<p> U.S. History 9B Midterm Study Guide</p><p>Ch. 14 The Nation Divided</p><p>1. What was the Fugitive Slave Act? </p><p>2. Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many Northerners? What was the affect of the act?</p><p>3. What was the Wilmot-Proviso?</p><p>4. What was the affect of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?</p><p>5. How did Harriet Beecher Stowe help the abolitionist cause?</p><p>6. Who was John Brown?</p><p>7. What caused the South to secede?</p><p>8. What event officially started the Civil War?</p><p>9. Who became the president of the Confederacy?</p><p>Ch. 15 The Civil War</p><p>1. What was the purpose of the Crittenden Resolution?</p><p>2. What was the affect of the Emancipation Proclamation and why did Lincoln make it?</p><p>3. Who were the major generals of the Confederate and Union army?</p><p>4. Who was Clara Barton?</p><p>5. What was the 54th Infantry and what were they known for? 6. What did the North and the South have to its advantage during the Civil War?</p><p>7. What was Lincoln’s attitude towards Confederates when the war ended?</p><p>8. How were African American prisoners of war treated differently?</p><p>9. How did soldiers treat civilians?</p><p>10. How did both sides prepare for the war?</p><p>Ch. 16 Reconstruction and the New South</p><p>1. How was Radical Reconstruction different from Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?</p><p>2. Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?</p><p>3. Why was Ulysses S. Grant a disappointment for Radical Republicans?</p><p>4. What was the difference between the Jim Crow laws and Black Codes and why were both considered legal?</p><p>5. Why were many freedmen forced to sharecrop after the Civil War?</p><p>6. What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?</p><p>7. How did Hayes win the election?</p><p>Ch. 17 The West Transformed</p><p>1. What was the Fort Laramie Treaty?</p><p>2. How did miners keep law and order in Boomtowns?</p><p>3. Who were the major chiefs and what tribes was each from? 4. How did Helen Hunt Jackson attempt to help the Native Americans?</p><p>5. What ritual did Native Americans use to try to bring back their ancestors and the buffalo?</p><p>6. What were the major battles between Natives and the U.S.?</p><p>7. Most of the railroad workers were from what country?</p><p>8. How did the government aid railroad companies?</p><p>9. What was the life of a cowboy like?</p><p>10. What was the purpose of the Populist Party?</p><p>11. What were the requirements for the Homestead Act?</p><p>12. What ended the cattle industry boom?</p><p>Ch.18 & 19 Industrialization and Progressive Reform</p><p>1. What problems did the following acts try to fix?</p><p> a. The Pendleton Act</p><p> b. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act</p><p> c. The Pure Food and Drug Administration</p><p> d. The Interstate Commerce Commission </p><p>2. Who were the two main entrepreneurs of this time period and how did they make their money?</p><p>3. Who were the muckrakers and what was each known for? 4. What amendment gave women the right to vote?</p><p>5. Who was “Boss” Tweed?</p><p>6. What is Social Darwinism?</p><p>7. Why didn’t nativists like immigrants?</p><p>8. What’s the difference between a “captain of industry” and a “robber barron?”</p><p>9. What is horizontal and vertical consolidation?</p>