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Unit 6: Civil War/Reconstruction
Unit 6: Civil War/Reconstruction
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Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War & wanted immediate peace with the Confederates.
Copperheads
War Hawks
Scalawags
Loyalists
2
White northerners and supporters of Radical Reconstruction who came south after the war.
Carpetbaggers
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
Scalawags
3
Political faction; demanded punishment for former rebels; emphasized civilrights for freedmen
Radical Republicans
Democratic-Republicans
Copperheads
Moderate Republicans
4
Southern states insisted that the states in the U.S. were entitled to...
Tariffs
States Rights
Land
Cotton
5
Why did the acquisition of new land in the west cause an increase in sectional tensions?
North and South disagreed about getting new land in the west
Initiated a debate about whether slavery would expand west.
Fugative slaves began escaping to the west.
North and South began arguing about who should get the gold.
6
What Congressional action led President Johnson to stay out of future Reconstruction policies?
Congress overode his veto
Congress issued a public statement denouncing Johnson
He was impeached by Congress
Congress declared that Reconstruction was over
7
What was the goal that Abraham Lincoln expressed to the nation in his First Inaugural Address?
To abolish slavery
To convince the world to condemn slavery
To preserve the Union
To declare war on the South
8
What was the goal that Jefferson Davis expressed to the nation in his Inaugural Address?
We must uphold our right to seperate from the United States.
Slavery must be allowed to continue in the South.
The Union must be preserved.
We must declare war in the Union.
9
Citizens could not be prevented from voting “onaccount of race, color, or previous servitude.”
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
12th Amendment
14th Amendment
10
What effect did the cotton gin have on labor in the South?
There was a shift from slave labor to wage labor.
Workers organized into labor unions.
The number of slaves in the South declined.
The demand for slaves increased.
11
How did
The Liberator
increase sectional tensions between the North and the South?
It suggested that the North and South should seperate .
Demands in paper for immidiate end of slavery angered South.
Paper identified free blacks in the North as runaway slaves.
It upheld the idea of states rights by supporting secession.
12
What group of people maintained political power throughout the South?
Yeoman Farmers
Slaves
Planter Aristocracy
Nativists
13
U.S. Sanitary Commission member; worked as a wartime nurse; created the American Red Cross
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
14
Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction.
Democratic Reconstruction
Presidential Reconstruction
Ten Percent Plan
Radical Reconstruction
15
The North's strategy to win the Civil War by blockading the coast and sizing the Mississippi.
Blitzkrieg
Total War
The Anaconda Plan
The Marshall Plan
16
What were the agreements that were included in the Compromise of 1850?
MO=slave state;ME=free state;36°30’ to determine slavery.
MO=free state;ME=slave state;36°30’ to determine slavery.
CA=slavestate;TX=smaller;DC slavetrade ends;FugativeSlaveAct
CA=free state;TX=smaller;DC slavetrade ends;FugativeSlaveAct
17
What was the political platform of the Republican Party when it was formed in 1854?
For the immidiate abolition of all slaves.
Decrease spending and the size of the government.
Against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the spread of slavery.
Against the Fugative Slave Act and for immediate abolition.
18
Which constitutional principle was at the heart of the argument that led to the Civil War?
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
Individual Rights
Republicanism
19
What historical event caused Reconstruction to come to an end?
Passage of the 15th Amendment
Panic of 1873
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1877
20
What was South Carolina’s reaction to the Presidential Election of 1860?
Declared that it would nullify the election results in SC.
It seceded from the Union
It declared the election invalid.
It declared war on the Union.
21
What happened at the Democratic National Convention in 1860?
The agreed to support the ruling of the Dred Scott case.
They agreed to support the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The Democratic Party split.
Abraham Lincoln was selected as the Democratic candidate.
22
Laws that mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Enforcement Acts
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
23
White southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan
Freedman
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
24
The officer who commanded the 54th Massachusetts African-American Regiment.
Sergeant William Carney
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
General "Stonewall" Jackson
General William Tecumseh Sherman
25
What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves residing in areas of rebellion were freed
In 1 years time slavery would be abolished in the U.S.
Slaves residing in the border states of the Union were freed
All of the slaves in the U.S. were granted their freedom.
26
Highest military honor in U.S.; awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
The Congressional Medal of Honor
The Purple Heart
The Silver Star
The Distinguished Service Cross
27
What was John Brown’s Raid?
Brown hoped to arm the slaves and initiate a slave uprising.
Brown used a broadswoard to cut up a group of slave owners.
Brown took all the cookies from his mom's kitchen cabinet.
Brown and his followers attacked the state of South Carolina
28
Who assasinated Abraham Lincoln?
Ezio Auditore
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jefferson Davis
JohnWilkes Booth
29
What was the first battle of Civil War and which side initiated the battle?
Battle of Gettysburg; The North
Battle of Ft. Sumter; The North
Battle of Antietam; The South
Battle of Ft. Sumter; The South
30
Who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John Philip Sousa
Francis Scott Key
Julia Ward Howe
31
Union victory that is considered to be a turning point of the war.
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Ft. Sumter
Battle of Antietam
32
Law that divided the South into five military districts run by military commanders.
Ku Klux Klan Act
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Enforcement Acts
Civil Rights Act of 1866
33
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Outlawed slavery in the U.S.
Declared the Underground Railroad illegal.
Granted fugitive slaves freedom in the North.
Allowed slavecatchers to capture slaves anywhere in the U.S.
34
A new kind of warship created during the Civil War that had thick reinforced iron plating.
Ironclads
Dreadnoughts
Ship of the Line
Man-of-War
35
How did the book
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
increase sectional tensions between the North and the South?
It caused slavery to increase.
It encouraged slavery to extend to the West.
More people wanted to own cotton plantations.
More people joined the abolition movement.
36
Define popular sovereignty.
Stated that slavery could not be outlawed in the U.S.
Slavery in a territory would be decided by the 36°30’ line.
Proposed to outlaw slavery in the Mexican Session.
Slavery in a territory would be decided by a popular vote.
37
Who was Fredrick Douglas?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Former slave who became a leading abolitionist.
A violent abolitionist who swore to kill all slave owners.
A leader of the Womens' Rights Movement.
38
What was the name of the strategy that was used by the Union during Sherman's March to the Sea?
Anaconda Plan
Siege Warfare
Blitzkreig
Total War
39
Congress' plan for Reconstruction.
Radical Reconstruction
Ten Percent Plan
Presidential Reconstruction
Democratic Reconstruction
40
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The author the Declaration of Sentiments.
Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
A leader of the Temperence Movement.
An abolitionist who joined the Womens' Rights Movement.
41
Why did people believe it was important to keep an equal number of Free and Slave States?
To maintain the balance of power in the Senate.
To maintain the balance of power in the House.
To maintain the balance of power in the Supreme Court.
To maintain the balance between cotton and textile mills.
42
Series of laws passed to curb the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in the South.
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Tenure of Office Act
Enforcement Acts
Civil Rights Act of 1866
43
The national anthem of the Confederacy.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Star Spangled Banner
America the Beautiful
Dixie
44
What was the message of Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
States do not have the right to secede from the Union.
The U.S. will become all slave, or all free.
The Union must be preserved.
The North should declare war on the South.
45
Stated that all people born in the United States were citizens and had the same rights.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
12th Amendment
15th Amendment
46
What did most of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War die from?
Starvation
Poor care in the battefield hospitals
Disease
They died in battle
47
State laws meant to suppress the rights and freedoms of freedman.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Enforcement Acts
48
Last battle between major armies during the Civil War where Lee surrendered to Grant.
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
49
African-American senator that represented the state of Mississippi during Reconstruction.
Crispus Attucks
Hiram Revels
Fredrick Douglas
Wentworth Cheswell
50
Why did the Republican Party loss popularity during President Grants administration?
The Republican Party's changing stance on Reconstruction
Opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and support of the Freedman
Scandals in Grant's administration and the Panic of 1873
Grant's bad attitude and his severe body odor
51
Established to help clean up the camps.
Camp Sanitation Department
U.S. Sanitary Commission
Freedman's Bureau
American Red Cross
52
Explain the Supreme Court ruling of
Dred Scott v Sanford
.
Slavery could not be outlawed in U.S.; blacks not citizens.
Slavery could be outlawed in U.S.; blacks declared citizens.
Slavery could be outlawed in U.S.; blacks not citizens.
Slavery could not be outlawed in U.S.; blacks made citizens.
53
President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction.
Democratic Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Ten Percent Plan
Presidential Reconstruction
54
Union victory that completed the Anaconda Plan.
Battle of Ft. Sumter
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
55
Organization that utilized violence and intimidation to restore Democratic control in the South
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
56
Political leader of the Radical Republicans.
Thaddeus Stevens
Abraham Lincoln
George B. McClellen
Charles Sumner
57
Who was Jefferson Davis?
President of the Confederacy.
Confederate General.
Union General
President of the United States.
58
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Proposal to outlaw slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
Proposal to outlaw slavery in the Oregon Territory.
Proposal to outlaw slavery in the U.S.
Proposal to outlaw slavery in the Mexican Session.
59
What is a primary source?
The main source used to provide information to a writer.
A source produced by someone who witnessed the event.
The first source used to provide information to a writer.
A source produced by someone who did not witnessed an event.
60
Agricultural system where landowner allows tenant to use land in return for a share of the crop
Tenant Farming
American System
Plantation System
Sharecropping
61
What was meant by the phrase “Bleeding Kansas”?
All of the slaves in Kansas were executed.
Nebraska settlers attacked and killed the people of Kansas.
John Brown killed all of the abolitionists living in Kansas.
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters.
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Bloodiest day in American history.
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Ft. Sumter
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
63
Amendment that abolished slavery in the U.S.
14th Amendment
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
64
Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
John Bell
John C. Breckenridge
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
65
Organization set up to help freedman adjust to their newfound freedom.
Freedman’s Bureau
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Sanitary Commission
40 Acres and a Mule
66
What was the occasion for which Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln had just been inaugurated for his second term.
The president's annual State of the Union speech.
The dedication of a new cemetary.
A ceremony celebrating the end of the war.
67
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A violent abolitionist who swore to kill all slave owners.
Abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
An abolitionist who joined the Womens' Rights Movement.
A conductor on the Underground Railroad.
68
What event caused VA,TN, AK, and NC, to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy?
Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers.
John Brown's Raid
The attack of Ft. Sumter.
The election of Lincoln in 1860.
69
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
The Republican Party's first candidate for president.
Beaten up for speaking out against the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Violent abolitionist, killed slave owners with a broadsword.
Abolitionist leader, published the newspaper The Liberator.
70
What seven states seceded from the Union during the “Session Winter”?
MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX, TN
SC, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX
VA, NC, AK, TN, GA, LA, TX
VA, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX
71
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Popular soverignty would decide slavery in the territories.
Kansas and Nebraska sceded from the Union.
Slavery could not be outlawed by any government in the U.S.
36°30’ line would decide slavery in the territories.
