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Name: Date: Core: U.S. History Unit 3 Test: Ultimate Review Sheet Part I. The Road to the War 1. Why were southern congressmen opposed to the WIlmot Proviso? ____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. The Compromise of 1850 was designed to lessen the tension between the North and the South over the issue of slavery. In the boxes below identify the parts of the Compromise of 1850 that pleased the North and the parts that pleased the South. How the Compromise of 1850 pleased the South 3. How the Compromise of 1850 pleased the South What was the Fugitive Slave Act? __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. True or False. People living in the South loved the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. They believed that the story depicted slavery in an honest and fair way. I think that this statement is ________ (true or false) because: __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act (hint: think about popular sovereignty): ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. True or False. People living in the North were proud of what Preston Brooks. Many northerners sent him letters of thanks and new canes for standing up for their region. I think that this statement is ________ (true or false) because: __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What did the Supreme Court decide about the citizenship status of African-Americans in the case of Dred Scot v. Sanford? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. Who was John Brown? ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Who won the presidential election of 1860? ____________________________________ 10. How did the South react to the election of this man? __________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Define the word “ssecession”: ______________________________________________________ 12. Identify the first southern state to secede from the Union. _____________________________ Part II. The Civil War 13. Define the term “ccivil war.” _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What was the name given to the new country formed by the southern states that seceded from the Union? ________________________________________________________________ 15. Union or Confederacy – Advantages at the Beginning of the War a. ______________ This region had more skilled military leaders who’d attended prestigious military academies such as West Point. b. ______________ This region had 85% of the country’s factories and mills. c. ______________ This region would be doing most of the fighting in their own land, giving them the home-court advantage. d. ______________ This region’s population was more passionate about the war effort than the opposition. e. ______________ This region had a much larger population (roughly 16 million more people than the competition). f. ______________ This region had a greater supply of weapons and cloth for their troops, g. ______________ This region had more miles of railroad. h. ______________ This region should have had greater supplies of food because their economy was based on agriculture. i. ______________ This region won most of the victories in the early part of the war. j. ______________ This region was composed of more states. 16. Who was the lead general of the Union Army? _____________________________________ 17. Who was the lead general of the Confederate Army? _________________________________ 18. Who was elected as president of the Confederate States of America? _____________________ 19. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? _____________________________________ 20. Why was the Battle of New Orleans an important victory for the Union? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 21. Which of the following statements is true about the Battle of Gettysburg? a. It was an important victory for the Union because it marked a turning point in the war in which they began to win more battles. b. It was an important victory for the South because it was the first time they won a battle on northern soil. c. It was an the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. 22. Who was Clara Barton? __________________________________________________________ 23. Why was the Battle of Vicksburg an important victory for the North? ____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 24. What was the name of the military plan adopted by the Union? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 25. Briefly describe the plan. _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 26. Where did the Confederacy surrender to the Union in 1865? ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 27. Name the man who assassinated President Lincoln. ___________________________________ 28. What was the Massachusetts 54th Regiment of soldiers (formed right after the Emancipation proclamation)? _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 29. What was the Battle of Antietam? _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 30. Define the word “cconscription” ____________________________________________________ 31. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? __________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Part III. Reconstruction Era 32. What was the Freedman’s Bureau? _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 33. Briefly describe each of the Reconstruction Amendments: 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment 34. Who were Blanche Bruce & Hiram Revels? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 35. Which group of people wanted to help former slaves gain equal rights? Radical Republicans or the Democrats? _________________________________ 36. What were black codes? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 37. Briefly describe how each of these Supreme Court verdicts affected the rights of African Americans. U.S. v. Cruickshank U.S. v. Reese 38. What was the Panic of 1873 and how did it affect the rights of African-Americans? _________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 39. True or False. Sharecropping helped many former slaves become very wealthy. I think that this statement is ________ (true or false) because: __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 40. What was Special Field Order #15? _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________