Honors U.S. History Name:
Mr. Irwin
1/19/2016 Week 17 Period:
Study Guide For Test #3 - Selected Topics Covering the Years 1845 - 1900
Sources: A People & A Nation – Chapters 14, 15, 16 & 17; Pages 366 – 494
Lecture 13 Slave Or Free; Abolitionism & Congressional Debates Over New States – 1820 -1858
Lecture 14 From the Election of Lincoln to the Surrender at Appomattox – 1860 - 1865
Lecture 15 Reconstruction – 1865 – 1877
Lecture 16 Conflict With Native Americans 1860 - 1900
1. page(s) 320 - 325 Give details of William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass and explain what both men had in common.
2. page(s) 437 – 438: In regards to the Southern secessionists, was President Lincoln Reconstruction plan geared towards punishment or forgiveness?
3. page(s) 438: List the content of the 13th Amendment.
4. page(s) 377 – 378: In the study of the period leading up to the Civil War, why is Harriet Beecher Stowe considered a significant historical figure?
5. page(s) 378: Use the space below to differentiate Harriet Tubman from Harriet Beecher Stowe.
6. page(s) 385 – 386: Explain what the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott vs. Sanford was about, and make sure to include how the court ruled.
7. page(s) 378: Use data from a textbook or an Internet source to give an estimate of what was accomplished as the result of the Underground Railroad.
8. page(s) 387 – 388: Give specific details on how John Brown fits into the study of the time period leading up to the Civil War?
9. page(s) 389 -390: Which Southern state was the first to secede the Union, and what prompted the secession?
10. Lecture 14: Many people wrongly believe that initially, Lincoln was fighting the Civil War to free the slaves, but according to history books, Lincoln was fighting the war for a different reason. What was that reason?
11. page(s) 411 -415: What was the Emancipation Proclamation, and in a technical sense, who did it affect?
12. Lecture 14: What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address, and what was the primary message of Lincoln’s historic speech?
13. page(s) 429: What took place at Appomattox Court House, and what key historical figures were involved?
14. page(s) 434: Give the approximate time period during which Reconstruction took place.
15. page(s) 435 – 437: Upon Abraham Lincoln’s death, who became President?
16. page(s) 437 – 438: Explain why Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was referred to as the Ten Percent Plan.
17. page(s) 438 – 439: What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
18. page(s) 442: What was the original idea behind the concept of sharecropping?
19. page(s) 445: What were the black codes?
20. page(s) 446: After the Civil War, what was the position of the Radical Republicans in regards to the newly freed slaves?
21. page(s) 447: How did the 14th Amendment change America?
22. page(s) 448 – 449: As Southern States began the process to be reunited with the Union, there were two important conditions that were required of them. What were these two conditions?
23. page(s) 449 - 450: What prompted the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and what was the result of the impeachment?
24. page(s) 451 – 452: Explain why the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is studied and connected to the period of Reconstruction.
25. page(s) 455 – 457: After the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan began to form. According to your textbook, what was the overall objective of this organization?
26. page(s) 455: During Reconstruction, the terms scalawag and capretbagger became prevalent in the Southern states. Explain what these terms meant.
· carpetbagger -
· Scalawag -
27. page(s) 462 – 464 + Lecture 15: Historians often cite one glaring failure of Reconstruction. What was this failure?
28. page(s) 462 – 464 + Lecture 15: What was the most important accomplishment of Reconstruction?
29. page(s) 474 – 476 + Lecture 16: Give a description of the shift of U.S. Native American policies to that of assimilation, between the period of 1865 – 1900.
30. page(s) 474 – 476 + Lecture 16: Give details of the Dawes Severalty Act of and explain how it was designed to change the structure of Indian tribes and Indian families.