United States History Student Edition

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IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN 1. Identify each of the following terms and explain its significance to slavery and the Civil War. A. abolitionist F. artillery B. secede G. habeas corpus C. arsenal H. entrenched D. border state I. siege E. tributary REVIEWING KEY FACTS 2. Analyzing Why did some of the earliest abolitionists favor a gradual end to slavery rather than an immediate one? 3. Analyzing How did the compromise Henry Clay proposed in 1850 address the concerns of Southerners? 4. Summarizing Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott? 5. Identifying When and why did the Republican Party form? 6. Explaining What issue divided the Democratic Party in the election of 1860? How did this division benefit Lincoln? 7. Identifying Cause and Effect Why did Lincoln issue a call for more volunteers after the First Battle of Bull Run? 8. Identifying What innovation did the Confederacy use to threaten the Union blockade of Southern ports? 9. Summarizing How did women contribute to the war effort in the North and the South? 10. Identifying Where is Vicksburg? Why was its capture by Union forces significant? 11. Analyzing Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

CRITICAL THINKING 12. Drawing Conclusions Why do you think most African Americans rejected the plan of the American Colonization Society? 13. Identifying Themes In his antislavery pamphlet, David Walker wrote: “America is more our country than it is the whites’—we have enriched it with our blood and tears.” What did he mean by this claim? 14. Explaining Why were Northerners opposed to the idea of popular sovereignty? 15. Predicting How do you think Henry David Thoreau would have responded to the raid on Harpers Ferry? Was the raid an act of civil disobedience? 16. Analyzing When the Civil War began, which side appeared to have the greater advantage? Explain your answer. 17. Contrasting Why did the border states remain in the Union while the Southern states seceded? 18. Analyzing How do you think the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation affected the way that Southerners thought about the war? 19. Identifying Cause and Effect Why did fighting the Civil War strain the economy of the South more than that of the North? 20. Making Connections What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish? How is that related to the causes of the Civil War?

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Walker, David. Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles: Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, But in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America. Boston: David Walker, 1830. Republished by University of North Carolina Press.

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