DSST* STUDY GUIDE

The Civil War and Reconstruction

The only study guide that teaches you what you need to know to pass the The Civil War and Reconstruction exam (with no prior knowledge needed), and is constantly updated based on student feedback to guarantee you the best possible results.

About the DSST* Exam

The Civil War and Reconstruction DSST exam is designed to test the student on the knowledge one would generally have after completing an undergraduate upper-level course on the Civil War. InstantCert’s course for this subject looks at the causes of the war, the war itself, and finally, the aftermath of the war and Reconstruction.

Topics Covered in this Course

1862

Political situation – North and South
Army of Potomac under McClellan
War in the West
War in the East
Major battles
Emancipation Proclamation

1861

Secession
Fort Sumter
Union Army v. Confederate Army
First Manassas (Bull Run)

1863

Casualties
Role of women in the war
Black Americans and the war
Political situation
Major battles

1864 to May 1865

Political situation
War in the West
War in the East
Sherman’s continued march through the South
Fall of Richmond
Lee’s surrender
Assassination of Lincoln
End of the Confederacy
Cost of the War

Reconstruction

Presidential reconstruction plans
Congressional reconstruction plans
Reconstruction in the South
End of Reconstruction

Causes of the War

United States society in the mid-nineteenth century
Growing differences between the North and South
Slavery as a Southern institution
Abolition movement
Westward expansion of Free and Slave territory
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
Political situation in 1860

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