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Which Constitutional amendment proved to be more effective than the Emancipation Proclamation? *
13th
Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens? *
14th Amendment
Which Constitutional amendment stated that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race?
15th
Who does this photograph depict?
A Union soldier
The Radical Republicans rejected the Ten Percent Plan because they believed that.
African Americans should be granted full citizenship
How did African Americans support the war effort? *
After the Militia Act, African Americans fought for the Union
Where did Lee finally surrender to Grant? *
Appomattox Court House
What battle is considered to be the turning point in the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What reason did Stevens give in this statement for granting voting rights to African Americans? *
Black voters would help Republicans to maintain control of the Congress and Presidency
On which area on the map represent the region where sharecropping was the dominant form of agricultural production in the late 1800s? *
C
What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include? *
California would be admitted as a free state
What was the final Northern destination for most people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad? *
Canada
How did literacy rates in the South benefit carpetbaggers? *
Carpetbaggers with just a basic education had many career opportunities
Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict? *
Compromise of 1850----> Dred Scott Decision
What contradiction does the Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern States?
Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others
What action did Congress take to support Southern African Americans? *
Congress overturned Johnson's vetoes on major Reconstruction legislation
Which phrase completes the diagram below?
Discriminated against African Americans
How did Hayes's election effectively end Reconstruction? *
Federal intervention ended in the South
Which title best completes the diagram? *
Florida's Contribution to the South during the Civil War
What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage? *
Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters
Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north? *
Gettysburg
What conductor on the Underground Railroad was known as "Black Moses"?
Harriet Tubman
Which of these BEST describes the Compromise of 1877? *
Hayes becomes President and Reconstruction ends.
How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speeches?
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African Americans' natural rights
Which of the following is the reason the Supreme Court gave in their ruling against Dred Scott when he claimed he was a freed slave? *
He had no right to a trial because he wasn't a citizen
Which of the following contributed to Lincoln's decision to address the issue of slavery in the South? *
He was worried about anti-slavery sentiment in Europe
The agrarian South was at a disadvantage against the.
Industrialized North
How did the Civil War affect industries in the North? *
Industries became more mechanized
What happened to the South's economy during the Civil War? *
It deteriorated
Which of these was a task of the Freedman's Bureau?
It established schools for newly-freed slaves
What effect did Lincoln's ability to unify the bitterly divided North have on the outcome of the Civil War? *
It helped the Union win
How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery? *
It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except for Missouri
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America? *
Jefferson Davis
Which of the following was a key problem with the sharecropping system? *
Landowners could lie about expenses to keep sharecroppers in debt
How did the Civil War end? *
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
A major area of disagreement between Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans was that... *
Lincoln felt that Reconstruction was primarily the pardoning of individuals, a presidential power.
What impact did the Civil War have on the South's African American population? *
Many migrated to the North and West
Vicksburg is located on which river?
Mississippi
This excerpt expresses the view of the post-Civil War period held by... *
Moderate Reconstructionists
The actions of the Republican Party after the Civil War were more favorable to
Northern industrial interests
The cartoon below by Thomas Nast was published in 1874. What was the main message of this cartoon? *
Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen
Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment? *
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens
What was a positive long term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South? *
Public education systems were established for students of all races
Which two groups most helped the freedmen during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans and Carpetbaggers
What did Republicans gain from the Compromise of 1877? *
Rutherford B. Hayes became president
Which of the following was not a main cause of the Civil War? *
Sanctions
How did this law influence conditions for African Americans in Florida?
Schools for African-American children received fewer resources than schools for white children
Why is this woman sitting with these wounded Civil War soldiers? *
She is a nurse
Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
Since the Union was created by states, they could leave it at any time
What is the "domestic institution" that Lincoln is referring to in his inaugural address?
Slavery
Which BEST describes the social and political philosophy of the Underground Railroad "conductor" Harriet Tubman?
Slaves should escape slavery using whatever means were available to them
Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon below? *
Southern slaves are better treated than factory workers
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War? *
Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery
Which of the following actions completes the diagram below?
Ten southern states are divided into 5 military districts governed by former Union generals
Why was a plan for Reconstruction of the South needed? *
The Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states
How did the North's population differ from the South's population? *
The North's population was larger
What is one geographic advantage the South had over the North?
The South was fighting in its own territory
Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantages in resources shown in the graph? *
The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain
Which idea was a part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
The Southern states had never really left the Union
Why was Vicksburg a strategic location for a Union victory? *
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
The Union could not continue with both free states and slave states
What was an immediate effect of the changes described below, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?
The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted
Why was the Civil War's 1st battle, the first Battle of Bull Run, so shocking? *
The battle was more brutal than people expected
What offers the BEST reasoning behind William Tecumseh Sherman's strategy of using "total war" to defeat the South?
The destruction in Georgia would be so complete that it would break the Confederacy's will to continue fighting.
How did the Civil War affect states' rights? *
The supremacy of the federal government over the states was firmly established
What does Leon say about the town of Kinston? *
The town has been severely damaged by Union troops
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation? *
The war became a moral contest over slavery
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
They believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery
What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?
They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction
What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?
They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights
What was Lincoln's view on African Americans? *
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
This man accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia in 1865 *
Ulysses S. Grant
What did Johnson require states to do to regain membership in the Union?
Voters had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment and state constitutions had to ban slavery
Which of these would have been MOST likely to have a Carpetbagger during the Reconstruction Era? *
a New York Businessman who relocated to Mississippi
What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862?
a common national currency
Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can best be described as
a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war
What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation? *
a major Union military victory
Which of these would have been MOST likely to have been a Scalawag during the Reconstruction Era?
a native Georgian who supported the Republican Party
The "Redeemers" in the late-19th century South would have been MOST likely to support...
a return to Democratic rule and an end to Reconstruction
Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"? *
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was... *
an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Identify the main reason many Radical Republican were upset over Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan. *
b. it made readmission to the Union too easy
Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were similar in that they both *
b. oppressed blacks and called for segregation.
In the years immediately following the Civil War, the South...
became a stronghold for the Republican Party
Robert E. Lee did not accept command of the Union troops because he
could not fight against Virginia
The Emancipation Proclamation *
decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the states at war with the Union, gave the Union a moral reason to fight.
The main purpose of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 was to.
destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight
What risk did a soldier face if he survived being wounded in a Civil War battle? *
dying from disease
John Brown's intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was to arm
enslaved people and begin an insurrection against slaveholders.
In American history, the term "Reconstruction" refers to
federal government intervention in the former Confederate states in order to monitor the treatment of former slaves
Why was abolitionist John Brown executed? *
for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
During his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant *
gave high-level advisory posts to untrustworthy friends and acquaintances
The crisis over the Missouri Compromise exposed the... *
growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery
This cartoon shows that President Ulysses S. Grant.
had his ability to lead marred by scandal
In the system of share-tenancy, farmworkers... *
had more control over their crops and supplies than was true in sharecropping
General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because *
important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces
The era of Radical Reconstruction can be seen as a failure because... *
it did not adequately protect former slaves from having their rights violated
The cotton gin changed agriculture in the South by.
making cotton the dominant crop
The Republican Party became strong in the South, in part because.
millions of Southern African American men became voters
Which of the following drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any new states would be slave states? *
missouri compromise
What is one advantage that helped the North to achieve victory in the Civil War?
more technological resources
After the Battle of Gettysburg, the South... *
never again fought on Union soil
What profession grew substantially with women's participation during the Civil War?
nursing
Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to...
preserve the Union
Seceding states believed that they had to leave the Union in order to
protect their property and their way of life
What practice did this ruling uphold? *
racial segregation in public places
Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called for *
reconciling with the South rather than punishing it.
This piece of legislation represents the political and social changes during the __________________ era.
reconstruction
Following the Civil War, the Radical Republicans in Congress... *
regarded the southern states as conquered territory
During the 1870s, Supreme Court decisions...
restricted the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment
Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective in the Civil War was to... *
save the Union
What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the Civil War? *
scalawag
During Reconstruction many southerners used this derogatory for other southerners who supported Radical Republicans and Reconstruction. *
scalawags
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" infuriated the South because it... *
spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North
Which statement regarding the era of Reconstruction is false? *
state laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments
Which of these was a method that Republicans used to maintain control of Congress during Reconstruction? *
taking the right to vote and hold office from former Confederate leaders
The Ten Percent Plan required that.
ten percent of a state's voters take a loyalty oath to the Union
Union General Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the Confederacy included a naval blockade of southern ports, gaining naval control of the Mississippi River, and invading the rebellious southern states. By what name was General Scott's strategy known?
the Anaconda Plan
Which Reconstruction plan called for harsh punishments for the the former rebellious states and emphasized civil and voting rights for freedmen following the Civil War?
the Radical Republican Plan
President Andrew Johnson's leniency with former Confederate officials and his veto of legislation designed to provide civil rights and financial aid to former slaves angered... *
the Radical Republicans
By the end of the Civil War, *
the South's economy had been destroyed
Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War
the attack at Fort Sumter
Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War? *
the attack at Fort Sumter
The term "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to... *
the competition of opposing political groups
Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon? *
the conditions of Southern slaves
By the end of the 1860s, Northern support for Reconstruction had faded because... *
the cost of military operations in the South worried many people
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861? *
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
What were the major consequences of the Civil War? *
the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned what issue?
the expansion of slavery into new territories
Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War? *
the extension of voting rights to African American men
The most likely event occurring due to the 1860 presidential election of Lincoln was... *
the secession of South Carolina from the Union
The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson basically legalized... *
the segregation of people according to race
Which side had a more difficult time rebuilding after the Civil War? *
the south
What did the Enforcement Act of 1870 make illegal?
the use of force or coercion to prevent citizens from voting
Some abolitionists criticize Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation because..
they knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people
Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control its own affairs in his inaugural address? *
to assure the Southern states that they would make their own decisions about slavery
Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War? *
to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?
to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports
Why was the proclamation issued as a military decree? *
to warn that Union forces would actively seek to free those that were enslaved
Which of the following terms describes General Grant's strategy for crushing the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg? *
total war
During Reconstruction, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan... *
used violence to prevent freed people from voting
Abolitionists believed that slavery.
was morally wrong and wanted to end it
The Dred Scott decision stated that slaves
were the property of their owners
