8th American History (Period 7) Assignments
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- SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013
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- Social Studies
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- Room 103
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The test over Chapter 17 will be on Thursday.
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Comoplete the worksheet over "Documents, Speeches, and Quotations". There will be a Daily Quiz tomorrow over the Civil War Generals.
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Study Guide—Chapter 17
Section 1
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: border state and martial law.
2. What were the expectations of each side as the war began?
3. What issues divided the nation when the war began?
4. What did people in the South call the war?
5. What were the primary strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South at the beginning of the war?
6. Who were the leaders of each side in the war?
Section 2
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, Monitor, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, and Battle of Shiloh.
2. What strategies did each side adopt to win the war?
3. How did early encounters dispel hopes for a quick end to the war?
4. Who was General George McClellan?
5. Explain the effectiveness of the Union naval blockade of the South.
6. Who replaced McClellan as commander of the Northern forces?
7. What victories did the Confederates achieve?
8. What victories did the Union achieve?
Section 3
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: emancipate, Emancipation Proclamation, 54th Massachusetts Regiment, and Fort Wagner.
2. What was Lincoln’s primary goal in the war?
3. What were Lincoln’s motives in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
4. What were the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
5. How did African Americans contribute to the war effort both in the Union army and behind Confederate lines?
Section 4
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Copperhead, draft, habeas corpus, income tax, inflation, and profiteer.
2. What was life like for Confederate and Union soldiers?
3. What problems did each side face at home?
4. How did the war affect the economy of the North and the South?
5. What role did women play in the war?
Section 5
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Battle of Vicksburg, siege, Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge, Gettysburg Address, total war, and Appomattox Court House.
2. Why were the Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg important?
3. What was the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
4. Who became the commander of the Union army in 1864?
5. What plan did Grant have for ending the war with the South?
6. After his reelection, what hopes did Lincoln have for the Union?
7. Describe the events that led to the surrender of the Confederacy.
8. What terms of surrender did Grant offer to the defeated Confederate army?
9. Why was the Civil War a major turning point in American history?
Section 1
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: border state and martial law.
2. What were the expectations of each side as the war began?
3. What issues divided the nation when the war began?
4. What did people in the South call the war?
5. What were the primary strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South at the beginning of the war?
6. Who were the leaders of each side in the war?
Section 2
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, Monitor, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, and Battle of Shiloh.
2. What strategies did each side adopt to win the war?
3. How did early encounters dispel hopes for a quick end to the war?
4. Who was General George McClellan?
5. Explain the effectiveness of the Union naval blockade of the South.
6. Who replaced McClellan as commander of the Northern forces?
7. What victories did the Confederates achieve?
8. What victories did the Union achieve?
Section 3
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: emancipate, Emancipation Proclamation, 54th Massachusetts Regiment, and Fort Wagner.
2. What was Lincoln’s primary goal in the war?
3. What were Lincoln’s motives in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
4. What were the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
5. How did African Americans contribute to the war effort both in the Union army and behind Confederate lines?
Section 4
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Copperhead, draft, habeas corpus, income tax, inflation, and profiteer.
2. What was life like for Confederate and Union soldiers?
3. What problems did each side face at home?
4. How did the war affect the economy of the North and the South?
5. What role did women play in the war?
Section 5
1. Know the meaning of the following Key Terms: Battle of Vicksburg, siege, Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge, Gettysburg Address, total war, and Appomattox Court House.
2. Why were the Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg important?
3. What was the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
4. Who became the commander of the Union army in 1864?
5. What plan did Grant have for ending the war with the South?
6. After his reelection, what hopes did Lincoln have for the Union?
7. Describe the events that led to the surrender of the Confederacy.
8. What terms of surrender did Grant offer to the defeated Confederate army?
9. Why was the Civil War a major turning point in American history?