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13. Discuss the mountain men- how did their role in the American West change over the course of a few decades?
14. Why did the Mexicans allow Americans to move into Tejas and why did they ultimately rebel?
15. How did the United States and its Revolution influence how Americans responded to conditions in Texas?

16. Were the Texans uniquely dissatisfied? Explain
17. Manifest Destiny:
18. What territory did the US acquire in the Mexican Cession?
19. How did the War with Mexico contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?
20. Why was the US able to defeat Mexico in a relatively short period of time?
21. Major features/ characteristics of the Gold Rush:
22. How did the Chinese attempt to navigate hostility in western goldfields?

 

Sectional Tensions and Civil War 23. How did ways of life, economics and federal power lead to sectional tensions? (tensions between the north and south)
24. How did the Nullification Crises foreshadow the Civil War?
25. What was the nature of the “State’s Rights” vs “Federal Rights” debate?
26. What was the Missouri Compromise and how did it propose to resolve the slavery issue?
27. Why was the verdict of the Dredd Scott case significant?
28. What was Stephan Douglas’ and Abraham Lincoln’s individual takes on slavery and what did each basically argue in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate? Who won?
29. Who was John Brown and how did he contribute to sectional tensions?
30. What was Lincoln’s stand on slavery as the nation entered the Civil War?
31. What were the strengths and weaknesses on each side of the Conflict? Who would you predict to win?
32. Who was the Confederacy’s President and major military leader? Why did each man take up leadership roles for the South?
33. Who was the major military leader of the North?
34. How did Jefferson Davis respond to the beginning of the conflict at Fort Sumter?
35. Was all of the South for breaking with the Union? Explain.
36. What factors can explain the Confederate victory at the Battle of Bull Run?
37. What was the Anaconda Plan?
38. What were the Merrimac and Monitor?
39. What factors led to the Union victory at Shiloh?
40. Antietam:
41. What were two larger consequences of Antietam?
42. Did the Emancipation Proclamation immediately free all of the slaves? Explain.
43. How did Lincoln use the Emancipation Proclamation as a political and military tool?
44. Why did many black men wish to enlist in the Union army?
45. How united were people living in the Northern states? Was everybody behind the effort to force the South back into the union? Explain 46. How did the Irish Potato Famine affect the Union effort in the Civil War?
47. Describe life in Union and Confederate POW camps.
48. How did draft laws make the Civil War “a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight” in BOTH theNorth and South?
49. Why did the laboring classes riot in New York and why did many ultimately take part in the effort to put them down?
50. Explain how Lincoln redefined the purpose of the Civil War in the Gettysburg Address?
51. Describe conditions in the POW camps. North and South.
52. Why were amputations such a major feature of the Civil War?
53. What did Grant accomplish with the victory at Vicksburg and how did he try to set a certain tone for future events?
54. Describe Sherman’s March. What was the goal and how did he set out to accomplish it?
55. Why did Robert E. Lee surrender on behalf of the Confederacy at Appomattox Court House?
56. How did Andrew Johnson become President?

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