US I

Mr. Rowan

Final Exam study Guide

Chapter 10

Abraham Lincoln Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act

Stephen Douglas “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Differences between North & South Kansas- Nebraska Act

Popular sovereignty Republican Party Bleeding Kansas

Sack of Lawrence John Brown Caning of Charles Sumner Dred Scott Decision

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis

Crittenden Compromise

Potential Essay Questions

1. What effects did the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the American people? Why did the book have such a strong impact? Think About:

 How the North and South felt about slavery  The message of the book  The way the message was expressed

2. The compromise of 1850 was seen as a way of preventing from permanently dividing the nation. Discuss several reasons why this compromise failed. Think About:

 How the Compromise of 1850 was finally passed in the Senate  The reaction in the North to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act  The publications of Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Stephen Douglas’s proposal for the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska

3. Discuss John Brown’s role in the Pottawatomie Massacre and the incident at Harpers Ferry. Did his actions help or hurt the abolitionist cause? What lessons might be learned from these events? Think about:

 Brown’s reaction to the “sack of Lawrence”  Results of the Pottawatomie Massacre  Results of the attack on Harpers Ferry  Effect on tensions between North and South

Chapter 11

Inflation Emancipation Proclamation martial law

Copperheads William Tecumseh Sherman Stonewall Jackson George McClellan

Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis border states

Anaconda Plan cotton diplomacy casualty ironclads

Conscription Monitor v. Merrimack 13th amendment

14 amendment 15th amendment

Battles

Battle of Gettysburg Fort Sumter Battle of Antietam Battle of Shiloh

First Battle of Bull Run Monitor v. Merrimack Battle of Vicksburg

Appomattox Courthouse

Potential Essay Questions

1. What are some of the main reasons that the Union won the Civil War?

Think about:

 Advantages the Union had before and during the war  The military plan used by the Union and whether it was successful  Whether other countries supported each side

Glory

Be familiar with the movie and the characters in it.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth

Be familiar with Lincoln’s death and the facts surrounding it.