1. What led to the formation of the republic party? 2. What were the consequences of John Brown’s raid on harper’s Ferry? 3. What led to the split

in the democrat party in the election of 1860? 4. What were the advantages enjoyed by the union? 5. What were the advantages enjoyed by the

confederacy? 6. How did the early months of the civil war differ in the eastern theater of war compared to the western theater? 7. Other than

Gettysburg and Antietam, what was the most important singular battle of the civil war? 8. What impact did the civil war have outside the United

States? 9. Why did reconstruction fail? 10. What is one fact about or aspect of the history of the United States that you wish was more widely known and understood?