What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

Government agency designed to aid newly freed salves

What was the goal of Reconstruction?

Readmit former Confederate states into the Union

What is popular sovereignty?

Citizens of new territories get to choose if slavery should be legal

How did Reconstruction affect the social structure of the South?

African Americans began to demand equal rights

Why was the territory known as Bleeding Kansas?

Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces battled for control of the state

What was the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg

Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Why did Southern states pass black codes?

They believed that the government was intended for white citizens only

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

The expansion of slavery in the new territories

Why did Southern states encourage sharecropping?

It was a cheap form of labor similar to slavery

Southern states began to secede following the Election of 1860 because

Lincoln won the presidency without any Southern support

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1
Most Southerners belonged to which political party?
Democrat Party
Repbulican Party
Whig Party
Know-Nothing Party
2
Was Reconstruction successful?
Yes
No
3
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Government agency created to enforce sharecropping
Government agency designed to aid newly freed salves
Government agency created to enforce black codes
Government agency created to enforce voting rights
4
What was the goal of Reconstruction?
Abolish slavery
Readmit former Confederate states into the Union
Revive Northern economies after the Civil War
Establish a new national government
5
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
6
What was the Southern economy based on?
Education
Factories
Agriculture
Industry
7
Which law punished Northerners who escaped freed slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
The Homestead Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
8
What is popular sovereignty?
Giving slaves the choice to be free
Native Americans have the right to gain new land
Northern states are free states and Southern states are slave states
Citizens of new territories get to choose if slavery should be legal
9
How did Reconstruction affect the social structure of the South?
African Americans received free plots of land
African Americans received money they should have earned as slaves
African Americans began to demand equal rights
African Americans were automatically viewed as equals in the South
10
Why was the territory known as Bleeding Kansas?
White settlers attacked Native Americans living there
Many settlers fought against each other over land disputes
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces battled for control of the state
Many slaves violently rebelled against their owners
11
What was the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg
Gave the Union control of the Confederate capital
It was a Confederate victory
It was the final battle of the Civil War
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
12
Why did Southern states pass black codes?
The government should act as slaveholders did
They believed that the government was intended for white citizens only
They were making the transition from slavery easier
African Americans wanted black codes
13
What were laws that took away basic rights from African Americans?
Fugitive laws
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Reconstrution Laws
14
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Abolished slavery
Gave citizenship to African Americans
Gave women the right to vote
15
Which Supreme Court case stated "separate but equal"
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
16
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
The return of slaves who had escaped the South
The expansion of slavery in the new territories
The sale of federal land to Southern states
The right of Northerners to own slaves
17
What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?
Ratified the 14th amendment
Freed the slaves in the North
Freed the slaves in the South
Abolished slavery
18
Why did Southern states encourage sharecropping?
It meant more Southerners were employed
It was a cheap form of labor similar to slavery
Former slaves wanted to own their own farms
The factories depended on it
19
What was the name of the North's plan to defeat the South?
Emancipation Proclamation
Anaconda Plan
Reconstruction Plan
Gettysburg Address
20
Which amendment gave citizenship to African Americans?
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
21
Andrew Johnson was impeached because he violated this law
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Tenure of Office Act
The Morrill Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
22
Southern states began to secede following the Election of 1860 because
Northern businessmen threatened to boycott Southern goods
Lincoln turned against the South because they didn't vote for him
Lincoln won the presidency without any Southern support
Lincoln outlawed slavery
23
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that Northerners passed to enforce Reconstruction
Laws that segregated the races
Laws that took away basic rights from African Americans
Laws that punished runaway slaves
24
Which court case states that slaves were property, not citizens?
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madsion
Plessy v. Ferguson

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