AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes
5.12: Comparison in Period 5
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP US History Guided Notes
AMSCO 5.12 - Comparison in Period 5
Learning Objectives
- Compare the relative significance of the effects of the Civil War on American values
I. Comparison in Period 5
1. How did Manifest Destiny create conflicting views on slavery and western expansion?
2. What contradictions existed between American support for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and acceptance of Black Codes and White supremacy?
3. How did Lincoln and Johnson's Reconstruction policies differ from those proposed by Radical Republicans?
II. An important part of the skill of argumentation is being able to respond to a claim or argument that a source makes
A. Support a claim
1. What types of evidence can you use to support a historical claim?
B. Modify a claim
1. What does it mean to modify a claim and what kinds of evidence would you use?
C. Refute a claim
1. How can you refute a historical claim using evidence?
D. Consider how one argument might be supported, modified, or refuted
1. How does Statement 1 refute the argument about Lincoln's performance in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
2. How does Statement 2 support the argument about Lincoln's rise to prominence?
3. How does Statement 3 modify the argument about Lincoln's path to the presidency?