Bellwork Week of 1-15-18

1-15-18

1-16-18 Answer the following questions on the back of your study guide: 1. Why was Abraham Lincoln’s name let off the LA ballot in 1860? (1) 2. Who was the commander of the Union Navy at New Orleans? (He attacked and occupied New Orleans) (2) 3.Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what was its purpose? (20) 4.What was the Confiscation Act in relation to the Civil War? (37) 5. What was the Conscription Act in relation to the Civil War? (32) 6. Explain in complete sentences how the complaint “a rich man struggle but a poor man’s fight” related to the Conscription Act? (33)

1-17-18 Answer the following questions on the back of your study guide: 1. Why was Louisiana a primary target for the Union during the Civil War? (35) 2. What was the purpose of blockades ? (34) 3. What is an abolitionist? And how would their work help lead to the Civil War (19) 4.What were Wheat’s Tigers, how are they still celebrated today? (31) 5. The attack on Ft. Sumter directly led to what war starting? (30) 6. Explain in complete sentences how sectionalism is related to the Civil War. (22)

1-18-18 Answer the following questions on the back of your study guide: 1.What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation? (Did it really free the slaves???) (7) 2. Which Union General was nicknamed the “beast” and “spoons”? Explain why in complete sentences. (6,36) 3.What did Louisiana do in 1861 that would change its future? (12) 4. The rights of states should prevail over the rights of the federal government is commonly known as _____________, and was a reason many gave for the Civil War.(13) 5. Why did many Southerners feel Lincoln’s election was illegitimate? (27) 6.Why did Southern states support the institution of slavery ? (15) 7. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?(16,17) 8. Explain in complete sentences what was the goal of the Anaconda Plan and how would it be used against the CSA? (4)

1-19-18 Pick up a scantron from the chair below, you have a couple minutes to review your notes and to ask questions before the test begins.