The American Pageant: 12Th Editionap U. S. History

The American Pageant: 12th edition AP U. S. History Unit 5

Textbook chapters Maps & documents Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion 1. Congressional elections of 1854 Chapter 20: Girding for War: The North and the South 2. Slave Concentrations in 1860 Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War 3. Excerpt from Dred Scott v. Sanford Chapter 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction 4. Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address 5. The Gettysburg Address Essential Questions: Think about these questions before, during, and after the reading. They are very general; there is no specifically correct answer. If you understand their complexity and feel confident in using information from the text and the supplementary reading in answering these questions, you should understand the major themes from this period. 1. To what extent was slavery a "cause" of the Civil War? 2. Was war inevitable after the sectional crises of the 1850s? 3. A good way to measure the "trauma" of a time period in American history is to look as its effects as measured by amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Using this as a criteria, what were the major problems of this time period and how were they permanently addressed in the Constitution? 4. It could be said that Section 1 of the 14th Amendment is the real declaration of victory in the Civil War? To what extent and in what ways is this true? 5. As significant as the 14th Amendment is, it represented a major betrayal to one group who had been very active social movements in the 1840s and 1850s. What was this group and to what extent was the 14th Amendment a betrayal? 6. The Radical Republicans' actions in the post-Civil War era represented a clear attempt of one branch of the federal government to encroach on the powers of another branch of the federal government. By 1877 who was ahead? What were the effects of this on the country in general? 7. Was the Civil War detrimental or beneficial to the industrialization of America? In what ways?

Potential free response essay prompts: [At the end of this unit you should be able to answer all of the following using specific names, dates, locations, events (i.e. proper nouns!), to demonstrate your understanding of the significant concepts listed below.] 1. By the 1850s the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created. Using your knowledge of the period 1850-1861, assess the validity of this statement. 2. Analyze the economic consequences of the Civil War with respect to any TWO of the following in the United States between 1865 and 1880. agriculture labor industrialization transportation 3. "With the end of Reconstruction, we in the South can now return to our normal lives." Examine the significance of this statement for both whites and blacks in the post-Reconstruction American South.

of 2 The American Pageant: 12th edition AP U. S. History 4. Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877:

Race relations Economic development Westward expansion

Suggestions for extra work outside readings: 1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This is one of the two novels that are pre-approved for outside reading. 2. Chapter 5, “Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth” from The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It1, by Richard Hofstadter. 3. Any 30 to 50 pages from What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, by Daniel Walker Howe. There are excellent chapters on the 2nd Great Awakening, the reformers in the 1830’s and 1840’s, and the Mexican War. 4. Any 30 to 50 pages from Battle Cry Of Freedom: The Civil War Era, by James M McPherson. 5. If you are specifically interested in the battles or military history of the Civil War, I suggest readings from two excellent battle histories written by Stephen Sears, Landscape Turned Red about the Battle of Antietam, or Chancellorsville.