Topic 7 and 8 USHAG

What were the northern and southern views on slavery in the mid-1800s?

What was the Compromise of 1850, and who was involved in getting it passed?

What was the northern response to the Fugitive Slave Act?

How did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin affect the U.S.?

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and who proposed it?

How did it lead to the event known as "Bleeding Kansas"?

How did the political party system change in the 1850s?

What were the details of and decision in the Dred Scott case?

What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates? Who wins?

Who wins the election of 1860? Who else was running? How does this lead/ to the Civil War?

What was the secession crisis, and how/why did it result from the election of 1860?

What happens at Ft. Sumter and why is it significant?

Confederate States vs. Union States; who is on each side?

What were the advantages/disadvantages of each side

What were the Union & Confederate Strategies?

How did the fighting of the war proceed, and what were some of the major battles?

What did the Emancipation Proclamation actually do, and why was it important?

What role did African Americans play in the Union war effort?

What political actions did Lincoln take during the war to help the Union win?

Who becomes the Union military commander in the last year of the war, and what new strategy begins to be used? Provide a specific example of how this strategy is implemented.

When and where does the war end? How would you characterize the terms of the surrender?

What happened to Lincoln shortly after the end of the war? Who becomes president?

What were the major problems the country faced after the Civil War, and how did the presidential and congressional plans for Reconstruction attempt to resolve these issues?

What were the three Reconstruction Amendments and how did they impact the country?

What were the political, economic, and social effects of Reconstruction on the South?

What factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction, and what event marks the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction?

What issues did African American leaders focus on in the years after the end of Reconstruction?