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Ms. Freund
Topic Packet
Honors US History
Topic 1: Civil War and Reconstruction
Directions: Answer the following vocabulary, people, identifications, questions, and sample test questions completely and thoroughly. NO CREDIT will be given for
an answer that is copied straight from the book or any other source. This packet is not a collaborative effort. Do your own work. Ensure that there is NO QUESTION
about whether you did it on your own. The entire packet MUST be handwritten.
SCORING: There are 2 grades for this packet. One grade is received for completion and one for accuracy. Accuracy is scored by whether or not each answer is
correct. Each part is worth 20% of your completion grade. Understand that “doing the math” and not completing the assignment will also hurt your accuracy grade.
PART 1: VocabularyDirections: For each term, write a full definition in your own words (when using the textbook consult the definition in the chapter rather than in
the glossary to help you define each word )
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manifest destiny
popular sovereignty
nullification
states rights
secession
fugitive slave law
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reconstruction
carpetbaggers
pillage
scalawags
debt peonage
free soil movement
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sharecropping
tenant farming
westward expansion
poll tax
literacy test
grandfather clause
PART 2: Important people Directions: for each person, answer the following 2 questions (minimum 2 complete sentences): a) who are they, b) why are they
important
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Henry Clay
Dred Scott
Harriet Tubman
Robert E. Lee
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Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
William T. Sherman
PART 3: Identification Directions: for each question identify the item answering 2 questions (minimum 2 complete sentences): a) what is it/what happened, b)
what is its significance to the topic
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Compromise of 1820
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Bleeding Kansas
Underground Railroad
Fugitive Slave Act
Republican Party
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lecompton Constitution
Dred Scott Decision
PART 4: Guided Reading Questions
(Consult Ch 1: Lesson 4 & 5)
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Freeport Doctrine
Emacipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Anaconda Plan
Radical Republicans
Black Codes
Redeemers
Jim Crow Laws
Ku Klux Klan
Directions: Copy the question and answer it thoroughly directly below on your own sheet of paper.
How did the political system attempt to resolve the issues of sectionalism and slavery?
What events led to the secession of the Southern states?
What were the advantages and disadvantages for the North and the South at the start of the War
When did the war change from a battle over preserving the Union to a war to end slavery? What caused this change
Why were Vicksburg and Gettysburg turning points in the war?
What important decisions had to be made concerning the fate of the seceded states and the rights of those freed from slavery?
Ms. Freund
PART 5: EOC Questions:
Topic Packet
Honors US History
Directions: Write the entire question and all options then answer each by circling the letter of the correct answer.
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Which of the following statements is true concerning the map pictured below?
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The union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war
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The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission
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The snake’s head begins in the Union’s capital and tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the
war
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The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage so they were attempting to cut off any exportation of goods
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”
-Abraham Lincoln, 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
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slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
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sectional differences threatened to destroy the union
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the Southern states should be allowed to secede
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to save the union, the North should compromise with the South on slavery