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1
Most soldiers who died during the Civil War died from
self-inflicted wounds
diseases, poor sanitation, and polluted water supplies
starvation
wounds inflicted by new types of weapons
2
In Abraham Lincoln’s “house-divided speech,” he argued that
all slaves should be immediately emancipated
the nation could not continue to be half slave and half free
it was morally wrong for Southern states to secede
the slave trade should be abolished
3
The election of an antislavery president led to the _____ of South Carolina.
secession
reconstruction
4
The ____ dropped the Missouri Compromise’s ban on slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
5
Which amendment granted citizenship?
16th
14th
13th
15th
6
The _____ focused national attention on senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln-Douglas debates
election of 1860
7
Which of the following was an important goal in the Confederate war strategy?
to gain foreign recognition and aid
to emancipate slaves
to invade and conquer border states
to take control of the Ohio River
8
The admission of Kansas as a free state deepened sectional divisions in the United States.
False
True
9
General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory was the Battle of _____.
Chancellorsville
Antietam
10
The ____ ended slavery in the United States.
Emancipation Proclamation
Thirteenth Amendment
11
Why was Lincoln nominated as the Republican presidential candidate in the 1860 elections?
because William Seward’s abolitionist views were too radical
because he advocated popular sovereignty
because Stephen Douglas lost the Lincoln-Douglas debates
because he believed in racial equality
12
Which amendment guarantees the right to vote?
16th
15th
13th
14th
13
____ was sentenced to death for capturing the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Dred Scott
John Brown
14
How did General Grant defeat Vicksburg?
by taking up a strong defensive position in the city
by breaking through Lee’s weakened defenses
with Pickett’s Charge
blockade and constant shelling of the city
15
Which amendment ended slavery?
15th
13th
14th
16th
16
Which of the following plans for Reconstruction was harshest toward the South?
the Freedmen’s plan
the Wade-Davis Bill
Johnson’s plan
the Ten-Percent Plan
17
The Civil War began when Abraham Lincoln ordered the Union Army to invade Virginia.
False
True
18
Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan required wealthy southern men to apply for a pardon.
True
False
19
The military draft in the North led to increased public support for the war.
False
True
20
What caused Congress to take a more active role in Reconstruction?
the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
opposition to Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction
terrorist groups operating in the North
Black Codes and the return of former Confederates to power
21
Why did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1864?
because he had freed the slaves
because General Sherman captured Atlanta
he was instrumental in the passage of the 13th Amendment
because Grant’s Virginia campaign was highly successful
