Historical Period Five Review Sheet
1848-1877
Civil War Vocabulary
Fort Sumter
Border States
Confederate States of America/Jefferson Davis
Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
Sherman’s March
Election of 1864
Anaconda Plan
Habeas Corpus
Draft Riots
Ulysses S. Grant/Robert E. Lee
Reconstruction Vocabulary
Wade Davis Bill
Freedmen’s Bureau
Lincoln’s 10% Plan
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Congressional Republican Plan
Black Codes
Radical Republicans
Civil Rights Act 1866/1875
14th Amendment
Scalawags/Carpetbaggers
Sharecropping
Compromise 1877
Tenure of Office Act
Evaluative Questions; Civil War
1. AIMs #12-15
2. Why did the Union win? Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of each side.
3. To what extent was the breakup of the Union in 1861 a result of the conflict over slavery and to what extent was it
due to other factors?
4. “The Civil War had started to preserve the Union, but for the majority in the North it had become a war to create a
more perfect Union.” Assess the validity of this statement.
5.
“The South never had a chance to win the Civil War.” Assess the validity of this statement making reference to the
military, economic, and political events of the period 1850 to 1863.
6. Evaluate the military leadership, strategies and tactics used by the Northern and Southern military leaders. Pay
particular attention to the actions of Grant and Lee.
7. “The Civil War was the third American Revolution.” Assess the validity of this statement.
Evaluative Questions; Reconstruction
1. AIMs #16-18
2. Did Reconstruction fail?
3. How do you account for the failure of Reconstruction (1865-1877) to bring social and economic equality of
opportunity to the former slaves?
4. Discuss the political, economic, and social reforms introduced in the South between 1864 and 1877. To what extent
did these reforms survive the Compromise of 1877?
5. Evaluate the impact of the Civil War on political and economic developments in TWO of the following regions.
The South, The North, The West
Evaluative Questions; Themes of the Course (relate to Civil War and Reconstruction)
1. Identity
a. In what ways and to what extent have debates over national identity changed over time?
b. In what ways and to what extent have gender, class, ethnic, religious, regional, and other group identities
changed in different historical eras?
2. Work, Exchange, and Technology
a. In what ways and to what extent have changes in markets, transportation, and technology affected
American society?
b. In what ways and to what extent have different systems of labor developed over time?
c. In what ways and to what extent have debates over economic values and the role of government in the
U.S. economy affected politics, society, the economy, and the environment?
3. Peopling
a. To what extent and why have people have migrated to, from, and within North America?
b. In what ways and to what extent have changes in migration and population patterns affected American
life?
4. Politics and Power
a. In what ways and to what extent did different political and social groups compete for influence over
society and government in colonial North America and the United States?
b. In what ways and to what extent have Americans agreed on or argued over the values that guide the
political system, as well as who is a part of the political process?
5. America in the World
a. In what ways and to what extent have events in North America and the United States correlated with
contemporary events in the rest of the world?
b. In what ways and to what extent have military, diplomatic, and economic concerns influenced U.S.
involvement in international affairs and foreign conflicts, both in North America and overseas?
6. Environment and Geography - Physical & Human
a. In what ways and to what extent have interactions with the natural environment shaped the institutions
and values of various groups living in North America from prior to European contact through the Civil
War?
b. In what ways and to what extent have economic and demographic changes affected the environment and
led to debates over use and control of the environment and natural resources?
7. Ideas, Beliefs and Culture
a. In what ways and to what extent did moral, philosophical, and cultural values affect the creation of the
United States?
b. In what ways and to what extent have changes in moral, philosophical, and cultural values affected U.S.
history?