1. 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

2. 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.

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

4. EARLY RECONSTRUCTION 1861-1867 RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION 1867-1877
THE WAR
EARLY RECONSTRUCTION
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION