Download Study Guide Sheet – Day 1 (Part I) of Final Exam

Study Guide Sheet – (Part II) of Final Exam
* Please use this review sheet to assist you in preparing for the Social Studies final exam.
Key Vocabulary to know:
- Free State: A state that does not allow ___________________
- _____________ ______________: a state that permits slavery.
- To withdraw or break away from is to __________________.
- A war fought between two or more regions of one nation is called a ______________ _________.
- The North and the South made compromises in the 1800’s to try and avoid the issue of
____________________ coming into new states.
- The Compromise of 1850 stated that _______________________ would join the Union as a free state It also
stated that the Fugitive Slave Law would be strengthened. This law required federal agents and regular people to
help capture escaped slaves and return them to a state of _______________________
- The election of ________________ _______________________ in 1860 caused the southern state of
____________ _________________________ to secede from the Union.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book, _____________ ____________ __________________. This book
exposed the horrors and cruelties of slavery.
- The Kansas- ________________ Act of 1854 let the people decide for themselves if a ______________ should
go slave or free. This Act was against the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
- The case which made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional was the case involving the Missouri slave
known as ___________ ______________. (pg. 428)
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_______________ _________________ , an abolitionist led a small band of people to try and capture the
federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He was captured and hung for treason. ( pg. 428)
Stength’s of Union Army
more railroads
more industry
more wealth
more people
Abraham Lincoln
Strength’s of Confederate Army
knew the land they were fighting on
better general & military leaders
hardy farm boys
good on horseback
good shooters
The goal of the war for the Confederacy (South) was to be an ____________________________ nation (pg. 453)
The goal of the North was to ________________ (reinstate) the Union. (pg. 453)
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Abraham ________________ issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation after this Union victory in the
fall of 1862.
- The victory for the Union army at Vicksburg in Mississippi was very important because…. (hint: think
Anaconda Plan) _____________________________________________________________________________
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- The biggest battle ever fought during the Civil War was the only battle fought in a free state. This battle marked
the beginning of the end of the war for the South (Confederacy). It was the battle of _______________________.
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The 54th Massachusett’s willingness to lead the attack for the Union army on Fort Wagner is South Carolina
proved the courage and bravery of the ____________________ _______________________ soldier.
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Women served as spies, soldiers, and nurses during the Civil War
- The head general of the Confederate Army (the army of Northern Virginia) was _________________________
- The head general of the Union Army (the army of the Potomac) since 1864 was, _________________________
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What are the three parts of the Anaconda Plan? (pg.454-455)
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
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Key Vocabulary to know:
Contraband - ___________________________________________________________
mobilize - ______________________________________________________________
secede - ________________________________________________________________
inflation - _______________________________________________________________
draft - __________________________________________________________________
casualty - _______________________________________________________________
The Emancipation Proclamation was a decree issued by Union President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved
people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1st, 1863. Lincoln’s Emancipation
Proclamation sent a clear message to enslaved people and the Confederacy about the future of slavery. (that
message being that there was no future for slavery)
“I never in my life felt more certain that I am doing right than I do in signing this paper… If my name is every goes
down in history it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.” --Abraham Lincoln, 1863
African Americans role in the Civil War:
-At first, both the North and the South prevented African Americans from serving in their armies. As time passed,
the North relaxed its rules.
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The best known African American regiment was the 54th Massachusetts.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was considered the turning point in the civil war. General Robert E. Lee of the
Confederacy was defeated by the Union Army over the three day period July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863. The loss at
Gettysburg ended the Confederates’ hopes of gaining help from Britain and France.
With more soldiers enlisting in the Union army and more reserves available, the Union army outnumbered
the Confederate army:
a) 4 to 1
b) 2 to 1
c) they had the same number of soldiers
Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech in November of 1863 called, ____________________________________
This speech was made to _______________________those who struggled and died (on both sides) at the Battle of
Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to dedicate the site.
“These dead shall not have died in vain…Government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not
perish from the earth.” --Abraham Lincoln from the Gettysburg Address
The person who assassinated Union President Abraham Lincoln was from the North/South (circle one)
His name was __________________________________ . He wanted revenge for the North winning the war and
ending __________________. He felt strongly, as many other southerners did, that blacks should still be slaves in
the South. He hated Abraham Lincoln for ending slavery.
Know the term, “total war” and why Union General Ulysses S. Grant felt the Union army needed to use this
strategy on the South (Confederacy) in the later years of the civil war.
“Total War” is when… _________________________________________________________________________
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The Cost of the Civil War (pg. 487)
- More lives were lost in the Civil War than in any other war/conflict in American history.
- The civil war cost billions of dollars
- The civil war left many Southern cities and farms in ruins (destroyed).
Positives of the War?
- The North’s victory in the civil war saved the Union (country).
- The war also made clear that the national government was more powerful than the states.
- The war ended slavery and freed millions of African Americans.
After the Civil War ended, there was a period of time in our nation called, The Reconstruction Era. To reconstruct
means to rebuild. That is exactly what needed to happen in certain parts of our nation. The former Confederate
states needed to be rebuilt and readmitted again into the Union (country).