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1
Lincoln suspended ________ to deal with dissent (dissatisfaction) in the Union states.
Conscription for men over the age of 35
Harsh sentences for draft dodgers
Disenfranchisement
The writ of habeas corpus
2
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in this town in Virginia.
Appomattox Court House
Atlanta
Richmond
Antietam
3
Which amendment gave citizenship and full Constitutional rights to freed slaves?
10th
14th
18th
13th
4
What is the name of this strategy which describes the Union blockade of, then split the Confederacy?
Scott's Great Snake Plan
The Anaconda Plan
The Boa Constrictor
The Big Squeeze
5
Which term best describes a poor farmer who gives a part of his crop as rent?
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Sharecropper
Freedman
6
Which state was added as part of the Compromise of 1850?
Maine
Missouri
California
Oregon
7
The Union gained control over the Mississippi River after winning this 47 day long battle.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
8
What was the goal of the Abolitionist Movement?
Increase the number of Southern factories
End slavery
Improve prison conditions
Ban alcohol use
9
Which group held power in Congress during Reconstruction and wanted to punish the South?
Democrats
Radical Republicans
Whigs
Federalists
10
In 1859 this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incite (cause) a slave insurrection.
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
11
Which was the first state to secede?
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
12
What was the main idea behind Lincoln's 10% Plan?
Allowing slavery to spread into the Kansas Territory
Blocking legislation written by Radical Republicans
Punishment for ex-Confederate leaders
"With malace towards none..." Amnesty (forgiveness) for rebels
13
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision?
Returning to a slave state set him free.
Visiting a northern free state made Dred Scott free.
Slaves were citizens and Dred Scott was set free.
Slaves were not citizens, they were property.
14
Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction were known as:
Scalawag
Invader
Carpetbagger
Interloper
15
A statement issued by Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate states at war with the Union.
13th ammendment
Freedom Speech
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
16
Why did the South think they'd win the war at first?
More food
Experienced military leadership
More factories and resources
More railroads
17
What ended the Reconstruction Era?
The Industrial Revolution
The Election of 1860
The Compromise of 1877
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
18
This method of warfare involves destroying the opposing army's resources and will to fight.
trench warfare
mass destruction
total war
Sherman's warfare
19
What part of the Compromise of 1850 pleased Southerners?
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slave Reacquistion Act
Escaped Black Codes
20
He was the commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
21
The North favored a _________ while the South favored a _____________.
high tariff; high tariff
low tariff; high tariff
high tariff; low tariff
low tariff; low tariff
22
What was the South's main resource?
wheat
textiles
rice
cotton
23
What is the correct order: Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise
KA-NE Act, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise, KA-NE Act
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, KA-NE Act
KA-NE Act, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise
24
What is sectionalism?
Putting the nation ahead of your region.
Putting your region ahead of the nation.
Putting the nation ahead of your state.
Putting your state ahead of the nation.
25
He led a violent slave uprising in Virginia in 1831.
Eli Whitney
John Brown
Nat Turner
Henry Clay
26
What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do?
Give women the right to vote
Ban slavery
Give voting rights to freedmen
Freedom of speech
27
What name was given to the state laws that limited the rights of the freedmen?
The 10% Plan
The Black Codes
The Reconstruction Act
Habeas Corpus
28
What three day battled resulted in a Union victory and is the major turning point of the War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Vicksburg
29
Why did the South object to California's admission to the Union?
It would upset the balance in the Senate
It would hurt trade with Europe
It would upset the balance of power in Congress
The South did not object to California's admission
30
A speech given by President Lincoln in 1863 at the site of a famous battlefield.
Vicksburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Antietam Address
31
Southerners who supported Reconstruction were known as:
Carpetbaggers
Traitors
Radical Republicans
Scalawags
32
What the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 establish or do?
Reaffirmed the Missouri Compromise
Established popular sovereignty
Resulted in violence
Admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state.
33
Missouri entered the Union as a...
northern state
slave state
free state
territory
34
When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
To punish the South
To contain slavery
To preserve the Union
To abolish slavery
35
What is significant about General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea?
He skirted around cities and towns to avoid fights.
He refused to burn food sources that the Confederates could use
He divided the Confederacy
He employed total war
36
The 15th amendment to the Constitution prohibits state governments from -
allowing women to vote
seceding from the Union
allowing slavery
denying the right to vote based on race
37
The Radical Republicans impeached President Andrew Johnson, because he -
Opposed poll taxes and literacy tests
continued to veto (reject) Congress' Reconstruction laws
was working with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Lincoln
created the Ku Klux Klan
38
This was one of the advantages that the North had at the beginning of the Civil War.
More factories, supplies and railroads
Experienced Soldiers
More cotton to sell overseas
More experienced military leadership
39
He was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Dred Scott
40
Which was NOT part of the Union's strategy for defeating the Confederacy?
Ask Great Britain for help
Gain control of Mississippi River
Atlantic Blockade
Attack from East and West
41
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that were meant to keep ex-Confederates out of office
Federal laws abolishing slavery
Southern state laws that segregated blacks in public areas
Southern state laws intended to punish scalawags
42
What was the nickname for the unofficial war in the Kansas territory?
Kansas Range War
Burning Kansas
The Dark Days
Bleeding Kansas
43
Sectional differences in the US during the early 1800s were mostly rooted in differences about..
Politics
Geographic Factors
Economics
Social Factors
44
What organization aided freed African Americans by providing food, clothes and education during Reconstruction?
The Freedman's Bureau
Historical Black Colleges
The KKK
The 15th Amendment
45
For what is the Battle of Antietam known?
The battle that began the war
The battle that ended the war
The bloodiest single day of the war
The battle in which General Sherman was killed
46
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
Intimidate poor whites into not voting
Keep peace between Southern blacks and whites
Intimidate African-Americans in the South to make them too afraid to vote
Keep African-Americans in the South safe.
