1. Evaluate the causes and consequences of the Civil War. 2. Identify the economic, political, and/or social causes of the Civil War. 3. Assess the influence of individuals and groups in the U. S. government on Reconstruction.4. Assess the influence of individuals and groups in the South on Reconstruction. 5. Distinguish and analyze the freedoms guaranteed to African Americans in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. 6. Analyze the various components of Jim Crow legislation and their effects on Southern minorities. 7. Describe efforts by the U. S. government to assimilate Native Americans into American culture. 8. Identify significant events that impacted the relationship between the government, Native Americans, and American citizens.9. Identify settlement patterns in the American West, the reservation system, and/or the tribulations of the Native Americans from 1865–90.