Unit 4—CIVIL WAR and RECONSTRUCTION Stuff to Know

Possible Written Response Qs What caused the Civil War? Describe the Compromise of 1850 and list its main points. Describe the events that led to Bleeding Kansas. Summarize the Dred Scott Case and be sure to state the Court’s decision. Evaluate it. Name the three main strategies employed by the Union to bring victory in the Civil War. What is meant by the “era of Reconstruction,” and what were its three main goals? Lincoln’s Plan v. Radical Republicans’ Plan Describe the system of sharecropping.

Ch 10—The Union in Peril Docs: The Crime Against KS Sectionalism Wilmot Proviso Popular Sovereignty California and the Compromise of 1850 (4 pts) Kansas-Nebraska Act – Stephen Douglas – Transcontinental Rail – Popular Sovereignty – Crime Against Kansas & Brooks-Sumner Affair Bleeding Kansas – Border Ruffians – Sack of Lawrence & Pot. Mas. John Brown Free-Soil Party Frederick Douglass on Fugitive Slave Law (jackass) Tariffs & States Rights Raid on Harper’s Ferry Election of 1860 Lincoln’s Party (& beliefs) Dec. 20, 1860

Ch 11—A Nation Divided: Civil War Docs: none Election of Lincoln SC Secession Formation of Confederacy Ft. Sumter – The Problem – Anderson and Beauregard Advantages held by North Northern Strategy (Anaconda) Southern Strategy King Cotton (or Grand Illusion) Battle of Bull Run Lincoln’s Frustration (think Nick Saban & Crimson Tide) Lincoln’s View of Slavery Lincoln’s Biggest Desire/ Goal What exactly did the Emancipation Proc do? The problem w/ Border States Copperheads Conscription (results of) “Rich man’s war… poor man’s fight” Role of African Americans in Civil War Gettysburg and Vicksburg Grant and Sherman March to the Sea Appomattox

Ch 12—Reconstruction Docs: What is Reconstruction? 3 primary goals of Reconstr. Lincoln’s 10% plan v. Radical Republican’s Plan Freedmen’s Bureau – Goal – Reality – Carpetbaggers/ Scalawags Black Codes Reconstruction Amendments – 13 th, 14 th, 15 th Successes and Failures of Reconstruction Sharecropping and its “Cycle of Poverty” 365 days to freedom Tenant Farming Ku Klux Klan End of Reconstruction Rutherford B. Hays “Redemption of South”