Civil War and Reconstruction Review

Question 1

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a result of

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a balance in the number of free states and slave states

Question 2

Lincoln's main goal of the Civil War was

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Preserve the Union

Question 3

What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v Ferguson?

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Segregation is legal as the separate facilities are equal

Question 4

Which of the following amendments granted African Americans equal rights of citizenship?

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14th

Question 5

Which of the following Amendments abolished slavery?

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13th

Question 6

South Carolina was the first state to secede because of the

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Election of 1860

Question 7

Which best describes the economic situation of many African Americans after the Civil War?

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Slavery was replaced by poverty through sharecropping

Question 8

The "turning point" of the Civil War was the Confederate loss at the Battle of

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Gettysburg

Question 9

Which was NOT an advantage of the UNION

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Better military leaders

Question 10

Which of the following wanted to punish the Confederate states during Reconstruction?

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Radical Republicans

Question 11

During the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation allowed for

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enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union army

Question 12

In the case Dred Scot v. Sanford, the Supreme Court

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declared it unconstitutional to ban slavery in territories

Question 13

The 1859 raid and attempted slave uprising at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, was led by

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John Brown

Question 14

Which of the following was an ADVANTAGE of the CONFEDERACY

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Defending their homes

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT used to keep African Americans from voting?

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blood tests

Question 16

Which of the following amendments gave African Americans the right to vote?

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15th

Question 17

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in

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rebelling states

Question 18

Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using:

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Black Codes

Questions 18