Civil War

Question 1

By the late 1870's, which party regained control of the south?

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Democrats

Question 2

established by Congress to provide food, clothing, hospitals, legal protection, &education for former slaves/poor whites

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Freedmen's Bureau

Question 3

The Freeport Doctrine basically established that...

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Slavery would stay down, if the people wanted it down

Question 4

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that

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all options are correct

Question 5

Lincoln was in favor of a harsh Reconstruction policy to punish the southern states for seceding.

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False

Question 6

The antislavery activist John Brown was best known for

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organizing a raid on the federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

Question 7

The Wilmot Proviso stated that...

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Slavery would be illegal in Mexican Cession

Question 8

Which amendment freed the slaves?

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13

Question 9

The first state to secede from the union was

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South Carolina

Question 10

Within one month of Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court house, all southern resistance collapsed.

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True

Question 11

Which amendment said all citizens are allowed to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

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15

Question 12

President of the Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

Question 13

Which was NOT a group that joined the new Republican party?

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Immigrants

Question 14

Abe's Reconstruction plan was called the ___ - this % of the state had to swear allegiance before rejoining the union

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10 percent plan

Question 15

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all saves in the United States immediately.

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False

Question 16

Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854

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allowed Kansas territory to decide on being free or slave

Question 17

Union nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross after the war.

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Clara Barton

Question 18

The South thought they had a definite ally in France, due to their typical need of cotton.

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False

Question 19

Who took over as President after Lincoln died?

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Andrew Johnson

Question 20

Lee took his army using total war and scorched everything in his path on his way to the sea to break the south.

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False

Question 21

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas

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protect slave owners already in Kansas

Question 22

What was "Bleeding Kansas"?

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Fights between pro and anti-slavery settlers.

Question 23

Sharecropping is when farmers in the south lent each other crops when needed during reconstruction.

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False

Question 24

The Lecompton Constitution

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would allow slavery in KS even if the people voted it down

Question 25

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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showed that slavery was not just a political issue but moral

Question 26

What happened to John Brown after the raid?

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He was taken captive and hanged to death.

Question 27

Battle in the Mississippi Valley where 1/4 of the 100,000 men were killed, wounded, or captured.

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Battle of Shiloh

Question 28

Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it

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provided for the return of fugitive slaves

Question 29

Fort Sumter located in ________ was the first clash between the North and South.

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Charleston, SC

Question 30

What is Popular Sovereignty? (Stephen Douglas supported it in his debates with Lincoln).

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Allowed people in a territory to vote on the slave issue.

Question 31

Union began shelling the city here, leaving citizens to hide in the hills until they were starving and surrendered

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Siege of Vicksburg

Question 32

Why are the Lincoln-Douglas debates significant?

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They helped make Abraham Lincoln a nationally-known political figure

Question 33

Robert E. Lee was the leader of Union forces.

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False

Question 34

Process where charges are brought up against a public official for misconduct.

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impeachment

Question 35

The most notorious and widespread of the Southern vigilante groups was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

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True

Question 36

The Gettysburg Address helped America realize we are not just a collection of states, but one unified nation.

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True

Question 37

Which was NOT an advantage of the North?

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first rate generals

Question 38

Finding info wrapped around cigars, this battle took place on a creek in Maryland - the bloodiest single day battle

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Battle of Antietam

Question 39

The Impending Crisis of the South

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Southern book arguing how reliance on enslavement weakened Southern economy

Question 40

Lee Harvey Oswald shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre April 14, 1865.

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False

Question 41

Fugitive Slave Act

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All options are correct

Question 42

The Free-Soil movement...

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wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories

Question 43

What nickname did General Thomas Jackson get after the Battle of Bull run?

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Stonewall Jackson

Question 44

Caning of Sumner

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Charles Sumner was attacked over his anti-slave speech.

Question 45

Why is the Election of 1860 Significant?

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It led to the secession of the Southern States due to mistrust of Lincoln

Question 46

Which amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US?

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14

Question 47

which was the main cause of conflict between the north and the south?

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all options are correct

Question 48

Reconstruction was extremely effective, with its policies lasting far into the future.

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False

Question 49

First African American Senator

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Hiram Revels

Question 50

The Civil war GREATLY increased the federal government's power.

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True

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