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Amendments
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Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the

Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled the
issues of slavery and secession, but left
unresolved many questions about the
power of the federal government and
citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War
ended slavery, altered relationships
between the states and the federal
government, and led to debates over
new definitions of citizenship, particularly
regarding the rights of African Americans,
women, and other minorities.
A) The 13th Amendment abolished
slavery, while the 14th and 15th
amendments granted African Americans
citizenship,
equal Revised
protection under the
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laws,
and voting
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Boardrights.

Framework for A.P. U.S.

History

Title: 13th, 14th, and 15th

Amendments

Essential Questions
Who did the Reconstruction Amendments affect
the most?
What was the response by Southerners (mostly)
to those added benefits for the group that got
them?

Civil War and Abraham

Lincoln

Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional

divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political
issues led the nation into civil war.
II. Debates over slavery came to dominate political discussion in the
1850s, culminating in the bitter election of 1860 and the secession of
Southern states.
D) Abraham Lincolns victory on the Republicans free-soil platform in the
presidential election of 1860 was accomplished without any Southern
electoral votes. After a series of contested debates about secession, most
slave states voted to secede from the Union, precipitating the Civil War.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: Abraham Lincoln

Title: American Civil War

Essential Questions
What happened after Lincoln was elected to
presidency?
What was the time period of the Civil War?
Lincoln supported which side of the slavery
argument? Pro-slavery, or Anti-slavery?

U.S. Expansion and Manifest

Destiny
Key Concept 5.1: The United States
became more connected with the world,
pursued an expansionist foreign policy
in the Western Hemisphere, and
emerged as the destination for many
migrants from other countries.
I. Popular enthusiasm for U.S.
expansion, bolstered by economic and
security interests, resulted in the
acquisition of new territories,
substantial migration westward, and
new overseas initiatives.
B) Advocates of annexing western lands
argued that Manifest Destiny and the
superiority of American institutions
compelled the United States to expand
its borders westward to the Pacific
ocean.

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Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: American Progress,

1872, Public Domain

Essential Questions
What were some reasons for people migrating to
the Western part of the United States?
Which groups of people migrated West? Where did
most of them settle?

Mexican-American War
Key Concept 5.1: The United States
became more connected with the
world, pursued an expansionist
foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere, and emerged as the
destination for many migrants from
other countries.
I. Popular enthusiasm for U.S.
expansion, bolstered by economic
and security interests, resulted in
the acquisition of new territories,
substantial migration westward,
and new overseas initiatives.
C) The U.S. added large territories
in the West through victory in the
MexicanAmerican War and
diplomatic negotiations, raising
questions
about
the status
of
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Revised
College
slavery,
American Indians,
and
Board Framework
for A.P. U.S.

Title: Battle of Veracruz,

1851, Public Domain

Essential Questions
Why did the Mexican-American War occur?
Where did the Mexican-American War start and
end?
What were the long-term effects of the MexicanAmerican War?

Moderate & Radical

Republicans
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil
War and the contested reconstruction of the
South settled the issues of slavery and
secession, but left unresolved many questions
about the power of the federal government
and citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War ended
slavery, altered relationships between the
states and the federal government, and led to
debates over new definitions of citizenship,
particularly regarding the rights of African
Americans, women, and other minorities.
C) Efforts by radical and moderate
Republicans to change the balance of power
between Congress and the presidency and to
reorder race relations in the defeated South
yielded some short-term successes.
Reconstruction opened up political
opportunities and other leadership roles to
former slaves, but it ultimately failed, due
both to determined Southern resistance and
the Norths waning resolve.

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Framework for A.P. U.S. History

Title: Democrats and

Republicans

Essential Questions
What was the difference between Moderate and
Radical Republicans?
Which viewpoint did the Moderates support?
Which viewpoint did the Radicals support?

Dred Scott Decision

Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by
expansion and deepening regional
divisions, debates over slavery and
other economic, cultural, and political
issues led the nation into civil war.
II. Debates over slavery came to
dominate political discussion in the
1850s, culminating in the bitter election
of 1860 and the secession of Southern
states.
B) The courts and national leaders
made a variety of attempts to resolve
the issue of slavery in the territories,
including the Compromise of 1850, the
KansasNebraska Act, and the Dred
Scott decision, but these ultimately
failed to reduce conflict.
Source: 2015 Revised College
Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: Dred Scott,

Public Domain

Essential Questions
Why did the Dred Scott court case happen?
What was the outcome of the court case? What
events occurred due to this ruling?

Emancipation
Proclamation

Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil

War and the contested reconstruction of the
South settled the issues of slavery and
secession, but left unresolved many questions
about the power of the federal government
and citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and
industrial resources, the leadership of
Abraham Lincoln and others, and the decision
to emancipate slaves eventually led to the
Union military victory over the Confederacy in
the devastating Civil War.
B) Lincoln and most Union supporters began
the Civil War to preserve the Union, but
Lincolns decision to issue the Emancipation
Proclamation reframed the purpose of the war
and helped prevent the Confederacy from
gaining full diplomatic support from European
powers. Many African Americans fled southern
plantations and enlisted in the Union Army,
helping to undermine the Confederacy.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: Emancipation
Proclamation

Essential Questions
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What was the response to the Emancipation
Proclamation?
Did it have an effect to a major or minor extent?

Abolitionists
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion
and deepening regional divisions, debates
over slavery and other economic, cultural,
and political issues led the nation into civil
war.
I. Ideological and economic differences over
slavery produced an array of diverging
responses from Americans in the North and
the South.
B) African American and white abolitionists,
although a minority in the North, mounted a
highly visible campaign against slavery,
presenting moral arguments against the
institution, assisting slaves escapes, and
sometimes expressing a willingness to use
violence to achieve their goals.
C) Defenders of slavery based their
arguments on racial doctrines, the view
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2015
Revised
College
that slavery
was
a positive
social good, and
Board
Framework
forand
A.P.states
U.S. rights
the belief
that slavery
were protected by the Constitution.
History

Title: Frederick
Douglass

Essential Questions
What were some ways abolitionists gathered
support and rallied for the freeing of slaves?
What was the significance of Frederick Douglass?

Gettysburg Address
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction
of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left unresolved many
questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and industrial resources, the leadership of Abraham
Lincoln and others, and the decision to emancipate slaves eventually led to the Union
military victory over the Confederacy in the devastating Civil War.
C) Lincoln sought to reunify the country and used speeches such as the Gettysburg
Address to portray the struggle against slavery as the fulfillment of Americas
founding democratic ideals.

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College Board Framework
for A.P. U.S. History

Title:
Gettysbu
rg
Address

Essential Questions
What was the significance of Gettysburg Address?
Why did Lincoln deliver this speech?

The North and

Confederacy
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory
in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled
the issues of slavery and secession,
but left unresolved many questions
about the power of the federal
government and citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and
industrial resources, the leadership
of Abraham Lincoln and others, and
the decision to emancipate slaves
eventually led to the Union military
victory over the Confederacy in the
devastating Civil War.
Source: 2015 Revised
College Board Framework
for A.P. U.S. History

Title:
Industry

Title: Confederate Navy

Jack

Essential Questions
What industrial resources did the North have that
the South didnt have?
Who had more advanced resources? North and
South?

Second Party System and

Republican Party
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by
expansion and deepening regional
divisions, debates over slavery and
other economic, cultural, and
political issues led the nation into
civil war.
II. Debates over slavery came to
dominate political discussion in the
1850s, culminating in the bitter
election of 1860 and the secession
of Southern states.
C) The Second Party System ended
when the issues of slavery and antiimmigrant nativism weakened
loyalties to the two major parties
and fostered the emergence of
sectional parties, most notably the
Republican Party in the North.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: Jackson vs. Clay

Title: The Death of the

Republican Party, and the Birth

Essential Questions
What were the views of the Republican Party?
What were the views of the Democratic Party?

Kansas-Nebraska Act and

Compromise of 1850
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion
and deepening regional divisions, debates
over slavery and other economic, cultural,
and political issues led the nation into civil
war.
II. Debates over slavery came to dominate
political discussion in the 1850s,
culminating in the bitter election of 1860
and the secession of Southern states.
B) The courts and national leaders made a
variety of attempts to resolve the issue of
slavery in the territories, including the
Compromise of 1850, the Kansas
Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott
decision, but these ultimately failed to
reduce conflict.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title: Kansas
Nebraska Act, 1854

Title: Free and Slave

Areas 1850

Essential Questions
What was the purpose of the Compromise of
1850?
What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?

Mexican Cession
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening
regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic,
cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war.
II. Debates over slavery came to dominate political
discussion in the 1850s, culminating in the bitter election of
1860 and the secession of Southern states.
A) The Mexican Cession led to heated controversies over
whether to allow slavery in the newly acquired territories.
Source: 2015 Revised College Board
Framework for A.P. U.S. History
Title:
Mexican
Cession

Essential Questions
What were the effects on slavery due to the
Mexican Cession?
List the economic and political effects of the
Mexican Cession?

North vs. South

Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion
and deepening regional divisions, debates
over slavery and other economic, cultural,
and political issues led the nation into civil
war.
I. Ideological and economic differences over
slavery produced an array of diverging
responses from Americans in the North and
the South.
A) The Norths expanding manufacturing
economy relied on free labor in contrast to
the Southern economys dependence on
slave labor. Some Northerners did not
object to slavery on principle but claimed
that slavery would undermine the free labor
market. As a result, a free-soil movement
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that 2015
portrayed
the expansion of
slavery
as Board
incompatible
with free labor.
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Framework

for A.P. U.S. History

Title: North vs. South, Public

Domain

Essential Questions
What type of economic activities did the North
partake in?
What type of economic activities did the South
partake in?
Which side (North of South) had the advantage?
Why?

Union and Confederacy

Economy
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left
unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and
citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and industrial resources, the leadership of
Abraham Lincoln and others, and the decision to emancipate slaves eventually led
to the Union military victory over the Confederacy in the devastating Civil War.
A) Both the Union and the Confederacy mobilized their economies and societies to
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2015
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wage the
war even
whileRevised
facing considerable
home front opposition.

Framework for A.P. U.S. History

Title:
North
vs.
Sout
h

Essential Questions
Why was the Norths industrial economy better
than the Souths agricultural economy?
How did this help the North succeed against the
South?

Reconstruction and End of

Slavery
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory
in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled
the issues of slavery and
secession, but left unresolved
many questions about the power of
the federal government and
citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War
ended slavery, altered relationships
between the states and the federal
government, and led to debates
over new definitions of citizenship,
particularly regarding the rights of
African Americans, women, and
other minorities.
Source: 2015 Revised College
Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History

Title:
Reconstruction

Title: Free Man

Essential Questions
What were the major economic and cultural
effects right after the Civil War?
What was the purpose of Reconstruction and
which president was in charge when it started?

Segregation
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but
left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government
and citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships
between the states and the federal government, and led to debates over
new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African
Americans, women, and other minorities.
E) Segregation, violence, Supreme Court decisions, and local political tactics
progressively stripped away African American rights, but the 14th and 15th
amendments eventually became the basis for court decisions upholding civil
rights in the 20th century.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.
History
Title: Segregation
Drinking Fountain

Essential Questions
How did the Plessy vs. Ferguson case impact
segregation?
What kind of laws promoted segregation?
What impact did segregation have on different
regions of the United States?

Sharecropping System
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction of
the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left unresolved many
questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships between the
states and the federal government, and led to debates over new definitions of
citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other
minorities.
D) Southern plantation owners continued to own the majority of the regions land even
after Reconstruction. Former slaves sought land ownership but generally fell short of
self-sufficiency, as an exploitative and soil-intensive sharecropping system limited
blacks
and poor
whites
access
to land in
the South.
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2015
Revised
College
Board

Framework for A.P. U.S. History

Title:
Sharecroppers

Essential Questions
How is sharecropping similar to slavery? Who did
it affect?
What economic effects did it have?
Describe the process of sharecropping; how did it
work?

International Migrants
Key Concept 5.1: The United States
became more connected with the
world, pursued an expansionist foreign
policy in the Western Hemisphere, and
emerged as the destination for many
migrants from other countries.
II. In the 1840s and 1850s, Americans
continued to debate questions about
rights and citizenship for various
groups of U.S. inhabitants.
A) Substantial numbers of international
migrants continued to arrive in the
United States from Europe and Asia,
mainly from Ireland and Germany,
often settling in ethnic communities
where they could preserve elements of
their languages and customs.

Source: 2015 Revised College

Board Framework for A.P. U.S.

Title: Steamships
carrying Irish
immigrants, London
News

Essential Questions
Where did most international migrants come
from?
What were some push and pull factors that drew
migrants to come to the United States?

Anti-Catholic Nativist
Movement
Key Concept 5.1: The United
States became more connected
with the world, pursued an
expansionist foreign policy in
the Western Hemisphere, and
emerged as the destination for
many migrants from other
countries.
II. In the 1840s and 1850s,
Americans continued to debate
questions about rights and
citizenship for various groups of
U.S. inhabitants.
B) A strongly anti-Catholic
nativist movement arose that
was aimed at limiting new
immigrants political power and
cultural influence.

Source: 2015 Revised

College Board Framework
for A.P. U.S. History

Title: The American River

Ganges, Thomas Nast, 1876,
Public Domain

Essential Questions
Why did nativists fear immigrants?
What were some of the consequences of the
immigrants coming to the United States?

Election of 1860 and Debates over

Slavery
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified
by expansion and
deepening regional
divisions, debates over
slavery and other economic,
cultural, and political issues
led the nation into civil war.
II. Debates over slavery
came to dominate political
discussion in the 1850s,
culminating in the bitter
election of 1860 and the
secession
Southern
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2015of
Revised
states Board Framework
College
for A.P. U.S. History

Title: The Election

of 1860

Title: The
Presidential
Election of 1860

Essential Questions
Who won the Election of 1860?
What happened right after the election was over?
What major event did that lead to?

Union and Confederacy

Military

Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but
left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government
and citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and industrial resources, the leadership of
Abraham Lincoln and others, and the decision to emancipate slaves
eventually led to the Union military victory over the Confederacy in the
devastating Civil War.
D) Although the Confederacy showed military initiative and daring early in
the war, the Union ultimately succeeded due to improvements in leadership
and strategy, key victories, greater resources, and the wartime destruction of
the Souths infrastructure.
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Framework for A.P. U.S. History

Title: USS New Orleans

Title: A Blast of
Gunpowder With a Whiff

Essential Questions
Who had control of the Navy during the Civil War:
North or South?
What did this advantage (above) mean for the
side that had it?

Womens Rights
Movements

Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested
reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left
unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and
citizenship rights.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships between
the states and the federal government, and led to debates over new definitions
of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and
other minorities.
B) The womens rights movement was both emboldened and divided over the
14th
and 15th
amendments
the Constitution.
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2015
Revisedto
College
Board

Framework for A.P. U.S. History

Title: Womens
Rights Convention

Essential Questions
Why did the Womens Rights Movement occur?
Who were the leaders of the movement? List 2.

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INDEX
A

Abolitionists 16
American Civil War 4
Amendments, 13th, 14th, 15th 2
American Progress 6
Anti-Catholic Nativist Movement 40

Battle of Veracruz 8

Lincoln, Abraham 4
London News 38

Manifest Destiny 6
Mexican-American War 8
Mexican Cession 26

Civil War 4, 14
Clay 22
Compromise of 1850 24
Confederacy 14, 20, 30, 44
Confederate Navy Jack 20

Democrats 10
Douglass, Frederick 16

E
Election of 1860 4, 42
Emancipation Proclamation 14
Expansion 6

F
Free and Slave Areas 24
Free Man 32

G
Gettysburg Address 18

I
Immigrants 6, 38, 40
Industry 20

J
Jackson 22

K
Kansas Nebraska Act 12, 24

North 28, 30
Reconstruction 32
Republicans 10
Republican Party 22

S
Scott, Dred 12
Second Party System 22
Segregation 34
Segregation Drinking Fountain 34
Sharecroppers 36
Slavery 14, 16, 22, 28, 32, 38, 42
South 28, 30
Steamships 38

Thomas Nast 40

Union 14, 30, 44

USS New Orleans 44

Womens Rights Movement 46

Womens Rights Convention 46

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny
http://www.shmoop.com/manifest-destiny-mexican-american-war/photo-battle-veracruz.html
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th-century_history_of_the_Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States
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http://www.perno.com/amer/lectures/civilwar-compromise1850.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEoCVNEKwRg
http://hubpages.com/politics/The-Death-of-the-Republican-Party-and-the-Birth-of-the-GOP
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/a-blast-of-gunpowder-with-a-whiff-of-toast/?_r=0
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http://www.quia.com/pages/jdegroot32/page2
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