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Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-­‐1861. Identify and state the historical significance of the following: Harriet Beecher Stowe (in chap 16 also) Dred Scott Uncle Tom’s Cabin (in chap 16 also) Abraham Lincoln Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner Jefferson Davis “Bleeding Kansas” John Brown Harpers Ferry raid Focus Questions: 1. Why did the new Republican Party lose the 1856 election? Who was their candidate? 2. How did events unfold in Kanas after the passage of the Kansas-­‐Nebraska Act? 3. Why did James Buchanan not act more forcefully against Southern secession? 4. Who were the candidates for president for the 1860 election, where did each get his support, and what were the results of the election? Chapter 20: Girding for War, The North & South, 1861-­‐1865 Identify and state the historical significance of the following: Ft. Sumter William H. Seward Border States Abraham Lincoln Draft Riots Jefferson Davis Trent Affair Focus Questions: 1. What action did Lincoln take that caused Confederates to fire on Ft. Sumter? 2. What incidents threatened peaceful relations between the Union (North) and Britain? 3. At the outbreak of war, what advantages di the South have and what advantages did the North have? 4. Why did Lincoln believe that the Union ought to be preserved with or without slavery? 5. Why did the South believe they would be able to enlist foreign intervention and why were they unable to do so? 6. How did the war affect the economy in the North and South? Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-­‐1865. Identify and state the historical significance of the following: Andrew Johnson Emancipation Proclamation Robert E. Lee 13th Amendment Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson Copperheads Ulysses S. Grant First Battle of Bull Run William T. Sherman Antietam George Pickett Battle of Vicksburg Monitor and Merrimack Battle of Gettysburg & Gettysburg Address Appomattox Courthouse Ford’s Theater 1. How did the Battle of Antietam affect British and French policy toward the U.S.? 2. What did the North’s “victory” at Antietam allow Lincoln to do? 3. Where did the Emancipation Proclamation declare freedom for slaves? When was slavery finally abolished in the United States? 4. How successful was Lee as commander of the Confederate Army? 5. Once he was put in charge of the entire Union Army, how did Grant prosecute the war until its end? 6. What was the political situation as the election of 1864 approached, and how did Lincoln win re-­‐election? 7. How did African Americans serve in the Civil War? Why was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry fabled for its service? 8. What significance did Lincoln’s assassination have on the South?