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AP Chapter 14 Study Guide The Civil War 1. Describe the southern secession. What was the reaction of the United States government to the southern states that seceded first? 2. What attempts were made to restore the Union after the attack on Fort Sumter? Why did they fail? How did Lincoln respond? 3. What were the advantages and disadvantages that the North and South had going into the Civil War? 4. How did the Republican Party act to expand the American economy during the war? To which pre-war party was their program similar? Why were they able to enact it, whereas the previous party had not been successful? 5. How did the Union propose to finance the war? How successful was this? What was the effect on the economy? 6. Who were the opponents war in the North? How did Lincoln use his powers against them? What was the outcome of the 1864 election? 7. What factors, other than political pressure, brought about the Emancipation Proclamation? What did the proclamation really accomplish? How many slaves did it actually free? 8. What role did African Americans play in support of the Union cause? How were they treated? 9. What impact did the Civil War have on the Northern industrial economy? on women in the North? What part did women play in the Union war effort? 10. What problems did the new leaders of the Confederacy face? How did the Confederacy attempt to finance the war and raise troops? How successful were they? 11. Why was states' rights the "great dividing force" in the Confederacy's war effort? What caused this division? What was the effect? 12. How did the Civil War "transform" Southern society? How was this transformation like that which took place in the North? How was it different? 13. What were the foreign-policy objectives of the Union and of the Confederacy? Which was most successful and why? 14. How did advances in the effectiveness of arms and artillery change the way soldiers in the field fought? 15. What was the response of the border states to the outbreak of war? 16. What were the strengths and weaknesses of General George McClellan's military leadership? of General Robert E. Lee's military leadership? 17. What was the Union plan for the conquest of the West? How did the Confederates propose to defend this area? What was fighting like in the West? 18. Why was 1863 the "Year of Decision" and a turning point in the Civil War? 19. What was Grant's grand strategy for 1864? What were his objectives? 20. How was the Confederacy finally defeated? In what way did the Union forces destroy the South's will to carry on the fight? AP Chapter 14 Study Guide The Civil War Define and include the Historical Significance for the following numbered terms, the other terms you should still be familiar with for the exam. “Fire-eaters” Confederate States of America 1. Crittenden Compromise 2. Fort Sumter Clement Vallandingham 8. Ex Parte Milligan Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee George B. McClellan 3. Homestead Act of 1862 & Morrill Land Grant Act Union Pacific Railroad Company 4. National Banks Acts Antietam 15. Ironclads – Merrimac & Monitor 16. King Cotton Diplomacy 17. Trent Affair 5. “greenbacks” 6. National Draft Law & New York Draft Riot 7. “Peace Democrats” “Copperheads” Habeus corpus Martial Law 9. Confiscation Acts Emancipation Proclamation 10. 54th Massachusetts infantry 11. U.S. Sanitary Commission 12. National Women’s Loyal League 13. Clara Barton 14. Jefferson Davis Alexander Stephens Battle of Bull Run 18. Battle of Vicksburg & Gettysburg 19. William Tecumseh Sherman & March to the Sea 20. Appomattox Courthouse