At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862,

Northern forces suffered 1 of the worst defeat of the war.

Five years following the Civil War, former slaves what in 3 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

no slavery; recognition as citizens; and vote black men.

What did Frederick Douglass encourage African-Americans in the North to do after 1863?

enlist in the United States Army

Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation freed

Some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control

One of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

ensure a fair and viable system of labor relations

Which was not part of the Irish experience in the United States in the late 1840s and 1850s?

most Irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party.

offered 160 acres of free land to settlers in the West.

Following the Civil War, white and black farmers in the South

saw the price of cotton fall steadily

Which of the following describes the Battle of Antietam?

This was the bloodiest battle of the war.

The Fugitive Slave Act

Let federal to decide fate of fugitives without jury trial

was a Confederate spy in Washington, D.C

According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act,

The question of slavery would be decided by white settlers.

Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction era shared the view that

institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all

When California became a state in 1850

It entered the Union as a free state.

Black Americans who refused to sign labor contracts to work for whites during Reconstruction

were often convicted of vagrancy and fined;

In the Compromise of 1850,

The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.

The Reconstruction Act of March 1867

divided the South into five military districts

laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves

At Vicksburg in July 1863,

The Union, under Grant’s leadership was victorious

Which was not part of Lincoln’s appeal to northern voters in the 1860 election?

candidate of the Know-Nothing Party he appealed to immigrant

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

prohibited governments from denying the vote due to race.

allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation

President Millard Fillmore dispatched American warships to Japan in an effort to

Force a trade treaty with Japanese and the United States.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December 1865

abolished slavery throughout the Union

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1
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862,
Northern forces suffered 1 of the worst defeat of the war.
The Confederacy were forced to retreat.
“it was a massacre” of southern troops
Northern forces General A E Burnside battled R. E. Lee’s
2
Five years following the Civil War, former slaves what in 3 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
right to marry anyone; freedom of assembly; and land.
forty acres and a mule; education; and equality
no slavery; recognition as citizens; and vote black men.
forty acres; education; and equal justice under law
3
What did Frederick Douglass encourage African-Americans in the North to do after 1863?
enlist in the United States Army
give their entire financial wealth to the U.S. government
move to Mexico
relocate to the African continent
4
Abraham Lincoln’s January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation freed
Some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control
The slaves in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
The slaves only in areas controlled by Union forces.
All slaves in the U.S. “henceforth and forever more.
5
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because
there was no way to enforce the Amendment.
it still did not allow all races to vote
it did not enfranchise women
it was not worded strongly enough to encapsulate the issue
6
One of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau was to
encourage whites to work for blacks
encourage freed people to move out West
ensure a fair and viable system of labor relations
induce former slaves to work for free
7
Which was not part of the Irish experience in the United States in the late 1840s and 1850s?
Most Irish did not align with the temperance and antislavery
most Irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party.
As Roman Catholics, Irish experienced sever discrimination.
the Irish’s subservience to Catholic Church threatened US
8
Of the more than 180,000 black men who served, how many died of disease, wounds, or in battle?
One-tenth
One-third
One-fourth
One one-hundredth
9
The Homestead Act
guaranteed all freedmen the right to thirty acres and a mule
offered 160 acres of free land to settlers in the West.
helped states in build "agricultural and mechanical colleges
offered people a rail ticket to the West
10
Following the Civil War, white and black farmers in the South
saw a leveling off of the price of cotton to prewar levels
experienced rapidly rising prices
experienced extremely high prices for cotton.
saw the price of cotton fall steadily
11
Most of the Union's victories in the first 2 years of the war occurred in the West, especially
Shiloh and New Orleans
Vicksburg and Shiloh
Memphis and Fort Henry
Mobile and Fort Donelson.
12
After the C.W, the black church was a powerful in the South. What 2 denominations were largest?
Catholic and Protestant
Episcopalian and Presbyterian
Baptist and Methodist
Lutheran and Church of Christ
13
Which of the following describes the Battle of Antietam?
General McClellan surrendered
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
General Lee successfully pushed past Union.
This was the bloodiest battle of the war.
14
The Fugitive Slave Act
Let local authorities to interfere with capture of fugitives
Ended the controversy surrounding fugitive slaves.
Forbid citizens to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves
Let federal to decide fate of fugitives without jury trial
15
Rose Greenhow
after the war became head of the American Red Cross
worked as a former slave for the Underground Railroad
was a Confederate spy in Washington, D.C
dressed as a man and fought in the Union army
16
The population rush into California in 1848 was a result of
The discovery of gold.
Abolition of slavery.
Free health care.
The discovery of silver.
17
According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act,
Kansas admitted as a slave state, Nebraska free state.
Fugitive slaves arriving in Kansas or Nebraska would be free
The question of slavery would be decided by white settlers.
Blacks had no claim to the rights of American citizens.
18
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848
Ensured Spanish domination of Mexico for a century.
Ended the Mexican War.
Was never ratified by the Senate.
Granted Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas to the United States.
19
Black Codes denied blacks the right to testify against whites, be on juries, or vote.
false
true
20
Which of the following was the Gettysburg Address specifically designed to communicate?
the need for a Confederate victory
importance of Union casualties over Confederate casualties
the need for a return to states' rights
the need for national reunion.
21
The 1865 agency responsible for the attempt to establish a working free labor system
Freedmen’s Bureau.
Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Reconstruction Act.
22
The phrase "forty acres and a mule" is derived from
Sherman's Field Order 15
the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's "10% Plan
Lincoln's "10% Plan
23
Black Codes assigned black children to work for former masters without parental consent
False
True
24
Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction era shared the view that
government should minimize its involvement in the economy
A. . sought the repatriation of expatriate fugitives...
allied themselves with the president
institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all
25
When California became a state in 1850
It entered the Union as a slave state.
It entered the Union after a year then decide slave or free
It entered the Union as a free state.
John Sutter became its first governor.
26
During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to
places where items seized by port authority were held.
camps of fugitive slaves.
camps where materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept
areas where food and animals were raised to feed military
27
In President Andrew Johnson's view, African-Americans ought to play what part in Reconstruction
none
take up leadership positions in the Deep South
28
Confederate Congress authorized military officers to seize farm goods to supply the army
True
False
29
Black Americans who refused to sign labor contracts to work for whites during Reconstruction
were convicted and sentenced to execution.
were often convicted of vagrancy and fined;
were often put on trains and sent out West
were often put on trains and sent to northern cities.
30
In the Compromise of 1850,
California entered as a state in which popular sovereignty
Slavery was allowed in the nation’s capital.
The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.
slavery in the land from Mexico was decided by U.S. Congress
31
In the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873), the S. C. ruled the 14 Amendment had not altered federalism
True
False
32
"government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"?
Freeport Speech
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Second Inaugural
33
The Reconstruction Act of March 1867
barred the president from removing certain officeholders
allowed Redeemers to reconstruct the South after a 2 years
divided the South into five military districts
voided the Supreme Court's decision in Ex parte Milligan
34
The victorious Republicans claimed to have redeemed the white South from corruption.
True
False
35
The Black Codes were
codes of honor by which newly freed black Americans lived
secret code combining elements of Creole and Pidgin English
laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves
secret codes used by freed blacks in areas where the KKK was
36
At Vicksburg in July 1863,
The Union, under Grant’s leadership was victorious
saw the greatest number of dead on a single day of battle
Confederates under John C. Pemberton’s lead was victorious
A. The battle was a draw.
37
Which was not part of Lincoln’s appeal to northern voters in the 1860 election?
His emphasis on moral dimension of the sectional conflict.
His devotion to the Union.
candidate of the Know-Nothing Party he appealed to immigrant
He was in a position to carry“doubtful states” for victory.
38
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ended slavery and indentured servitude
guaranteed women the right to vote
made the income tax constitutional
prohibited governments from denying the vote due to race.
39
Wade-Davis Bill required a majority of white male southerners to pledge support for the Union.
false
true
40
To expand the Confederacy into western areas, Confederate units from Texas in invaded
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada
California
41
Northern Republicans labeled those opposed to the war
Blacklegs.
Cottonmouths.
Diamondbacks
Copperheads
42
By 1862, how many states composed the Confederate States of America?
nine
twenty-three
eleven
six
43
General William T. Sherman moved his forces from Tennessee into this state, in 1864
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
Georgia
44
Sharecropping
government-led economic initiative
allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation
meant that black families shared their crops with each other
way of harvesting crops so the soil was left next year's
45
land beyween the Nueces R. and the Rio Grande was claimed by Texas and Mexico was controlled by
Comanche Indians.
Other Central American immigrants.
The Spanish missionaries who kept some semblance of order.
The United States.
46
President Millard Fillmore dispatched American warships to Japan in an effort to
Partner with the Japanese against the Chinese.
Sway the Japanese in becoming trade partners
Seize the island chains surrounding Midway.
Force a trade treaty with Japanese and the United States.
47
The Civil War called "the first modern war" Which was not one of these advances?
Rifles
Radios
Railroads
A. Ironclads
48
During the first two years of the Civil War, most of the fighting took place in
Delaware and New Jersey.
Virginia and Maryland.
New York and Virginia
Georgia and South Carolina.
49
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December 1865
asserted that black men could vote
said that the nation would proceed "with malice toward none"
asserted that African-Americans were American citizens
abolished slavery throughout the Union
50
What became central to the former slaves' desire for empowerment and equality
right to vote
marriage to whomever they wished
learning a new trade apart from their prior slave work
literacy

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