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Name Social Studies 5Date Unit 9 Civil War ReviewPacket

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 yocan better understand your answers!

A. Compromises Between the North and South

1. This compromise (1820) allowed a free state and slave state to become apart of the United States at the same time to make it even in Congress. T36 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 Californiabecoming a free state? What did the compromise give the South to make thhappy?

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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 statesrights.___________________________

7b. This part of the country supported a strong central (national) governmen

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C. Civil War Celebrities: Write the name of the celebrity next to the correctdescription(s).

8. President of the Confederate States ofAmerica:________________________________

9. President of the United States ofAmerica:_____________________________________

10. General of the Union Army that defeatedLee:_________________________________

11. Leader of the Army of NorthernVirginia:_____________________________________

12. Civil War nurse who created the American RedCross:___________________________

13. Confederate general from Virginia; shot by ownmen:___________________________

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 CWar:

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16. Union naval captain; Congressman afterwar:_________________________________

17. Believed the United States was onenation:___________________________________

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 abolitioni

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20. Determined to preserve the Union, even if it involvedighting:__________________

21. Was against secession; did not believe the country should be held togethby 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?____________________________________

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 Civil War?

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26. This battle divided the South and cut off theirsupplies._________________________

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 help

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 WashingtD.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 CiviWar?

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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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