The document discusses the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. It provides context around events leading up to the Civil War, including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and the Dred Scott Decision of 1857. It then asks questions about key details of the Civil War, including the sides involved led by Abraham Lincoln for the North and Jefferson Davis for the South, as well as the main cause of the war being related to economic issues surrounding slavery.