Reconstruction.
Which of the following systems created a cycle of debt?
Sharecropping.
What issue divided the Whig party?
Slavery
The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debate was...
Slavery in the territories
What were the "black codes"?
Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African-Americans
Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all of American history, with neither side have gained any ground?
The Battle of Antietam
What new party emerged in 1854 after meeting in Wisconsin, made up of northern whigs and antislavery democrats?
The Republican Party
What ended slavery in the United States?
The Thirteenth Amendment
How did the civil war impact the United States' economy?
The economic gap between the north and the south widened dramatically
All of the following are ways the federal government increased its power during the civil war EXCEPT...
The federal government forced farmers to grow specific crop
Which was true about the Siege of Vicksburg?
The loss of Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River
Which was NOT true of the north and south by mid-1850s?
The north relied more on exports that the south did
The fifteenth Amendment to the construction was passed...
To give African American men the right to vote
Which group faced the biggest changes after the Civil war?
African Americans
What resulted from the Emancipation Proclamation?
African Americans rushed to enlist in the Union Army
As the Civil War waged on, the confederacy faced significant food shortages. What factors led to this?
All of the above
What affect did immigration have on the north?
All of the above
What advantage did the north have over the south in the civil war?
All of the above are true
What did Radical Republicans do to protect African-American rights?
All of the above are true.
The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from
All territories in Mexico
What was on effect of John Browns actions of Hapers ferry?
An increase in tensions between the North and the South
Which of the following is an example of "redemption" as it was defined near the end of Reconstruction?
Democrats regained control, or "redeemed" a state government that has been under Republican leadership for 12 years.
What gave African-Americans full citizenship?
Fourteenth Amendment
What established hospitals, schools, and teacher training centers to help formed and poor whits in the south?
Freedmen's Bureau
One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
What happened after the Panic of 1873 caused economic problems?
Northerners lost interest in the south and Reconstruction
The publication of Uncle toms cabin helped...
Northerners understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery
What was Massachusetts 54th regiment?
One if the first African-American regiments organized in the north
Stephen A. Douglas tried to win southern support for the Kansas-Nebraska act by allowing the issue of slavery in these territories to be settled by..
Popular sovereignty
The Dred Scott decision...
Ruled that slaves did not have rights and were considered property
Why were many white women upset after the Fifteenth Amendment?
They believed women should also have the right to vote.
What resulted from the Compromise of 1877?
Reconstruction ended in the Southern states.
The Confederate States of American were...
The slave-holding states that seceded from the Union
Which of the following best explains the dependence of the southern economy on slavery?
The southern economy was rural and consisted mostly of plantations
By 1850, what challenge did California bring to the United States?
The status of slavery in California was in question
What was the economic impact of the civil war on the south?
The war destroyed the south economically
