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Study Guide: The Civil War (SS8H6)
Standard: SS8H6a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery,
states’ rights, and nullification.
Instructions: Describe the viewpoints of the North and the South on the issues listed below.
View of the North
View of the South
1. Slavery (p.216)- Believed that slavery was a moral evil
and should be abolished.
1. Slavery (p.216)- Needed slavery to support its
plantation system economy.
2. States’ Rights (p.216) Believed that the states did NOT
have the right to decide which National laws they were
going to obey
2. States’ Rights (p.216) Believed that states had the right
to decide which of National laws it was going to obey.
3. Nullification- Believed that the states had to follow the
laws passed by the national government.
3. Nullification- Believed that the states had the right to
be able to ignore laws passed by the national
government.
Standard: SS8H6a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; the Missouri
Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Instructions: Use pages 222-225 and page 242-244 in your textbook to fully explain each of the following terms.
1. Missouri Compromise- The first compromise that allowed Missouri to become a slave state, created Maine as a free
state, and drew an imaginary line across the rest of the country.
2. Compromise of 1850- The compromise that was established when California became a free state and Texas became
a slave state. This compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Act.
3. Georgia Platform- Georgia’s request for the other Southern states to agree to the Compromise of 1850.
4. Kansas-Nebraska Act- The law that allowed Kansas and Nebraska citizens to vote for themselves whether or not
they were going to become free states or slave states.
Study Guide: The Civil War (SS8H6)
Standard: SS8H6a.- Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War include; the Dred Scott
case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
Instructions: Identify who was involved, what was the outcome, and explain why it was an important event up to the
Civil War.
Event
Dred Scott Case
Election of 1860
Alexander Stephens’ Debate
p.223
p. 245-247
Over Secession
p. 246-248
Who was
The Supreme
involved?
Court case that involved a Northern Republican candidate, Southern Congressman
slave that was taken by his Abraham Lincoln, defeats
Alexander Stephens
master to a free state
Democrats Stephen Douglas and
John Breckenridge
What was the
outcome?
Why was it an
important event
leading up to the
Civil War?
Name
The court said that slaves
did not have any rights
angered Northern
Abolitionists
North or South
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln, defeats Stephen
Douglas and John Breckenridge
to become President of the
United States.
Lincoln’s election angers the
Southern states so much that
they secede (leave) the Union.
tried to persuade the South
from seceding (leaving) the
Union
The Southern states ignore his
pleads and form their own
country, the Confederate
States of America.
Leadership Position During the War
Republican President of the United States.
North
Alexander Stephens
South
Southern Congressman that was Vice President of the
Confederacy.
William T. Sherman
North
The Union (Northern) General that attacks Atlanta and
Savannah.
Robert E. Lee
The Confederate (Southern) General that led troops in the
Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg.
South
Ulysses S. Grant
North
The Union (Northern) General that accepted Robert E. Lee’s
surrender at Appomatox Courthouse in 1865.
Study Guide: The Civil War (SS8H6)
Standard: SS8H6b.- State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Gettysburg,
Chickamauga, and Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign
Instruction: Use your textbook (p.266-274) or worksheet to complete the chart. Make sure that you are very clear
when you state the importance of each battle.
Battle
Location
Antietam
Which Side Won?
Draw (Union claims
victory)
Maryland
Gettysburg
North
Pennsylvania
Chickamauga
South
Georgia
Sherman’s Atlanta
Campaign
North
Georgia
Importance of the Battle
The bloodiest single day in American
history. It was the first time the South
invaded the North.
The Union defeats the South. It was
the last time the South tried to
invade the North.
One of the first major battles in
Georgia. The Southern victory slowed
down the Northern invasion of
Georgia.
The Union victory that ended with
the destruction of Atlanta and divided
the Confederacy in two.
Standard: SS8H6b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union
blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville
Prison.
Instructions: Indentify who was involved, what the outcome was, and explain why the event was an important event
or location during the Civil War.
Event/Location
Importance
Emancipation Proclamation
p. 267
The order issued by Abraham Lincoln after the Northern victory at Antietam that
freed the slaves in the Confederate states once they were taken over by the North.
Union Blockade of Georgia
p.260-263
The strategy used by the North in which they used their superior Navy to cut off
supplies to Georgia and the rest of the Confederacy.
Andersonville Prison
p.275-276
The Southern prisoner of war camp for Union soldiers where poor conditions lead to
the deaths of thousands of Union prisoners.
Study Guide: The Civil War (SS8H6)
1. What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau? To help former slaves and poor whites
2. After the Civil War, what system was developed to provide labor to work the former plantations?
Sharecropping.
3. How did sharecroppers pay their landowners? By providing labor and a large percentage of their crop
4. How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers? Tenant farmers usually owned some
agricultural equipment
5. How did the Reconstruction plans of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson differ from the plans of the radical
Republicans? The radical Republicans’ plan treated the southern states like conquered provinces
requiring Congress to monitor the treatment of freedmen
6. What did the 13th Amendment do? Abolished slavery in all territories forever.
7. What did the 14th Amendment do? Gave African-Americans equal citizenship.
8. What did the 15th Amendment do? Allowed African-Americans the right to vote.
9. Why were Henry McNeal Turner and other black legislators expelled from their seats in the Georgia
state legislator? They were told they didn’t have the right to hold political office (See previous blog
post’s ppt)
10. What was the main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan? To return control of the southern state governments
to Democrats and suppress the African-Americans’ newly given rights.