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Civil War/Reconstruction Test Review
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A review for our final test of the year! 8th grade U.S. History
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1
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Frederick Douglass
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
2
Which supreme court decision ruled slaves had no rights because they were "property?"
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Korematsu v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
3
Which amendment allowed African Americans to become citizens?
16
13
14
15
4
Who wrote the North Star and became an adviser to President Lincoln during the Civil War?
William T. Sherman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
5
What was Lincoln's major goal when he was elected?
Extending slavery to new territories
Preserving the Union
Abolishing Tariffs
Abolishing slavery
6
True or False: Abe Lincoln was assassinated just 5 days after the end of the Civil War.
True
False
7
Which of the following individuals was not an abolitionist?
Stephen Douglass
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
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Who wrote the critique on slavery called "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
John Wilkes Booth
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
9
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
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Which amendment ended slavery?
13
15
16
14
11
What was "Bleeding Kansas?"
A conflict between ranchers and city workers
Fighting between pro and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
A crisis over nullification
A constitutional convention
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The doctrine of nullification was a response to what?
The Anaconda Plan
The Tariff of Abominations
Total War
Emancipation Proclamation
13
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Knox
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull RUn
14
What was the secret system that led some slaves to freedom?
Secession
The Pennsylvania Turnpike
Underground Railroad
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Which general used total war in his march to the sea?
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
John Greene
William T. Sherman
16
Why were there reading tests and poll taxes?
To make it harder for African Americans to vote.
To reduce voter fraud.
To raise funds for reconstruction.
To identify if voters could understand the candidates.
17
Which group used violent methods to render former slaves powerless?
The Abolitionists Union
The Freedman's Bureau
The Sons of Liberty
The Ku Klux Klan
18
Which amendment was created to ensure that African Americans could vote?
14
16
13
15
19
Why did the Union use a naval blockade against the South?
To cut off the Confederate cotton trading lines
To destroy Southern pirates that allied with the Confederacy
To intercept slave ships headed for the South
To cut off the South from its South American allies
20
Which Supreme Court decision allowed for legal separation of races?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Macolm v. New York
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
21
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond
Atlanta
Gettysburg
Washington D.C.
22
Which battle gave the Union control over the Mississippi, splitting the South in half?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Richmond
Vicksburg
23
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The Confederate president
A Union general
A Confederate general
The Union president
