Start with Identifying All of the Terms in Section 7.2 + Remember popular sovereigntyJohn Brown + What types of people went to KA to settle, and Why? =”Border Ruffians” v. New England Emigrant Aid Society, Lawrence & Topeka KA v. Lecompton KA, examples of violence in “Bleeding Kansas” Sumner beat Brooks (almost to death) in U.S. Senate, Whigs “died” literally & figuratively, Know-Nothing Party, Republican Party “born” in 1854 over anger regarding the KA-NE Act so they became the anti-slavery party, election of 1856, Dred-Scott decision in the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Roger Taney)-What was it and How did differing groups react to it? Describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates of for the IL Senate seat in 1858, Who won? Please answer the “Check Under.” Question on p. 243, What did John Brown attempt to do at Harpers Ferry & What happened to: his sons? him? What were the opinions of Brown in the North & South?
Identify All Terms in Section 7.3 + Use chart on p. 246 to Analyze the Election of 1860 + How/Why did Lincoln win? AND Why did the South view this as their justification to Secede? What state seceded first & how many had formed the CSA by the time Lincoln was inaugurated (March 1861)? What were the last minute attempts at peace & How do we know that Lincoln was desperate to avoid war? How many forts & arsenals remained in Union hands prior to the attack on Fort Sumter? What happened at Fort Sumter & Why? What states joined the CSA after this attack & Why did Robert E. Lee join the CSA? Make a chart of Union (N) & Confederate (S): Advantages, Strategies & People-mainly Lincoln, Davis, R.E. Lee, U.S. Grant, “Stonewall” Jackson & W. Sherman What was Lincoln’s main goal with what he said in his 1st Inaugural Address? What happened at First Bull Run & what did Lincoln do after? What was shown at Shiloh? Why was Vicksburg, MS so important to U? Union got control of SW, significance of Monitor v. Merrimack? Lincoln v. General McClellan, Why? Identify the 5 Terms inSection7.4 +Why did Lincoln believe that he could issue the Emancipation ProclamationWhatdid it do & Why was it criticized by some in both the U and C & Why did it change the war? Impacts of African-American involvement in Union military (example: 54th MA Regiment)? Section 7.5-A few examples of laws implementedby R’s during Civil War: new taxes & bond sales to finance war, Homestead Act (important chart on p. 262), conscription (drafting of soldiers), IMPORTANT: the Northern economy “boomed” during the war while the Southern economy was crushed, WHY? Women “step-up” in many ways, especially working to run things while men were fighting AND as war-time battlefield nurses (Ex. Clara Barton) Section 7.6-Identify the following battles in terms of outcomes & significance: Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Atlanta + Identify Gettysburg Address & total war (Grant & Sherman’s plan), election of 1864 (pp. 272-73) Section 7.7-Thirteenth Amendment, Lee surrenders to Grant in Appomattox Court House, Lincoln assassinated (J.W. Booth), “Reasons for Union Victory” chart (p. 276) & “Costs of Civil War” chart (p. 278) + what were the societal & political impacts of the war?