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The Civil War
1. Describe the process of 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 of the war in the North? How did Lincoln use his
powers against them to win 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 similar to the North? How was it different?
13. What were the foreign-policy objectives of the Union and the Confederacy?
Which was more successful and why?
14. How did advances in advances in technology impact the war?
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
“Fire-eaters”
Confederate States of
America
Crittenden Compromise
Clement Vallandingham
Ex Parte Merryman & Ex
Parte Milligan
George B. McClellan
Fort Sumter
Homestead Act of 1862
& Morrill Land Grant Act
Union Pacific Railroad
Company
National Banks Acts
Confiscation Acts
Antietam
“greenbacks”
National Draft Law &
New York Draft Riot
“Peace Democrats”
“Copperheads”
Habeus corpus
Martial Law
Emancipation
Proclamation
54th Massachusetts
infantry
U.S. Sanitary Commission
National Women’s Loyal
League
Clara Barton
Jefferson Davis
Alexander Stephens
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Ironclads – Merrimac &
Monitor
King Cotton Diplomacy
Trent Affair
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Vicksburg &
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
William Tecumseh
Sherman & March to the
Sea
“Total war” & scorched
earth
Appomattox Courthouse