One of the military advantages of the South was:

Experienced military leadership

President Grant was popular, but one of the scandals of his administration were:

His Vice President schemed to steal profits from railroads

An economic depression swept the North

What was the mission of the Redeemers?

To "redeem" (reclaim) the South from Northerners/Blacks

Who were the "Know Nothings"?

Anti-immigrant party who claimed no affiliation when asked.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

A conductor on the Underground Railroad

The Compromise of 1850 DID NOT do one of the following:

Created Personal Liberty Laws for Northern states

What did the Supreme Court rule regarding Dred Scott?

That Scott was property, and thus, unable to file a lawsuit.

What was the platform of the Free Soil Party?

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men

Who killed Abraham Lincoln, and how soon after the war ended?

John Wilkes Booth, 6 days after

The two candidates of the election of 1876 were:

Rutherford B. Hayes & Samuel J. Tilden

What was John Brown's goal in attacking the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

Inspire local slaves to join a revolution to defeat slavery.

The practice of striking both civilian and military targets

The Freedmen's Bureau was an organization that provided _ to Southern black and white refugees.

Food, Clothing, Healthcare, Education

A slave who sued for his freedom after his master died.

Who were the "Redeemers"?

Southern, white Democrats who returned to power after 1870

The Kansas-Nebraska act was enacted in 1854 and it did the following:

Split Nebraska, mandated pop. sovereignty to decide slavery.

Popular sovereignty, in the context of the Civil War period, meant:

Voters decide whether a state is slave or free.

What was the Ku Klux Klan?

Secret society founded to terrorize African Americans

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US Hist. Hon. Civil War Review

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1
One of the military advantages of the South was:
Experienced military leadership
Mass production capability
Large, advanced naval forces
Railroad mileage
2
In general, which side won more battles in the first half of the Civil War?
Union
Confederacy
3
President Grant was popular, but one of the scandals of his administration were:
His Vice President mishandled classified intelligence
His Vice President schemed to steal profits from railroads
His Secretary of State stole profits from US Steel
His Vice President ran a gambling ring under the White House
4
Which of the following was NOT a technical innovation of the Civil War?
Cotton Production
Henry Repeating Rifle
Telegraph
Ironclads
5
This Confederate General attempted to take the Union position at Cemetery Ridge:
Gen. Tobias MacIvey
Gen. Jeremiah Smith
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Gen. George Pickett
6
One of the military advantages of the North was:
Experienced military leadership
Terrain advantage
Better motivated troops
Massive industrial base
7
In 1873:
A major Grant admin. official was arrested for corruption
An economic depression swept the North
President Grant died of a heart attack
President Rutherford B. Hayes was elected
8
Members from these two parties created the Free Soil Party:
Republicans and Democrats
Democrats and Whigs
Whigs and Federalists
Republicans and Whigs
9
The names of the Union and Confederate ironclads were, respectively:
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
USS Interceptor and CSS Merrimack
USS Union and CSS Confederacy
USS Lincoln and CSS Davis
10
What was the mission of the Redeemers?
To "redeem" (reclaim) the South from carpetbaggers
To "redeem" (reclaim) the South from old Confederate leaders
To "redeem" (reclaim) the South from Northerners/Blacks
To redeem the profession of slavery and positively reform it
11
Who were the "Know Nothings"?
Anti-immigrant party who claimed no affiliation when asked.
A political party that knew nothing about their country.
A political party whose members took a vow of silence.
Pro-immigrant party who claimed no affiliation when asked.
12
What book did Harriet Beecher-Stowe write that condemned slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Birth of a Nation
Blake
It's a Wonderful Life
13
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Train conductor who didn't force blacks to sit in the back.
Abolitionist who ran a safehouse for the Underground R.R.
A conductor on the Underground Railroad
Best-selling author who wrote a book condemning slavery.
14
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?
Help the South rejoin the Union
Rebuild the South's economy
Create laws to protect newly freed slaves
Reform the practice of slavery
15
What was the first state from the South to secede?
Florida
Virginia
South Carolina
Mississippi
16
The Compromise of 1850 DID NOT do one of the following:
Created Personal Liberty Laws for Northern states
Created a very strong Fugitive Slave Act
Mandated that California be a free state.
Mandated popular sovereignty to decide slavery for Utah
17
What did the Supreme Court rule regarding Dred Scott?
That Scott owed his dead master money for wasting his time.
That Scott was a slave, but could be freed via the lawsuit.
That Scott was property, and thus, unable to file a lawsuit.
That Scott was property, and able to buy himself freedom.
18
What was the platform of the Free Soil Party?
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Silver
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men
Free Soil, Free Silver, Free Speech, Free Labor
Free Five Dollar Footlongs at Subway
19
The landowner chooses the crop, gives the worker room, board, tools, and part of the harvest.
Share-tenancy
Tenant Farming
Sharecropping
Contract Farming
20
This proposal would have outlawed slavery in all lands won from Mexico.
The Free Soil Act
The Barber Proposal
The Wilmont Proviso
The Compromise of 1815
21
In retaliation for the Border Ruffians attack, this abolitionist killed 5 pro-slavery settlers.
John Brown
Jay Brown
James Brown
Jack Brown
22
This address by President Lincoln honored the many dead of ___ and reinforced American values.
The Antietam Address
The Highlands Address
The Hamptons Address
The Gettysburg Address
23
Who killed Abraham Lincoln, and how soon after the war ended?
John Wilkes Booth, 6 days after
Andrew Johnson, 6 days after
John Wilkes Booth, 4 days after
Lee Harvey Oswald, 1 week after
24
What battle was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Shiloh
25
The two candidates of the election of 1876 were:
Ulysses S. Grant & Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes & Charles Sumner
Rutherford B. Hayes & Samuel J. Tilden
26
What was John Brown's goal in attacking the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
To create an army to depose President Buchanan
Inspire local slaves to join a revolution to defeat slavery.
To arm himself and other abolitionists
To overthrow the Federal Government
27
What was the name of the second overall commander of the Union army during the Civil War?
Gen. George B. McClellan
Gen. William T. Sherman
Gen. George Meade
Gen. Jebediah Longstreet
28
The 14th Amendment guaranteed:
Equality of opportunity
Equality under the law
Equality of opportunity and result
Equality of result
29
What Southern city was burned to the ground by Gen. William T. Sherman?
Savannah, GA
Atlanta, GA
Marietta, GA
Athens, GA
30
Which of the following was a nickname attached to Gen. William T. Sherman by the South?
"Tyrant Sherman"
"Sherman the Brute"
"Bloody Sherman"
"Sherman the Ruthless"
31
Define "total war":
The practice of razing civilian dwellings
The practice of using nuclear weapons against your enemy
The practice of striking both civilian and military targets
The practice of using biological warfare against your enemy
32
The Freedmen's Bureau was an organization that provided _ to Southern black and white refugees.
Food, Clothing, Healthcare, Education
Native American hunting guides
Equality of Opportunity and Result
Compulsory Military Service
33
Who was the Union general who succeeded in capturing Vicksburg?
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Gen. George Custer
Gen. George B. McClellan
Gen. Jeremiah Smith
34
The Slaughterhouse Cases restricted the scope of which Constitutional Amendment?
The 15th Amendment
The 12th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
The 13th Amendment
35
Where was the courthouse where Robert E. Lee formally surrendered to Grant?
Washington, DC
Richmond, VA
Appomattox, VA
Charleston, SC
36
Which general was initially asked to command the Union army, but defected to the Confederacy?
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Gen. George B. McClellan
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Gen. William T. Sherman
37
This Senator from California helped to create the Compromise of 1850
Senator Daniel Webster
Senator Nancy Pelosi
Senator Henry Clay
Senator John Calhoun
38
This Southern Senator threatened the South would secede if its demands on slavery weren't met:
Senator John Calhoun
Senator Stephen Douglas
Senator Harry Truman
Senator Daniel Webster
39
The election of _____ was the final straw for the South, causing it to secede.
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
John Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
40
Who was Dred Scott?
A slave who attempted to lead a rebellion against the South.
A slave who spied for the North.
A slave who sued for his freedom after his master died.
A slave who sued his master.
41
Who were the "Redeemers"?
Northern, white Democrats who returned to power after 1870
Northern, white Republicans who returned to power after 1870
Southern, white Republicans who returned to power after 1870
Southern, white Democrats who returned to power after 1870
42
The Kansas-Nebraska act was enacted in 1854 and it did the following:
Split Nebraska, mandated pop. sovereignty to decide slavery.
Split Nebraska into East and West Nebraska
Mandated that Kansas would be a free state
Created the slave state of West Kansas.
43
Popular sovereignty, in the context of the Civil War period, meant:
State legislature decides whether a state is slave or free.
The government decides whether a state is slave or free.
Voters decide whether a state is slave or free.
Congress decides whether a state is slave or free.
44
What city on the Mississippi River was crucial for the Union to control?
Vicksburg, MS
Port Hudson, LA
Hot Coffee, MS
Jackson, MS
45
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
Secret society for capturing illegal immigrants
Secret society for sharing fried chicken recipies
Secret society for capturing fugitive slaves
Secret society founded to terrorize African Americans
46
A negative term for a Northern white/black man who relocated to the South after the war.
Copperhead
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Radical Republican
47
According to the rules of succession in the Constitution, who took over after Lincoln's death?
William Seward
Gideon Welles
Edwin Stanton
Andrew Johnson
48
Due to the violence in Kansas at the time, the media began referring to the conflict as:
Bloody Border War
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Borders
Bleeding Lawrence
49
What was the name of the fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
Fort MacDill
Fort Sumter
Fort Hood
Fort Delaware
50
The Wade-Davis Bill proposed allowing the Southern states to rejoin the Union if they___
Brought Confederate leaders to trial.
Had a percentage of the population serve in the army.
Guaranteed black equality.
Elected a certain number of black Senators/Congressmen.
51
This Union strategy had two parts: Blockade Southern ports, control the Mississippi River.
Boa Plan
Tarantula Plan
Coral Snake Plan
Anaconda Plan
52
What was the first actual battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Virginia
53
The Enforcement Acts made it a federal offense to:
Interfere with a citizen's 4th & 5th Amendment rights
Interfere with a citizen's rights to vote
Interfere with a citizen's right to bear arms
Interfere with a citizen's right to a trial by their peers
54
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, and the turning point of the conflict.
Battle of Gettysburg
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Vicksburg
55
Impeachment is when Congress:
Takes command of military forces to remove the President
Congratulates the President on a job well done.
Charges the President with wrongdoing and puts them on trial
Forces a Constitutional Amendment on America
56
The 15th Amendment forbids the denial of voting rights on the basis of:
Race, color, previous condition of servitude
Previous condition of servitude
Race, sex, previous condition of servitude
Race, color, sex, previous condition of servitude
57
The ____ was passed to overturn the Black Codes, but was vetoed by President Johnson.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Brown v. Board of Education
The 14th Amendment
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
58
This pro-slavery group attacked Lawrence, KS and burned it.
Ku Klux Klan
Border Patrol
Border Ruffians
Kansas Liberation Front
59
Which of the beliefs listed here would best describe a Radical Republican?
The South seceding is criminal, they deserve to be punished.
We must send all of the whites in the South out west.
We need to build a wall between us and the South.
The South needs the aid of the North in order to recover.
60
T/F: Segregation & Integration mean, respectively, the separation or combination of the races.
False
True
61
What is a "Black Code"?
Law passed in the West, restricting the freedom of blacks.
Law passed in the South, restricting the freedom of blacks.
Law passed in the North, restricting the freedom of blacks.
Law passed in America, restricting the freedom of blacks.
62
Pick the correct response about life in the South. The South_____
built busy cities, and embraced technology & industry.
was an agricultural society, cotton was its main crop.
had many immigrants, and became very diverse.
became a hybrid of industry and agriculture.
63
What city did Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occupy as he was besieging Richmond, VA?
Charleston
Newport News
St. Petersburg
Petersburg
64
Which of the following DID NOT happen as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
Samuel J. Tilden was elected President
Southern states were guaranteed Federal subsidies
A Southerner was appointed to a powerful cabinet position
The remaining Federal troops were withdrawn from the South

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