TASK: Match the events to the different sections of the course. Key Dates TASK: Match the events to the different sections of the course. 1850 Compromise Republicans capture 2/3 of Congress Nullification Crisis Battle of Gettysburg 13th Amendment Lincoln-Douglas debates Fort Sumter KKK Act Congress extend Freedman’s Bureau Missouri Compromise Wade-Davis Bill Battle of Antietam 14th Amendment Kansas-Nebraska Act Uncle Tom’s Cabin Democrat Conventions Mexican War Election of Abraham Lincoln Wilmot Proviso Freedman’s Bureau established Dred Scott decision Harper’s Ferry First Manassas Lincoln’s assassination Civil Rights Act 1866 10% Plan Credit Mobilie scandal First Black Codes 15th Amendment Johnson’s impeachment Reactions to Uncle Tom’s Cabin Freedman’s Bureau collapses Panic of 1873 South Carolina secedes Civil Rights Act 1875 Challenge: Add the dates

What events can you mention? As mentioned, chronology is key! Below are some essay questions that require a good understanding of chronology. TASK: For the following questions, write down the events you could mention in your response. To what extent was ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ responsible for the growing sectional tension 1852 to 1856? How significant was the Dred Scott decision in causing increased sectional tensions of the years 1857 to 1860? ‘The Kansas Nebraska Act was the most important reason for the rise of the Republican Party by 1858.’ Assess the validity of this view.

ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN THE UNION 1845-1854 AMERICA C.1845 ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN THE UNION 1845-1854 OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR 1854-1861

EARLY RECONSTRUCTION 1861-1867 RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION 1867-1877 THE WAR 1861-1865 EARLY RECONSTRUCTION 1861-1867 RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION 1867-1877