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Name Social Studies 5Date Unit 9 Civil War Review Packet
Civil War Review Packet Due Wednesday, May 12th, 2010After School Study Session: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Pacific Civil War Unit Assessment: Friday, May 14th, 2010
Directions: Answer the following questions by using the Civil War notes on pages ______________ in your History Alive! workbook. Put the notes in your own words so you can better understand your answers!
A. Compromises Between the North and South
1. This compromise (1820) allowed a free state and slave state to become a part of the United States at the same time to make it even in Congress. The 36 degree 30 line was also created.
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2. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
3. In the Compromise of 1850, why was the South angry about California becoming a free state? What did the compromise give the South to make them happy?
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B. Issues That Divided the North and South Before the Civil War
4a. Why was the North against slavery?_______________________________________
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4b. Why did the South support slavery?_______________________________________
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5a. Explain why the North supported tariffs (taxes)._____________________________
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5b. Explain why the South opposed tariffs (taxes).______________________________
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6a. Describe the culture of the North.________________________________________
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6b. Describe the culture of the North.________________________________________
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7a. This part of the country supported “states’ rights”.___________________________
7b. This part of the country supported a strong central (national) government.
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C. Civil War Celebrities: Write the name of the celebrity next to the correct description(s).
8. President of the Confederate States of America:________________________________
9. President of the United States of America:_____________________________________
10. General of the Union Army that defeated Lee:_________________________________
11. Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia:_____________________________________
12. Civil War nurse who created the American Red Cross:___________________________
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13. Confederate general from Virginia; shot by own men:___________________________
14. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation and wrote the Gettysburg Address:
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15. Urged Southerners to accept defeat and reunite as Americans after the Civil War:
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16. Union naval captain; Congressman after war:_________________________________
17. Believed the United States was one nation:___________________________________
18. Offered to command a Union Army but chose not to fight against Virginia:
19. Former slave who escaped to the North; became an influencial abolitionist:
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20. Determined to preserve the Union, even if it involved fighting:__________________
21. Was against secession; did not believe the country should be held together by force:
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D. Major Civil War Battle and Events
22. What caused the first Southern states to secede?______________________________
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23. Which event in 1861 began the Civil War?____________________________________
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24. Explain the importance of the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run).
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25. Why was the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation a major event of the Civil War?
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26. This battle divided the South and cut off their supplies._________________________
27. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg the turning point of the Civil War?
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28. Which event ended the Civil War in 1865?____________________________________
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E. Civil War Battle Tactics
29. Which three ports did the Union block in the South throughout the war?
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30. Why did the blockades of these ports hurt the South?__________________________
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31. What did the North gain control of at the Battle of Vicksburg?
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32. What advantage did the North have at the Battle of Gettysburg that helped them win?
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33. What influenced the location of the battles during the Civil War?
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F. Civil War Vocabulary
34. What does the term popular sovereignty mean?_______________________________
35. What does it mean to secede?____________________________________________
36. Describe the Border States._______________________________________________
37. Richmond was the capital city of the _____________________, and Washington, D.C.
was the capital city of the__________________________.38. What is a compromise?___________________________________________________G. Which side did these states support? (Use different colors each section.)
39. Color four Southern (Confederate/Rebel) States this color:What are the names of these four states?
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40. Color four Northern (Union/Yankee) States this color:What are the names of these four states?
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41. Color the five Border States this color:What are the names of these five states?
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H. Impacts the Civil War Had on African Americans
42. What were examples of how African Americans were impacted by the Civil War?
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I. Overall Effects of the Civil War on the Union and Confederacy
43. What were seven general effects of the Civil War?
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