Practice Questions for Road to Civil War Test

1. What was the Supreme Court ruling on the Dredd Scott case?

2. What was the Fugitive Slave Act? Who was upset by it? Why?

3. List what the South gained from the Compromise of 1850.

4. Who was the Sen. of Massachusetts that sided with the South during the Compromise of 1850? How did this decision impact his political career?

5. Why did the North declare John Brown a hero after he was executed?

6. Who were the Boarder Ruffians?

7. What was the Emigrant Aid Company?

8. According to the Southern States, who was the authority to pass laws regarding slavery? How is this different from the North?

9. Why was the Missouri Compromise Declared Unconstitutional?

10. What is popular sovereignty?

Essay Example

Here are the Questions that the essay are answering:

1. Why was George B. McClellan appointed commander of the Union army?

2. What impact did McClellan have on the U.S. army? Were they successful?

3. How did McClellan lose his job as commander? What were the reasons?

Name

Mr. Mullady

U.S. History

Topic: George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated second in his class. Following his graduation, McClellan served during the Mexican-American War and spent several months traveling around Europe learning new military tactics. McClellan returned to the United Stats, and soon resigned from the United States military.

When the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, McClellan reenlisted in the U.S. army and was assigned to defend Ohio from the Confederate forces. He achieved success in securing supplies for the army and was promoted for his actions. That fall, McClellan led an army into Northern Virginia and successfully defeated two Confederate forces. With this early success, McClellan was soon regarded as one of the most talented and intelligent military commanders in the Union Army.

Following the Union defeat at the Battle of Bull Run, Abraham Lincoln appointed McClellan commander of the Army of the Potomac. McClellan immediately began to transform the U.S. army and initiated a standard training manual for soldiers. McClellan’s army spent the next several months transforming itself into an organized fighting force.

McClellan’s reorganization of the army did not lead to success on the battlefield. After the defeats at the Second Battle of Bull Run and Antietam, Abraham Lincoln began to question McClellan’s effectiveness and leadership skills. Lincoln removed McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac.

Sorry Guys...

I will give you the Model Essay on Monday in class

Research Project Advice/Checklist

**Your Assignment is Due on Friday, April 8th.**

There are 2 Parts of Your Assignment

1. You will be typing a very brief research paper that summarizes your document. Your summary will include your three research questions in it. (I will post an example online this weekend that you can uses as a guideline.)

2. You will be creating an Annotated Bibliography. This is where you are showing me how you have gathered your information from your various sources. NoodleTools is what you are using to create your annotated bibliography. In your Noodle Tools you need to have One Primary Source. For your Annotated Bibliography you need to haveThree sources.

Here is an example of a completed Annotated Bibliography that I had to make for class:

Beatty, Jack. The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) An Epic of Urban Politics and Irish America. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1992.

This text is considered to the definitive biography on James Michael Curley. Beatty spends a great amount of time detailing the life and times of Curley. He introduces the relationships that Curley has with other Irish-American politicians of his time and how a voter’s ethnicity played a deciding factor at the ballot. This resource was very helpful in providing background information on Curley's life.

Dinneen, Joseph. The Purple Shamrock: The Honorable James Michael Curley of Boston. NewYork: W.W. Norton, 1949.

Curley authorized Joseph Dineen to write a narrative on himself. Dineen was a reporter who had covered Curley for over 30 years and at times in less than favorable light. In his work there is the image of Curley that Curley wants the public to see and embrace, serving as propaganda for upcoming elections. This was an excellent primary source to use and compare with the Beatty narrative and was very useful.