Name:

VUS.7a; Causes of the Civil War(2 points each)

1. What seemed to be the root cause of SECTIONALISM in the years leading to the Civil War?

2. What is the economic root in each of these leading causes?

Tariffs:

Extension of Slavery:

States’ Rights:

3. How did Southerners tend to defend their “peculiar institution” of slavery?

4. How did the Dred Scott decision nullify the Missouri Compromise?

5. Explain the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

6. How did the presidents between 1849 and 1861 respond to the growing crisis?

7. How were each of these compromises considered a failure?

Missouri Compromise:

Compromise of 1850:

Kansas-Nebraska Act:

8. Why did the Deep South secede when Lincoln was elected?

9. Why did the Upper South secede later?

VUS.7b; People and Battles -

Your Creations:

Create a Spreadsheet OR a Table of Battles;
(24 pts) / Create a Power Point of the Important
Leaders: (21 pts)
Include: Battle Date, Generals on each side,
Outcome of Battle, Significance of the Battle
(3pts each battle) / Include in each slide: Picture/ Which Side/
Role During the War (3pts each leader)
Ø  Ft. Sumter
Ø  Bull Run
Ø  Antietem
Ø  Vicksburg
Ø  Gettysburg
Ø  Appomatox Courthouse
Ø  + 2 more of your choice! / Ø  Abraham Lincoln
Ø  Jefferson Davis
Ø  Ulysses S. Grant
Ø  Robert E. Lee
Ø  Frederick Douglass
Ø  + 2 more of your choice!
Be sure the title page has your name on it!
Use either Microsoft Excel or Microsoft
Word. Upload this to the Module 7 Drop Box. / Use Microsoft Power Point.
Upload this to the Module 7 Drop Box.

VUS.7c; Analyzing the Emancipation Proclamation:(3 points each)

1.Why did Lincoln need to issue it after the Battle of Antietem?
2. What were the political goals? / 3. What were the Foreign Policy Goals? / 4. What were the military goals?
5. Who did the Emancipation Proclamation actually free?

Read the Gettysburg Address and answer these questions: (3 points each)

1. Who is the speaker? / 2. Why are they giving a speech at Gettysburg?
3. What happened “Four Score and Seven Years ago”? / 4. According to the speaker, what is the purpose of the war?

In the text box below, write a paragraph justifying the statement; “Lincoln was NOT an abolitionist. He really didn’t even free the slaves!” (10 points)