Name the two presidents who did not support the annexation of Texas for fear of losing political support over the issue of slavery.
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
100
Using Play-doh, identify the year that the Republican party was founded.
1854
100
Write an explanation of why the annexation of Texas was a polarizing issue.
The Northern Whigs did not support annexation because they didn't want to add a potentially new slave territory. Jackson and Van Buren didn't approve of annexation because they didn't want to anger any of their supporters by bringing up the issue of slavery. Southern slave holders supported annexation because it could potentially add new slave territory to the U.S.
100
Write the name of the location of the first fighting of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
100
In Roman Numerals, identify which amendment protected citizens from being denied the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
XV
200
Which president's term in office was "bloodied" by violence in Kansas? Write your answer.
James K. Polk
200
Draw a picture that shows the Republican party's official stance on the issue of slavery during the 1860 election.
The picture should show that the Republican party did not want slavery to spread to any new territories or states.
200
Draw what Manifest Destiny means to American history.
God-given right to expand westward and spread from coast to coast.
200
Using Play-doh, show the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Union won, three day battle and bloodiest battle of the war, Pickett's charge, stopped Lee from invading the North
200
Using Play-doh, identify the years accepted as the beginning and end of Reconstruction.
1865-1877
300
Draw the president who freed the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
300
In the 1844 election what was one of the biggest political issues on the table? Write your answer.
Oregon (Texas, slavery)
300
Write an explanation of how the Dred Scott decision contributed to polarization.
slaves/blacks are not citizens, slavery was protected in free states and this greatly upset the North because Congress took a powerless position on the issue.
300
Complete this "history math" equation:
__________ + __________ = turning point of the Civil War
* Bonus if you can also identify the year these battles took place.
Gettysburg + Vicksburg
*1863
300
In 1867 a Congressional plan for Reconstruction finally overrode President Johnson's veto. Draw what this plan did to reconstruct the South.
5 military districts
400
Write the name of the president who was an obstacle to the passage of the Compromise of 1850
Zachary Taylor
400
Using Play-doh, show the purpose of the Black Codes that came about during Reconstruction.
Oppression, keep blacks close to a slave status
400
Write 4 of the 5 parts of the Compromise of 1850.
- California is a free state
- Utah and New Mexico get popular sovereignty
- Slave trade banned in D.C.
- Texas boundaries established
- Harsher Fugitive Slave Laws
400
Using Play-doh, demonstrate the Union's plan for defeating the South. (Remember how many parts there are?)
The Anaconda plan included a blockade of Confederate coastline, controlling the Mississippi River, and taking the capital at Richmond.
400
Write the name of the law that President Andrew Johnson broke prior to his impeachment.
Write a Haiku that explains the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. (The haiku does not have to include the words Kansas and Nebraska, but it can.)
5, 7, 5
Answers will vary.
Repealed Missouri Compromise, Bleeding Kansas, further division of the country over the issue of slavery.
500
Write the name of the compromise that possibly could have prevented the Civil War by guaranteeing the existence of slavery in the south, but was never adopted.
Crittenden Compromise
500
Write a complete thesis statement for the question: How did the Civil War and Reconstruction affect American society, politics, and economy?
Answers must: Fully address the question, take a stance, provide categories for analysis.