Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

DANT-0056

Organization's ID:

SS483, ST483

Organization:

Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam

Location:

Prometric DSST exams are offered at colleges, universities or military bases that are not owned by Prometric.

Length:

2 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	The American Civil War

Credit is recommended for examinees with scores of 400 or above.

Description

Objective:

This exam was developed to enable schools to award credit to students for knowledge equivalent to that learned by students taking the course. This examination includes the causes of the Civil War, the political situations from 1861- 1865 and Reconstruction.

The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored

Skills Measured:

1. Causes of the War -
United States Society in the Mid Nineteenth Century
Slavery
Anti Slavery and Abolition Movement
Westward Expansion of Free and Slave Territory
Political Situation in 1860

2. 1861 -
Secession
Formation of Confederacy
Fort Sumter and Mobilisation
First Manassas (First Bull Run)
Union Army Vs Confederate Army
Lincoln vs Davis Leadership

3. 1862 -
Southern Strategy
War in the East
War in the West
Emancipation Proclamation

4. 1863 -
Social Implications of the War
Black Americans and the War
Major Battles

5. 1864 -
Political Situation
War in the West
War in the East
Sherman's March to the Sea

6. 1865 -
Fall of Richmond
Lee's Surrender
Assassination of Lincoln
End of the War
Cost of the War

7. Reconstruction -
Presidential Reconstruction Plans
Southern Response
Congressional Reconstruction Plans
Military Reconstruction
End of Reconstruction

Instruction & Assessment