sherman’s March to the Sea significant?
What was the Election of 1864 significant?
What was the Battle of Appomattox Court House significant?
How did the Civil War impact the Union of the states?
How did the Civil War impact the relationship between the federal government and the states?
Describe the law passed by Congress during the Civil War that benefitted the NORTH.
Describe the laws passed by Congress during the Civil War that benefitted the WEST.
Why is the 13th Amendment significant?
Why is the 14th Amendment significant?
Why is the 15th Amendment significant?
How did the Civil War impact the growth of industry?
How did the Civil War impact westward expansion?
How did the Civil War impact slavery?
How did the Civil War impact the southern economy and culture?
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What was Reconstruction?
What were the major issues faced during Reconstruction?
Describe Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.
Who were the Radical Republicans, and who led them?
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
What was the impact of Lincoln’s assassination, and who was the assassin?
Describe Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction.
What were “black codes?”
Describe the relationship between Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress.
Describe the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction.
What was the purpose of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment?
What precedent was set by the fact that Andrew Johnson was voted “not guilty” at his
impeachment trial?
What were carpetbaggers?
What were scalawags, and why were freedmen sometimes scalawags?
What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?
What actions did the Ku Klux Klan take?
What was the Whiskey Ring Scandal?
What was the Credit Moblier Scandal?
How did political scandals impact President Grant and the Republican Party?
How did the Panic of 1873 impact the country and the Republican Party?
Describe the terms of the Compromise of 1877 and explain how it impacted Reconstruction.
In what ways was the “New South” different from the pre-Civil War South?
How did southern governments “undo” the 13th Amendment?
Define sharecropping and tenant farming.
How did southern governments “undo” the 14th Amendment?
What are Jim Crow laws?
Why is the Plessy v. Ferguson case significant?
How did the idea of “separate but equal” fail to live up to reality?
How did southern governments “undo” the 15th Amendment?
Define poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.
What was the status of southern blacks after Reconstruction ended?
Was Reconstruction successful?