How did the South fight against the 15th Amendment?

Poll taxes, literacy tests, harder to vote

Which of these is MOSTLY associated with Blacks role in the Civil War?

Lincoln eventually used them and turned the tide of war

What was the main argument that Southerners made in defense of slavery?

It was up to the states to deal with use of slavery

The tension in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with conflict between which two people?

Free state supporters and slave state supporters

What does the term "Reconstruction" mean when associated with Civil War?

Federal gov't intervention in former Confederate states

The election of 1864 was

The South's last chance to gain independence from the North

What was the Confederate strategy during the Civil War?

Outlast the North until they recognize them as a country

What was something the Compromise of 1850 DID NOT do?

Kansas and Nebraska became part of the Union

What was the ruling of the Dred Scott decision?

Ruled slaves to be property and unable to ever be citizens

Why did Lincoln not free the slaves early in the war?

Lincoln did not want to upset the border states

What does "Secession" mean?

Officially withdrawing from a group

What were the factors found in the South?

Agriculture, plantation, slave labor

What happened shortly after Lincoln was elected in 1860?

Secession of South Carolina from the Union

The Battle of Bull Run was significant because

The South decimated the North and won the battle

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1
Which of these is a system in which landowners provide land, seed, and tools for a small profit
Sharecropping
Black Codes
Emancipation
Sectionalism
2
What was Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective during the beginning war?
Destroy the South
Win reelection
End slavery
Save the Union
3
Which organization started as in order to terrorize newly freed African Americans?
AEA
KKK
NAACP
NCAA
4
How did the South fight against the 15th Amendment?
Fought them at the poll
Poll taxes, literacy tests, harder to vote
Refused to follow the law
Used the KKK to make them vote for Former Confederates
5
Which of these is MOSTLY associated with Blacks role in the Civil War?
They traveled as medical help but did not experience combat
They served as soldiers but made little difference
They were responsible for the victory at Gettysburg
Lincoln eventually used them and turned the tide of war
6
What was the main argument that Southerners made in defense of slavery?
We shouldnt get rid of slaves since we've had them this long
It was up to the states to deal with use of slavery
The right to own slaves guaranteed under the 1st Amendment
Futureof America depended upon existence of Southern slavery
7
What power does the Supreme Court have?
Removal from office
Impeachment
Executive authority
Judicial Review
8
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
12th
14th
15th
9
What war policy did Sherman follow during his infamous "March to the Sea"
Dust to Dust
Scorched Earth
Bleeding Earth
Agent Orange
10
What did Lincoln use to free slaves in the middle of the Civil War?
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Habeas Corpus
Gettysburg Address
11
In 1858 what did Lincoln and Douglas do during their run for Senate?
Spoke against each other in the Newspaper
Had a series of debates
Had a podcast together
Had a wrestling match
12
The tension in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with conflict between which two people?
Catholics and Protestants
Slaves and Masters
Immigrants and Nativists
Free state supporters and slave state supporters
13
What does the term "Reconstruction" mean when associated with Civil War?
Problems associated with changing to industrial economy
Establishment of a new system of agriculture in the west
Admission of western territories as either Free or slave
Federal gov't intervention in former Confederate states
14
The election of 1864 was
A great victory for the Democratic party
Just after the end of the Civil War
The South's last chance to gain independence from the North
Henry Clay's last chance of presidency
15
What did South Carolina attack right after they seceded?
Bull Run
Ft. Sumter
White House
Gettysburg
16
What was the Confederate strategy during the Civil War?
Win over the border states, and gain more support
Outlast the North until they recognize them as a country
Devastate the North and conquer Northern land
Move further West and gain territory and people out there
17
What was something the Compromise of 1850 DID NOT do?
California was admitted as a free state
Kansas and Nebraska became part of the Union
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave Trade outlawed in DC
18
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott decision?
Created the doctrine of "separate but equal"
Ruled slaves to be property and unable to ever be citizens
Supported South's rights to secede from the Union
Refused to give women the right to vote
19
Confederates received the help of the British Empire?
True
False
20
What was John Brown's stance on slavery?
He wanted slaves moved to another country
He loved it
He wanted them to get paid
He hated it
21
Which Act/Compromise forced two states to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not
Northwest Ordinance
Oregon Washington Purchase
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Gadsen Purchase
22
Which battle forced Lincoln to decide to end slavery?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Merrimack vs. Monitor
Bull Run
23
Why did Lincoln not free the slaves early in the war?
Lincoln wanted to keep slavery to win back the South
Lincoln wanted to win the war without slaves
Lincoln did not want to upset the border states
Lincoln did not want to end slavery
24
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Stephen Douglas
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
25
What was the Union soldier who became General of the North and man who ended the Civil War?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
26
What were some of the characteristics that helped the South during the war?
Superior industrial capability
Larger population
Capable military leadership
Extensive transportation network
27
What does "Secession" mean?
To end bondage and slavery
Devotion to local interest or region rather than whole group
Officially withdrawing from a group
Change laws from slaves to African Americans
28
What were the factors found in the South?
Slave's allowed in military, used in dire situations
Gold, Creating a new life, Moving in a hurry
Agriculture, plantation, slave labor
Business related, Manufacturer based, free slaves
29
What happened shortly after Lincoln was elected in 1860?
John Brown started his raid on Harper's Ferry
Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act
Secession of South Carolina from the Union
Reconstruction started
30
The Battle of Bull Run was significant because
The South decimated the North and won the battle
The North ended the war and ended the rebellion
South followed them back to DC
North was victorious but decided to keep fighting slavery

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