US HISTORY EOC REVIEW
Competency Goal 3: Crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction- What issues led to the Civil War? What were the effects of the war? What impact did the Reconstruction period have on the nation?
Objectives
3.01 What were the major economic, social and political events from the Mexican American War to the outbreak of the Civil War?
Major concepts:
- The debate over the expansion of slavery into the new territories.
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, KansasNebraska Act
Popular Sovereignty
LincolnDouglas Debates
Fugitive Slave Act
- Growing sectionalism, violence, and new political parties
Abolition Movement/Underground railroad
Bleeding Kansas/Sumner Brooks Incident
John Brown’s Raid
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
3.02 What were the causes of the Civil War?
Major concepts:
- Slavery and the lives of slaves
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Fugitive Slave Act
- Economies of the North and South
- States Rights
- Immediate Causes
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Secession of the Southern states/Fort Sumter
Confederate States of America
3.03 What were the major political and military turning points of the Civil War and how did they affect the outcome of the War?
Major concepts:
- Key turning Points
Antietam
Gettysburg/Vicksburg
Sherman’s capture of Atlanta
- Strategies—Political and Military
Anaconda Plan
Defensive War
Cotton Diplomacy
Total war
Lincoln’s suspension of habeus corpus
Copperheads
- Major Poltical and Military Leaders
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
George McClellen
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
3.04 What was the social, political, and economic impact of Reconstruction on the nation and why did it come to an end?
Major Concepts
- Conflict over responsibility for Reconstruction
Lincoln’s Plan/Johnson’s Plan (Presidential Reconstruction)
Radical Republicans’ Plan (Congressional Reconstruction)
Radical Reconstruction/Military Rule
Johnson’s Impeachment trial
- Changes in southern social, economic, and political systems
Reconstruction Governments
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Freedmen’s Bureau
Sharecropping
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
- Resistance and decline
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Redemption
Compromise of 1877
3.05 To what degree was the supremacy of the federal government tested by the Civil War and Reconstruction?
- Covered in 3.04
Competency Goal 4:The Great West and the Rise of the Debtor (1860-1896) - The learner will evaluate the great westward movement and assess the impact of the agricultural revolution on the nation.
4.01 Compare and contrast the different groups of peoples who migrated to the West and describe the problems they experienced.
Major concepts:
- Westward movement motivation
Mormons (religious freedom)
Land (Homestead Act, OklahomaLand Rush)
Fortune (California Gold Rush, social mobility)
- Westward movement challenges
Role of women
Role of immigrants (Irish, Chinese)
Role of African Americans (Exodusters)
4.02 Evaluate the impact that settlement in the West had upon different groups of people and the environment.
Major concepts:
- Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
Built by immigrants
Start of the end of the west
- Cattle, Ranching, and Mining
Mexican culture influenced (cowboy lifestyle)
Technology increase
- Impact on Native Americans
Destruction of Buffalo
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Wounded Knee
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
A Century of Dishonor
4.03 Describe the causes and effects of the financial difficulties that plagued the American farmer and trace the rise and decline of Populism.
Major concepts:
- Discontent of the western farmer
Price of transportation and equipment (growing debt)
- Laws and Court Cases impacting farmers
Munn v. Illinois
Wabash v. Illinois
- Populism
The Grange
Gold Standard v. Bimetallism
“Cross of Gold” Speech
Future Progressive Movement initiatives!
4.04 Describe innovations in agricultural technology and business practices and assess their impact on the West.
Major concepts:
- Technological farming improvements
Steel Plow
- Ranching/cattle improvements
Barbed Wire
Refrigerator Car
- Dependence on the railroads
Corruption/Monopolies (rebates or unequal treatment)
Interstate Commerce Act
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to
A. Reconstruction
B. racial equality
C. manifest destiny
D. conservation of natural resources
____ 2. In the period from 1860 to 1900, the Federal Government encouraged the settlement of the West by
A. passing an increased number of liberal immigration laws
B. selling the most fertile public land to Native American Indians
C. providing free transportation to settlers moving to the frontier
D. granting tracts of land to railroad companies to encourage construction
____ 3. In the period from 1860 to 1890, which experience was shared by most Native Americans living in western states?
A. They maintained control of their traditional lands
B. They benefited economically from government policy
C. They became farmers and small business owners
D. They were forced to live on reservations
____ 4. In which pair of events did the first event most directly influence the second?
A. discovery of gold in California --> Louisiana Purchase
B. building of the transcontinental railroad --> disappearance of the frontier
C. settling of the OregonTerritory --> passage of the Homestead Act
D. assimilation of Native American Indians into American society --> passage of the Dawes Act
____ 5. Who said the quote “I will fight no more forever” in regards to the ending of Native American resistance in the west?
A. Sitting Bull
B. Crazy Horse
C. George Custer
D. Chief Joseph
____ 6. How did the inventions of barbed wire and the refrigerator car drastically change the west?
A. They decreased the profit in the ranching industry
B. They led continual population and railroad growth
C. They put the farmers in considerable debt
D. They were used to improve housing.
____ 7. William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech inferred what about the Gold Standard?
A. The gold standard should continue to be the standard
B. The gold standard is killing the common people
C. The gold standard is interfering with religion
D. The gold standard should be eliminated and replace with Greenbacks
____ 8. Which of the following are changes proposed by the Populist Omaha Platform?
A. Direct election of Senators, Graduated Income Tax, and Secret Ballot
B. Direct election of Senators, Flat Income Tax, and Secret Ballot
C. Direct election of Senators, Flat Income Tax, and Open Ballot
D. Indirect election of Senators, Graduated Income Tax, and Open Ballot
____ 9. Which characteristic of the American frontier continues to be an important part of life in the United States today?
A. widespread support for the Populist Party
B. necessity for families to have many children
C. a predominantly agricultural and mining economy
D. significant opportunities for social and economic mobility
____ 10. Changes proposed by the Populist movement helped to contribute to improvements made to society in what future movement?
A. Isolationist Movement
B. Nativism
C. Progressive Movement
D. Imperialism
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