Unit #4 Study Guide (Chapters 16 & 17)

Chapter 16 – The Civil War:

16.1 – The War BeginsVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.

1. Fort Sumter –

2. border states –

3. cotton diplomacy –

What event led to the start of the Civil War, and when did it occur?

Do you think the war could have been avoided? Why or why not?

Instructions: 1. Use a highlighter to shade the state on the map that is bordered by a Union state, a border state, and a Confederate state. 2. Write a letter C next to the capital city of the Confederate states and a letter U next to the capital city of the Union states. 3. Outline the borders of Union state that is surrounded by territories on all sides except the east side. 4. Use a light color (highlighter) to shade the states on the map that were considered border states and remained part of the union.

Instructions: Copy the chart from page 513 in your textbook and answer the following questions using the chart and information from your textbook/notes.

What was the North’s strategy, developed by Winfield Scott, to winning the war?

What was the South’s strategy for winning the war?

Both the Union and Confederate armies built up their troops by doing what? What were the disadvantages of this type of troop?

Instructions: Complete the following chart.

16.2 – The War in the EastVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.

1. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson –

1. What advantages did the North have leading up to the war?

2. What advantages did the South have leading up to the war?

3. Which side do you think could maintain better supply lines for their troops? Explain.

4. Which side do you think could maintain provide more weapons for their troops? Explain.

ConfederacyUnion

Weaknesses

Strengths

2. First Battle of Bull Run –

3. Robert E. Lee –

4. Second Battle of Bull Run -

5. Battle of Antietam –

6. ironclads -

Who became the leader of the main Union army, and what was the army called?

Who became the new leader of the Confederate army, and what skills did he bring to the job?

Instructions: Complete the following graphic organizer.

Which side held the naval advantage in the war, and why?

Why might control of the seas benefit a power at war?

How did the ironclads signal a revolution in naval warfare?

How successful was the Union blockade?16.3 – The War in the WestVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.

1. Ulysses S. Grant –

2. Battle of Shiloh –

3. Siege of Vicksburg -

What was the focus of the Union’s western campaign?

Why was Grant (the Union) considered the victor at the Battle of Shiloh?

Battle Location ImportanceWinner

First Battle of Bull Run

Seven Days’ Battles

Second Battle of Bull Run

Battle of Antietam

Why did Grant decide to starve Vicksburg into surrender?

How were civilians affected by the Siege of Vicksburg?

What was the importance of the fighting in the Far West?

Instructions: Answer the two questions in the “Interpreting Maps” box.

16.4 – Daily Life During the War

Vocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section. #11. Emancipation Proclamation –

2. Copperheads –

3. habeas corpus –

Why did President Lincoln support the abolition of slavery? #2

In your own words, summarize the opinions Northerners had about abolishing slavery from pg. 529.1

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What battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to announce the Emancipation Proclamation and why did he need that victory to make that announcement?

Instructions: Copy the map on page 529. Make sure you include a map key. #3Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation:

Instructions: Complete the chart below. Reasons (4-5) / Hardships Faced (3) #4

African American Union Soldiers

Hardships Faced

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Why did the Copperheads oppose the war? #5

Why did some people call the Civil War “a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight”?

Instructions: In the box below, draw a political cartoon that either supporting or opposing the draft. Use the example provided as a guide.

16.5 – The Tide of War TurnsVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.

1. Battle of Gettysburg –

2. Pickett’s Charge –

3. Gettysburg Address –

4. William Tecumseh Sherman –

5. total war –

6. Appomattox Courthouse –

Instructions: Complete the chart below.

Battle Winner Significance (Outcome)

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?

What was the purpose of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

What was the Wilderness Campaign and why was it successful for Grant despite the high casualty toll?

What were two major consequences of Sherman’s victories in the South?1. 2.

Explain Sherman’s practice of “total war” using specific details to describe what he and his troops did during the March to the Sea.

What led to Robert E. Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA?

Make a prediction. What problems might the Union face following the Civil War?

Causes and Effects of the Civil War

Causes:

Effects:

Instructions: Complete the graphic organizer below. Write down three events from this section that you think contributed the most to the end of the Civil War. Provide an explanation of how that event contributed.

Chapter 17 – Reconstruction:

17.1 – Rebuilding the South

Vocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section. #1

1. Reconstruction –

2. Ten Percent Plan –

3. Thirteenth Amendment –

4. Freedman’s Bureau –

Instructions: Complete the T-Chart marking the differences of the two reconstruction plans #2

Ten Percent Plan Wade-Davis Bill

Answer the following questions: #3What was Lincoln’s main vision for Reconstruction?

What was life like from many African Americans after the Civil War?

After the Civil War, why did some African Americans feel they were not free?

Why would some newly freed slaves choose to remain in the South?

What were the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau? #4

Why was Abraham Lincoln killed?

After President Johnson approved the new southern states governments, why did Congress still refuse to readmit southern states?

Instructions: Complete the graphic organizer to show how African Americans were affected by #5the end of the Civil War.

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African Americans &

Reconstruction

Marriages are legalized

What are President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Andrew Johnson doing?

Why do you think Johnson and Lincoln are referring to one another by the names “Uncle Abe” and “Andy”?17.2 – The Fight Over ReconstructionVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.

1. Black Codes –

2. Civil Rights Act of 1866 –

3. Fourth Amendment –

4. Reconstruction Acts –

5. impeachment –

6. Fifteenth Amendment –

In what ways did Black Codes limit the freedom of African Americans?

What were Radical Republicans’ goals for Reconstruction?

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 created?

Write down the 6 points of the Fourteenth Amendment in your own words.1. 2.

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5. 6.

How were states to be readmitted under the Reconstruction Acts?

What led Congress to call for the impeachment of President Johnson, and what was the result of the impeachment trial?

What effect might the Fifteenth Amendment have on women in the United States?

17.3 – Reconstruction in the SouthVocabulary: Know the definitions regarding each of these key terms from the section.1. Ku Klux Klan –

2. Compromise of 1877 –

3. secregation –

4. Jim Crow Laws –

5. Plessy v. Ferguson –

6. sharecropping –

How were scalawags and carpetbaggers different?

How did African Americans participate in government during Reconstruction?

Why did Reconstruction governments focus on building railroads and bridges?

Why was the Ku Klux Klan able to obtain a great deal of power in the South before 1870?

How was the United States affected by the Panic of 1873?

In what ways were African American men restricted from voting?

How did segregation become a key issue in Plessy v. Ferguson and what was the verdict?

Why did many African Americans stay on plantations?

How did the sharecropping system limit opportunities for African Americans to own farms or property?

Causes Effects

Rise of the Ku Klux Klan