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CHAPTER 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861
I.
Page 406-408 “Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska Scheme”/”Congress legislates a Civil War”
1. In what way did Stephen A. Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska Act contradict the Missouri
Compromise of 1820?
2. Define: popular sovereignty
3. How did anti-slave northerners feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
4. Identify: fugitive slave law (act) 1850
II. Stowe and Helper: Literary Incendiaries/The North-South Contest for Kansas/Kansas in
Convulsion
1. What novel did Harriet Beecher Stowe write? What were her feelings regarding slavery?
What impact did the book have on American society in the north?
2. On page 411, carefully read the “examining the evidence passage”. The n answer the
following questions; why is the cabin described here so central to Stowe’s novel? What
sentimental values does the cabin represent? What is the nature and threat to those
values?
3. What book sis Hinton R. Helper write? What was his view regarding slavery?
4. Why did violence erupt in Kansas between 1854 and 1860?
III. The Dred Scott Bombshell/ An Illinois Rail-splitter Emerges/ The Great Debate: Lincoln Versus
Douglas
5. In your own words, discuss the Dred Scott case. What was Dred Scott’s argument? What
was the Supreme Court’s ruling?
6. In a few words, discuss Abraham Lincoln’s background and upbringing
7. What was the main topic of discussion between Lincoln & Douglas during the Freeport
Illinois debate?
IV. John Brown” Murderer or Martyr?/A Rail Splitter splits the Union/ The Electoral Upheaval of
1860/ The Secessionist Exodus
8. What was John Brown’s “Secret scheme”?
9. What happened at Harper’s Ferry in 1859?
10. How did Southerners feel about the possibility of Abraham Lincoln winning the
Presidency?
11. Define: secede , secession
12. Which state was the first to secede FOUR DAYS AFTER Abraham Lincoln was elected
president?
13. List the 6 states that seceded from the Union in 1860 aside from South Carolina.
Please read “Varying Viewpoints” on page 432-433
Chapter 20- Girding for War: The North & the South
I.
The Menace of Secession/ South Carolina Assails Fort Sumter/ Brother’s Blood and Border
Blood
1. The Civil War officially began in ______________on April _____________, 1861.
2. List the 5 Border states
3. Why did President Lincoln publically declare that “he was not fighting to free the blacks”? What
does this statement have to do with the Border States? What was the north fighting for??
II. The Balance of forces/ Billy Yank & Johnny Reb
4. In your own words, discuss the advantages of the Confederate army.
5. What was the South’s greatest weakness?
6. What was the North’s greatest strength?
7. Describe the average Union and Confederate Soldier?
III. Volunteers and Draftees: North & South/ The North’s Economic Boom (page447-449)
8. Identify: New York Draft Riots
9. Analyze the meaning of the following statement- “a rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight”.
What does this statement tell us about the Southern draft movement and preferential
treatment?
IV. The North’s Economic Boom
10. According to your textbook, how many women posed as male soldiers during the Civil War?
11. Discuss other ways in which women participated in and contributed to the war effort.
Chapter 21- The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War 1861-865 Union (north) v. Confederacy (south)
I.
Chart – Notable Civil War Events (PAGES 453-474)
Event
Merrimack v.
Monitor
Battle of
Antietam
Emancipation
Proclamation
African American
Soldiers
Battle of
Gettysburg
Sherman’s
Actions in Georgia
Gettysburg
Address
year
2- 3 facts
Significance/outcome Personal
response
II. The Martyrdom of Lincoln (pages 474-477)/The Aftermath of the Nightmare
2. Who murdered President Lincoln? When? Where? Why?
3. Who became President after Lincoln’s assassination? What happened to him?
4. How many men died during the Civil War?
5. What was the cost of the Civil War?
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