How did the Civil War affect states’ rights?

Supremacy of federal gov't over the states was established.

To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?

Union could not continue both free states and slave states

Why did the Dawes Act, an attempt to assimilate Native Americans, fail?

Tribes found it difficult to adopt US lifestyles

How did the buffalo play a part in the lives of Native Americans?

Buffalo had been the reason for Native American movement

Why did Radical Republicans rejected the Ten Percent Plan?

African Americans should be granted full citizenship

The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to...

help former slaves adjust to freedom

How did Hayes’s election effectively end Reconstruction?

Federal intervention ended in the South

Why did Northern support for Reconstruction fade?

Cost of military operations in the South worried people.

What was one outcome of the Compromise of 1850?

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

Why was Vicksburg a strategic location for a Union victory?

The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg

Which event led the House of Representatives to impeach President Johnson?

Johnson’s attempt to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

How did the Republican party become strong in the South?

millions of Southern African American men became voters

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncles Tom’s Cabin infuriate the South?

spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North

How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery?

He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of A-As’ rights

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1
Congress reacted to Klan terror by passing...
the Enforcement Act of 1870
Radical Reconstruction
the 13th Amendment
the Compromise of 1877
2
How did the Civil War affect states’ rights?
Balance of power between fed and states gov'ts was unchanged
States gained all rights of self-determination.
Supremacy of federal gov't over the states was established.
States gained more power in determining their own laws.
3
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?
The Union would be dissolved over the issue of slavery.
Union could not continue both free states and slave states
Slavery helped unite states in the Union.
Compromise would continue to keep the slave issue at bay
4
Why did the Dawes Act, an attempt to assimilate Native Americans, fail?
Farming and ranching were under strict government control
Tribes found it difficult to adopt US lifestyles
Congress spent too much money on the programs
Public opinion was against peace with the Native Americans
5
How did the buffalo play a part in the lives of Native Americans?
Allowed them to adapt easily to permanent settlements
Buffalo had been the reason for Native American movement
They began to forget about the sacred connection w/ buffalo
Became comfortable with settlers they cared more for them
6
Why did Radical Republicans rejected the Ten Percent Plan?
Sherman’s plan to confiscate Confederates’ land was unfair
African Americans should be granted full citizenship
Constitution implied the president direct Reconstruction
the Confederate states had committed no crime by seceding
7
The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to...
force African Americans to move north
prevent African Americans from voting
help former slaves adjust to freedom
abolish slavery
8
How did Hayes’s election effectively end Reconstruction?
Federal intervention ended in the South
Freedmen’s Bureau took a greater role in Southern states
Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation
African Americans secured full political and civil rights
9
What was the basis of the South’s economy after the Civil War?
banks
military
political
slave trade
10
What was one of President Lincoln’s first major goals for Reconstruction?
punish Southern states for seceding
redistribute the South’s land.
grant African Americansfull citizenship.
reunify the nation
11
Why did Northern support for Reconstruction fade?
North believed that the goals of Reconstruction had been met
Cost of military operations in the South worried people.
the Freedmen’s Bureau failed to accomplish its objectives
Lincoln had been assassinated
12
What was one outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
Northern and Southern tensions immediately increased.
Congress passed the 13th Amendment.
Stephen A. Douglas lost prestige.
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
13
Why was Vicksburg a strategic location for a Union victory?
It was in the heart of the South
Vicksburg borders Mississippi and Louisiana
Vicksburg’s population was particularly high for a CSA city
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg
14
Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War?
the growth of the anti-slavery movement
the popularity of UncleTom’s Cabin
the Dred Scott decision
the attack at Fort Sumter
15
Southern state governments restricted the rights of former slaves by...
Passing black codes
Refusing to pay war debts
Refusing to pass the 13th Amendment
Holding constitutional conventions
16
Which event led the House of Representatives to impeach President Johnson?
the passage of the Tenure of Office Act
Johnson’s veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Johnson’s attempt to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Johnson’s refusal to enforce the Reconstruction Acts
17
What was a Northern advantage?
industrial
strategic
psychological
martial
18
How did the Republican party become strong in the South?
the party did not require a loyalty oath in order to vote.
Former CSA states had met the requirements to rejoin the US
millions of Southern African American men became voters
White Southerners attended state constitutional conventions
19
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncles Tom’s Cabin infuriate the South?
advocated a violent rebellion of slaves
portrayed all slave owners as evil
was a work of fiction by a Northern white woman
spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North
20
How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery?
advocated for compromise and the status quo
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of A-As’ rights
avoided slavery as a possible inflammatory topic
Urged the gradual westward spread of slavery

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