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1
What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?
To abolish slavery
To legislate fair treatment of all citizens
To allow for freedmen to run for office
To provide citizenship to former slaves
2
The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except...
Assassinating the Confederate President
Blocking Southern ports
Capturing Richmond, Virginia
Dividing the South
3
What was the effect that Plessy vs Ferguson had on the United States?
Integration of schools is required by law.
Separate but equal public facilities are constitutional.
Public facilities should be available to all races.
Jim Crow laws are unconstitutional.
4
What was the purpose of the black codes?
To reconstruct the plantation system
To control former slaves
To teach language skills to freedmen
To provide fair wages for freedmen
5
Who became President after the death of President Lincoln?
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S Grant
Rutherford B Hayes
Andrew Johnson
6
Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except…
Leading armies into battle as generals
Spying on the enemy
Treating wounded soldiers
Working in factories
7
Which of these describes Grant’s terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House?
They were meant to punish the Confederacy
They were stern in their demand for payment of losses.
They were generous so as to avoid further suffering.
They were meant to show that the North sought forgiveness.
8
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
The loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North.
The South suffered many losses while the North had few.
The outcome convinced European nations to aid the Confederacy.
Lee succeeded in capturing a city in the North.
9
Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?
To integrate Southern schools
To end government corruption
To stop African Americans from gaining more political power
To protect the voting rights of Southerners
10
Which of these was a danger for African American troops who fought for the Union?
If captured, they would be forced to fight for the Confederacy
They were easily overcome since they had no weapons
If captured, they could be sold into slavery
They were frequently attacked by other Union soldiers
11
What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to all individuals in the United States?
The right to medical care
Separate but equal public facilities
Equal protection of the law
The right to vote
12
Who killed President Lincoln?
John Lee Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Aaron Burr
13
What was an effect of Southern poll tax laws?
African Americans were denied voting rights
Public funding of small businesses increased
Southern democrats were voted out of office
Money was raised to fund public education
14
Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
Large Population
Many Factories and Businesses
Control of Railways System
Strong Military Leadership
15
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
To separate African Americans and whites in public life
To prevent unqualified African Americans from voting
To assure equal education for all
To encourage Southerners to move to the North
16
What is sharecropping?
Plantation owners gave part of crops to their former slaves as repayment
African Americans share crops with neighbors to try and feed each other
Southern states provide crops to former slaves to start their own farms
Plantation owners allow tenants to use land in return for shares of crops
17
Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
Fighting in familiar territory
Abundant Natural Resources
Highly Trained Soldiers
Control of the Mississippi River
18
Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Education opportunity
Job security
Land Distribution
Free medical care
19
What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?
To give all citizens the right to vote
To protect the voting rights of African American men
To raise taxes to repair damage to the South
To provide education for all citizens
20
How did Grant's siege of Vicksburg impact the Confederacy?
The Mississippi River was taken by the Confederacy and cut Union in half
The Confederacy cut off supplies to the Union on the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi River was taken by the Union and cut the Confederacy half.
Union was stopped at the mouth of the Mississippi River, lost the battle