April+11th+-+The+Sectional+Crisis+and+the+Civil+War

With the help of numerous others to whom I am greatly indebted, here is information that will be helpful to you based on previous multiple choice questions on past exams:

__**Expansion and Slavery**__ Manifest Destiny Wilmot Proviso Ostend Manifesto Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act Missouri Compromise Popular Sovereignty Republican Party Goals (prevent expansion of slavery) Dred Scott Gag Rule Know Nothing Party

__**The Civil War**__ Southern economy Reasons the North went to war Why Lincoln was reluctant to free the slaves Role of Great Britain Northern war advantages Battle of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation Homestead Act Impact of the Civil War on the South Black Union soldiers

Here are a list of previous DBQs and FRQs that deal with this time period:

__**DBQ**__ In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period from 1860 to 1877 to answer the question.

1. Compare the expansionist foreign policies of Thomas Jefferson and James K. Polk. To what extent did their policies strengthen the United States?
 * __FRQ__**

2. Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of TWO of the following: (1) Missouri Compromise, (2) Mexican War, (3) Compromise of 1850, and (4) Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Note: Look back at the previous review session as there is quite a bit of overlap between the Antebellum and sectional crisis FRQs

Forced removal of American Indians to trans-Mississippi West Western migration and cultural interactions Territorial acquisitions Early US imperialism; the Mexican War
 * __AP Topics__**
 * Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny**

Pro- and antislavery arguments and conflicts Compromise of 1850 and popular sovereignty The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the emergence of the Republican Party Abraham Lincoln, the election of 1860, and secession
 * The Crisis of the Union**

Two societies at war: mobilization, resources, and internal dissent Military strategies and foreign diplomacy Emancipation and the role of African Americans in the war Social, political and economic effects of the war in the North, South, and West
 * The Civil War**

Free Soil Party Mexican Cession Gold Rush Zachary Taylor Stephen Douglas Millard Fillmore Harriet Beecher Stowe Franklin Pierce Henry David Thoreau Walt Whitman James Buchanan Panic of 1857 Lecompton Constitution Lincoln-Douglas Debates John Brown Election of 1860 Conscription Anaconda Plan Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Gettysburg Lincoln's "Ten Percent" Plan
 * One final list of terms...**

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