Exam 13: Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -Montgomery Meigs

Discuss Jefferson Davis's approach to the question of slavery during the course of the Civil War. What impact did Davis's decisions on the slavery question have on the Confederacy and its war effort?

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -southern food riots

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -McClellan's Peninsula campaign

Examine the fragmentation of the political party system in 1860; explain the stands of the presidential candidates on the major issues; and discuss the results of the 1860 presidential election.

Compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as war leaders.

Which of the following is true of desertions from the Confederate army?

In conducting the Civil War, the Confederate Congress

Explain the emergence and nature of antiwar sentiment, dissent, and disorder in the North during the Civil War. How did President Lincoln react to opposition to the war? What impact did opposition to the war have on the Union war effort?

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the northern economy during the course of the Civil War, and examine the war's economic impact on northern society, the northern people, and on northern urban and industrial workers.

The Union Army's march to the sea through Georgia under General Sherman was notable because

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the presidential election of 1860

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Trent affair

Discuss the strategy used by southern extremists to destroy the Union. Why was this strategy successful? What do election returns for delegates to secession conventions reveal about the nature and extent of the opposition to secession in the South?

As a result of the fall of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson,

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Thirteenth Amendment

The case of Jay Cooke illustrates which of the following?

Examine the wartime expansion of presidential power and federal authority.

Northern industrial workers during the Civil War

Instructions: _∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the _∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -Confederate nationalism