Seeds Of Civil War Part 2

Seeds of Civil War Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why did the Compromise of 1850 upset the north so much?

• Compromise Enraged Many Northerners Cause Included Fugitive Slave Act Which Required Citizens To Catch And Return Runaway Slaves. Northerners Also Offended By The Nullified Fugitive Slave Laws.
  

Who were Harriet Beacher Stowe and Harriet Tubman?

• Harriet Beacher Stowe- Publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin Condemning Slavery.
  Harriet Tubman- Helps Black People Escape Through Network Of Houses And Hiding Places Called Underground Railroad.

Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

• To Appease South, Senate Agrees To Split Nebraska Into Two Territories Forming Kansas. Kansas Was Intended To Be Slave And Nebraska Was Free But Left It To Popular Sovereignty.
  

Describe the aftermath of the Kansas-Nebraska Act especially how it affects Kansas:

• Slavery And Anti-Slavery Settlers Move Into Kansas. Slavery Forces Raid An Anti-Slavery Town Pillaging And Burning.
  

Describe the Dred Scott decision:

• He Sued For Freedom Saying Master Had Taken Him To Free State.
  

Describe John Brown’s Raid:

• He Believes That Violence Is The Best Way To End Evil Slavery. Thought That Many Would Join But Mission Failed.

Bell Ringer

What Does Douglas Say The Union Has Been Fighting To This Point? What Does He Think The Union Should Be Fighting? How Does The Proclamation Change The War?

2.25.10

Civil War Part 6 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition. Where it says from a certain number that tells you what number it is from in your notebook.

What did Union do when came across African Americans early in the war?
The Union would take care of them by giving them food or water.


What is Emancipation Proclamation?
It freed states in rebellion.

Why does Lincoln issue proclamation?
To free all the slaves.


What effect does proclamation have?
It had mixed reactions in North and the south negotiated but an end was not possible.


How African Americans participated in the war:
Menial task, longest guard duty, placed in exposed positions, and took time to get equal pay.


Describe Life in North during War:
Gov introduced Income Tax to pay for supplies that increase as war goes. Gov also raised tariffs to bring in income.


Describe Life in South During War:
Demands are tough on the south because lacked resources to meet demands. Union blockade forced south to rely on own farms.


Describe Life of Soldiers during the War:
Gave many first taste of traveling. Could be fighting against their own family.

2.24.10

Civil War Part 5 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

What two strategies does Grant use to win the war?
· Defeat Lee Wherever He May Be. Commit To A Strategy Of Total War, Which Meant He
Was Also Going To Strike Civilian Population.

Describe how Grant takes it to Lee:
· Grant Took Control Of Army Himself And Fought Several Brutal Battles With Lee Including The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, And Cold Harbor.

Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea:
· Sherman Looted, Pillaged, And Set Fire To Everything In His Path Including Burning Atlanta Before Marching To Savannah.

Describe the Battle of Petersburg:
· Grant Pushed Lee To Petersburg Which Is About 20 Miles South Of Richmond. They Fought A War For Several Weeks. Left Richmond Defenseless, So Was Evacuated, And Later Burned By Union Army.

Describe Lee’s surrender:
· Officially Surrenders, But Takes Till June To Get Other Scattered Forces To Surrender.

Describe the death of Lincoln:
· Two Days After Surrender He Dies By John Wilkes Booth During A Play At Fords Theater In DC.

2.23.10

Civil War Part 4 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Why Lee Makes The Move To Gettysburg:
Lee Sensed He Had An Opportunity To Win International Support, Demoralize The Union, And Perhaps To Win The War.

Describe Gettysburg Day 1:

• Confeds Push Union Down Hill, Through The Town, And Up On To A Set Of Ridges And Hills To The South Of Town. Confeds Stop Advance With Night Fall, Allowing Meade To Bring Up Reinforcements On Cemetery Ridge, Big Round Top, And Little Round Top.
  

Describe Gettysburg Day 2:

• Lee Orders General Longstreet To Attack From South End Of Battle Line. The Fighting Was Fierce But Longstreet Could Not Break Through. Confeds Also Tried To Take Little Round Top, But Were Repulsed By Unit Rushed Up There From Maine.

Describe Gettysburg Day 3:

• Lee Tried Once More, First By Opening The Morning With A Major Cannon Attack. He Then Orders A Full Frontal Assault On Cemetary Ridge. Union Cannon And Musket Mowed Down Confeds And Basically Ended Gettysburg.
  

Describe The Gettysburg Address:

• Lincoln Comes To Gettysburg And Gives A Short Speech Honoring Dead, Described The War As Struggle To Fulfill The Dec Of Indp.

2.16.10

Civil War Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how Lincoln’s election splits the Union:
· Abraham Lincoln Who Had Previously Spoke Out Against Slavery Wins The Presidential Election Without Even Being On The Ballot In Most Southern States. Wins Cause Other Candidates Splits Votes, Also Shows Politics Split On Regional Lines.

Describe how the South reacts to the election of Lincoln:
· As Soon As Lincoln Was Elected, South Carolina Summoned A Convention And Seceded From The Union. In The Next Few Weeks Deep South States Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, And Florida Also Seceded.

Describe the founding of the Confederate government:
· The Seven States Join Together To Form Confederate States Of America.

Describe the breakout of the war at Fort Sumter:
· The South Was Suspicious Of Lincoln’s Intensions And Ordered Troops At Sumter To Surrender Which Fed Troops Refused So South Fired On Sumter. Sumter Made Both Sides Mad And Called For Volunteers To Fight Along With VA, Ark, Tenn, And NC Seceding From The Union.

Describe the Advantages of the North:
· Had Greater Population To Draw Troops From Industry In North Made Them More Prepared. Had Better Railroad To Move Troops And Supplies. Had Better Navy Vs South No Navy Allowing Blockades.

Describe the advantages of the South:
· The South Had Stronger Military Tradition And Leaders. The South Also Had Strategy Advantages- Knew Only Had To Fight Defensive War On Familiar Ground.

Describe Northern Strategies to win the War:
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Describe Southern Strategies to win the war:
· Their Plan Was To Preserve The Army, While Doing Enough Damage To Erode North Will. Also They Got Military And Industry Support From GB And France To Supplement Lack Of.

2.12.10

Mexican American War Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Why was there tension between Mexicans and the American settlers to Texas?
· 1830 Tension Between Settlers And Mexico Rise And Settlers Stayed Protestant And Continued To Use Slavery. 1835- Texas Rebels Against Mexican Rule. A Year Later Declares Independence And Adopts New Constitution.

Describe the Battle of the Alamo and why it was fought?
· To Crush Rebellion Santa Ana Leads Attack Against Small Fort The Alamo.

Describe Sam Houston’s defeat of Santa Ana:
· Led By Sam Houston Texas Defeats Santa Ana At Battle Of San Jacinto And Captures Santa Ana. They Then Make Him Sign Treaty That Gave Them More Land.

Describe the US’s annexation of Texas:
· A Month Before Polk’s In Office Congress Agrees To Annex Texas As A Slave State. Polk Also Makes A Treaty With British For Half Of Oregon Territory, Angering Congress.

Describe how Polk provokes the Mexican’s into war:
· Polk Endorsed Texas Claim Of All Territory Surrendered By Santa Ana Inflaming Border War. Polk Also Sent Troops Into Contested Region Waiting For Conflict So He Could Declare War.

Describe the Military aspects of the Mexican American War:
· In The One Sided War US Won Every Major Battle Including Seizing New Mexico, California, Monterrey, Mexico Port Vera Cruz, And Mexico City.