Unit Essay: Sectionalism and War

Sectionalism and WarFRQ: Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845-1861. (2010)

DBQ: In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War? Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870. (2009)

FRQ: Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877: Race Relations,  Economic Development, Westward Expansion. (2006)

FRQ: Evaluate the impact of the Civil war on political and economic developments in TWO of the following regions: The South, The North, The West. Focus your answer on the period between 1865 and 1900 (2003)