The Civil War and Reconstruction DANTES study guide covers the major events, causes and outcome of the United States Civil War. You'll learn about different political parties, generals, ideas about slavery and the battles that were fought. We also include flashcards to help you memorize the material. This DSST test cover 1861 to 1865 as well as the causes of the war itself and the reconstruction efforts. This test involves a lot of memorization and is recommended for history buffs and those with a talent for dates, names and places.
Included in the Civil War and Reconstruction DANTES Study Guide
United States Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Growing Differences between the North and South
Slavery as a Southern Institution
Importance of Cotton
Living Condition of Slaves
Abolition Movement
Leaders
Uncle Ton’s Cabin
Westward Expansion of Free and Slave Territory
Missouri Compromise
Mexican War
Compromise of 1850
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Birth of Republican Party
The Kansas Wars
The Election of 1856
Dred Scott Decision
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
Political situation in 1860
Split in Democratic Party
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Election results
Secession
South Carolina’s role
Border States
Government of Confederation
Theater Operations
Fort Sumter
Union Army vs. Confederate Army
Preparedness
Volunteers
First Manassas (Bull Run)
Lincoln’s Cabinet
Conscription
State Rights
State Rights and Slavery in Territories
Southern hope of European aid
Army of Potomac under McClellan
War in the West
Generals Grant, Buell and Sherman
War in the East
Peninsular campaign
Naval involvement
Blockade and blockade runners
Monitor vs. Merrimac
General Lee
General Jackson
Major battles
Casualties
Causes of Casualties
Care of Wounded and Sick
Prisoners of War
Role of Women in War
Black Americans and the War
Political situation
Anti-emancipation sentiment
Inflation
Shortages
Chancellorsville
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Stones River (Murfreesboro)
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Sherman’s march through Georgia
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Petersburg
Destruction of South’s civilian base
Fall of Richmond
Lee’s surrender
Assassination of Lincoln
End of the Confederacy
Johnston’s surrender
Davis’s capture
Cost of the War
Reconstruction
Presidential reconstruction plans
Reconstruction Acts
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
Impeachment
Freedmen’s Bureau
Civil Rights Act
Reconstruction in the South
Response to Johnson’s policies
Elected Black office-holders
Scalawags and carpetbaggers
End of Reconstruction
Restoration of White government
Sample DANTES Test Questions
Test Taking Strategies
What Your Score Means
Test Preparation
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