Unit 7 Study Guide: The Union Challenged
For your upcoming final see the helpful hints below to help you study.
These hints are not meant to give you the answers to the test questions. They are meant to help you focus your studying on the most important concepts throughout the unit.
Ultimately you need to have a thorough understanding of what we've learned. You should pull from knowledge gained through the reading and work you've done and our class activities and discussions in addition to this guide. Use your best judgment when it comes to what you need to focus on to be prepared.
Helpful Hints for Studying
Lesson 21- A Dividing Nation
Review the key political moments before the Civil War: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of .1850, and Kansas-Nebraska act, the Dred Scott decision.
Questions to consider: How did the issue of slavery affect the nation before the Civil War?
Lesson 22- The Civil war
Review the outcomes of the major battles of the Civil War especially Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Make sure you know the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederate forces.
Questions to consider: How did the war change after the Battle of Gettysburg? How did women assist in the war? What was the final outcome of the war?
Lesson 23- Reconstruction
Review Johnson's Reconstruction plan and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Make sure you understand the progression of Reconstruction efforts in the south.
Questions to consider: How did Reconstruction begin and how did it end? What are Jim Crow laws and why do they exist? How did the culture of the South change during and after Reconstruction? How did the lives of African-American's change during and after the Reconstruction?
These hints are not meant to give you the answers to the test questions. They are meant to help you focus your studying on the most important concepts throughout the unit.
Ultimately you need to have a thorough understanding of what we've learned. You should pull from knowledge gained through the reading and work you've done and our class activities and discussions in addition to this guide. Use your best judgment when it comes to what you need to focus on to be prepared.
Helpful Hints for Studying
Lesson 21- A Dividing Nation
Review the key political moments before the Civil War: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of .1850, and Kansas-Nebraska act, the Dred Scott decision.
Questions to consider: How did the issue of slavery affect the nation before the Civil War?
Lesson 22- The Civil war
Review the outcomes of the major battles of the Civil War especially Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Make sure you know the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederate forces.
Questions to consider: How did the war change after the Battle of Gettysburg? How did women assist in the war? What was the final outcome of the war?
Lesson 23- Reconstruction
Review Johnson's Reconstruction plan and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Make sure you understand the progression of Reconstruction efforts in the south.
Questions to consider: How did Reconstruction begin and how did it end? What are Jim Crow laws and why do they exist? How did the culture of the South change during and after Reconstruction? How did the lives of African-American's change during and after the Reconstruction?