Civil War Mid term exam study guide

Midterm Exam Review Sheet

Civil War Class

January 3, 2007

Exam Date: Monday, January 8, 2007

Section One – Identify and explain

Of the following people, places, and events from the Civil War, 10 will appear on your exam. You will be asked to choose 6 to identify and explain how the event is important to the war.

1. Dred Scott
2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
3. Bleeding Kansas
4. New York City Draft Riots
5. Emancipation Proclamation
6. Robert E. Lee
7. Ulysses S. Grant
8. Abraham Lincoln
9. Jefferson Davis
10. The Union
11. The Confederacy
12. Blockades and blockade runners
13. Ironclads
14. Fort Sumter
15. The Underground Railroad
16. John Brown
17. Sojourner Truth
18. Harriet Tubman
19. William Lloyd Garrison
20. The Missouri Compromise
21. The Sumner-Brooks incident
22. Harriet Beecher Stowe
23. Secession

Section Two – Short Essay

Of the following three questions, one will appear on your exam. You will be asked to answer the question in essay format with well developed introduction, supporting paragraphs, and conclusion.

1. How did the Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war?
2. How was the Kansas-Nebraska Act related to the firing on Fort Sumter?
3. How did the southern states justify forming their own country?