Module 2: Civil War & Reconstruction (1846-1877)

In order to avoid serving in the Union Army, a person could pay ______ to excuse themselves from battle.

$300

The "colored" regiments made up a total of _____ of the Union Army.

10%

A Southerner who owned more than ___ slaves was not required to fight in the war.

20

The Civil War saw the death of ____ of the U.S. population.

3%

How long did the southerners maintain firing on Fort Sumter?

34 hours

What was Bleeding Kansas?

A violent conflict in Kansas between people seeking to sway the state's legislation to protect or abolish slavery.

What caused a mob of pro-slavery activists to riot in Alton, Illinois?

Anti-slavery propaganda including the writings of Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

Robert E. Lee eventually surrendered at ________________.

Appomattox

Who led the Southern soldiers during the Battle of Fort Sumter?

Beauregard

Why is this war called a "civil" war?

Because citizens of a single country are fighting.

Why did abolitionists consider Lincoln to be a moderate?

Because he ran his campaign with the goal of preventing slavery in future states, but he claimed to have no intention to affect slavery in current states.

Which of the following is true about the success of Reconstruction in the South?

Blacks were able to hold local office in the South for the first time.

Which of the following is NOT considered a failure of Reconstruction?

Civil rights for blacks were first established during Reconstruction and would not gain full traction until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Who is responsible for creating the American Red Cross?

Clara Barton

Which of the following did NOT contribute to increasing economic hardships for freedmen?

Competition with white members of the planter class for work.

An escaped slave in the North who would never be returned to his or her owner was referred to as _________________________.

Contraband.

If slavery were to be banned, what part of the South would be impacted the most?

Economy

What primarily prompted the attack on Fort Sumter?

Federal troops remained stationed at Fort Sumter, refusing to recognize the Confederacy's claim on the fort and right to secede.

Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by the Ku Klux Klan to subjugate and intimidate freedmen and their allies?

Foreign terrorism.

What was one outcome of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

Freedmen were able to bargain for better wages and labor conditions, which led to sharecropping.

Which major leader died during the Battle of Chancellorsville?

General Stonewall Jackson.

Who was the first woman to lead U.S. troops into combat?

Harriet Tubman

Why was President Lincoln's plan for reconstruction considered moderate?

He favored minimal punishment for rebels and pushed for states' readmittance to the union if only 10% of their voting population took an oath of loyalty to the United States and agreed to abide by emancipation.

Which of the following did President Johnson NOT do to represent Southern interests in reconstruction?

He guaranteed voting rights for freedmen.

What caused political party realignment in the 1850s?

Internal struggles over slavery caused the Democrat and Whig parties to split and form new parties.

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act give rise to the Republican Party?

It joined together members of different political groups in opposition to the act.

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Sumter?

It was the first battle of the Civil War, which forced Lincoln to declare the Confederacy in a state of rebellion.

What was one economic failure of Reconstruction?

Land initially granted to freedmen following the civil war was returned to pardoned white landowners.

Why can Reconstruction as a whole be considered both a success and a failure?

Many goals of Reconstruction were met, but the methods used had unintended consequences which would, in many ways, increase hardships on African Americans.

The _____________ Campaign was led by Ulysses S. Grant in pursuit of Robert E. Lee.

Overland

What was one effect of the Compromise of 1850?

Political tensions calmed briefly after balance was restored between free and slave states.

After the Civil War, which major leader was assassinated?

President Lincoln

What caused the fighting in Bleeding Kansas from 1854 to 1861?

Pro- and anti-slavery supporters migrated to the state and had violent conflicts with each other.

Why was President Johnson impeached?

Radical Republicans accused him of undermining congressional policies toward freedmen and reconstruction.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Alton Riots?

Royal Weller was considered the Civil War's first casualty.

What was a derogatory term used to describe Southerners who supported Republican reconstruction policies?

Scalawag

The _________________ was composed of 11 separate battles.

Siege of Vicksburg

Which of the following was NOT established by the Compromise of 1850?

Slavery was banned in the District of Columbia.

Why were Southerners primarily upset by John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, despite its short duration?

Southerners feared slave uprisings and viewed the attack as abolitionist terrorism.

The Battle of Chattanooga took place in ______________.

Tennessee

Which battle is often seen as the turning point of the war?

The Battle of Gettysburg.

Why was Abraham Lincoln able to win the 1860 presidential election?

The Democratic vote was split between two candidates, allowing the Republicans to secure enough Electoral College votes.

Which of the following statements is FALSE about the election of 1860?

The Republican Party achieved an unexpected victory after weakening itself by splitting into Northern and Southern factions.

Which of the following was NOT a piece of legislature that further divided pro- and anti-slavery activists?

The Wilmot Proviso

Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin met with protest in the South and widely circulated in the North?

The book gave readers a powerful glance at the reality of slavery and served to spread the agenda of abolition.

What was significant about the candidates for the 1856 presidential election?

The candidates were starkly divided on the issue of slavery.

Why did legislature over slavery widen the divide between Northerners and Southerners?

The debate over slavery became entrenched in the culture of both regions, which made the issue a personal one to many individuals.

Which of the following was NOT one of the Reconstruction amendments?

The nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote.

Which of the following is true about the Radical Republicans?

They favored harsh punishments for the rebel South.

Why did the Battle of Bull Run prove that the soldiers on both sides were unprepared?

They were forced into battle too soon.

What was the Radical Republicans' plan for the new lives of freedmen?

They would be given redistributed Southern lands and guaranteed the same rights as any U.S. citizen.

What was one reason carpetbaggers moved to the South during reconstruction?

To continue the fight for legal equality for freedmen.

What was the primary goal of Manifest Destiny?

To see the United States control the continent by expanding its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Which of the following was NOT one of the original Confederate States of America?

Virginia

The Battle of Gettysburg is known as the _____________ battle of the Civil War.

bloodiest

Because they did not have enough soldiers, both the Union and Confederate armies enacted a ____________________.

draft.

After the Civil War, the South saw a massive increase in _______________.

industrialization.

A "Black Dispatch" provided ___________ to the Union Army.

information

Confederates only included African Americans in their war efforts as __________________________.

laborers.

During the war, women worked as either nurses or _________.

spies.