US History: 1.6 - Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction
An immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860 was that
seven Southern states seceded.
How did Congress approach Reconstruction after the Civil War?
It wanted to penalize the South heavily for starting the war.
Why did so many Northerners oppose the Dred Scott decision?
They were concerned that laws prohibiting slavery in the North might be overturned.
During Reconstruction, the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
outlawed slavery in the United States.
The South's economy in the 1850s is best described as
plantation-based and agricultural.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House, VA.
Which of the following helped lead to the start of the Civil War? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Violence over the Kansas-Nebraska Act The publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
The first Union victory of the Civil War came at
Antietam
Which of the following occurred during Presidential Reconstruction?
Freed enslaved people in the South faced widespread discrimination.
Which new law required Northerners to return escaped enslaved people to their owners in the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
During the Civil War, the North began to dominate the South after the battle at
Gettysburg
The turning point of the war occurred after the Union victory at
Gettysburg.
Which of the following things were accomplished by the Emancipation Proclamation? Check all of the boxes that apply.
It freed enslaved persons living under Confederate control. It signaled that the Civil War was a war to end slavery.
Violence erupted in Kansas following the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Why did violence occur in Kansas after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Opposing forces clashed because they disagreed about popular sovereignty and slavery.
Which of the following statements about Reconstruction are true?Check all of the boxes that apply.
Reconstruction was a success in certain respects. Many of the initial gains of Reconstruction were undone.
A specific failure of Reconstruction was that
Southern governments passed Jim Crow laws.
How did the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 allow slavery to continue within the United States? Check all that apply
The Missouri Compromise allowed newly admitted states to be slave states, depending on their location. The Compromise of 1850 allowed the citizens of Utah and New Mexico to vote on their state's laws about slavery.
Why did Congress take over Reconstruction? Check all of the boxes that apply.
The South elected former Confederate leaders and military officers to high positions. The South passed new laws restricting the rights of African Americans.
Why did the early battles of the Civil War favor the South?
The South had more effective military commanders.
Which of the following best states why Reconstruction was considered by some people to be a failure?
The South left African Americans isolated and powerless.
How was the economy of the South in the 1850s connected to the culture of slavery?
The agricultural economy depended on enslaved labor for its survival.
Based on this passage, how did Abraham Lincoln propose that the victorious North should treat the defeated South?
With help and kindness
Which of the following was an advantage of the North during the Civil War?
a strong industrial economy
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, John Brown became
an antislavery leader and abolitionist.
