Chapter 4 Test Prep
what was John Brown's aim at Harpers Ferry?
to seize a federal arsenal and lead a slave uprising
In which of the following areas did the South have an advantage over the North in the civil war?
Military leadership.
intended to overrule and nullify the Dred Scott decision congress drafted the...
14th amendment
which president did the House of Representatives impeach?
Andrew Johnson
What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision?
Being in a free state did not make the slave free.
Which event was a direct result of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state.
which of the following abolished slavery in the South?
Emancipation Proclamation.
which group is an example of Northerners who wanted to keep slavery out of the territories but did not have positive feelings towards African-Americans?
Free soilers
Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
It gave up the idea of invading the North
which is the best word to describe Lincolns original plan for the reconstruction, which Johnson largely followed?
Lenient
this stated that no citizen may be denied the right to vote "on account of race, color, or, previous condition of servitude"
The 15th amendment
which of the following does not describe the battle of Gettysburg?
The battle that cut confederacy in 2
To curb the violence of the Ku Klux Klan in the South, Congress passed the...
The enforcement acts
Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
The people of a territory/resistance decided.
What key difference between the North and the South ultimately lead to the Civil War?
The south was dependent on slavery, north was not.
Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg address?
The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here.
Which action showed that President Andrew Johnson did not support greater rights for African-Americans in the South?
They vetoed The freeman act and the civil act
When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
To restore the union.
Which of the following was not a provision of the Reconstruction Act of 1864?
all African-American families would receive 40 acres and a mule
these members of the Republican Party left there Northern homes after war and moved to the South.
carpetbaggers
which was not part of the unions three-part plan to conquer the south?
draft free slaves to fight for the union
what was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
it gave war A moral purpose
why did the federal government eventually send troops to the south?
limit the acts of violence and voter intimidation against African-Americans
farmers who agreed to give most of their harvest to the landowners in exchange for the use of the land, seeds, and tools were known as
shared croppers
why did new republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?
southerners did not want equal rights for blacks
what was the aim of "total war" as practiced by the Union generals Grant and Sherman
to break the Southerners will to fight