Why was Henry McNeal Turner expelled from his seat in GA's state legislature?

He did not have the right to vote or hold political office.

What did the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution do?

It gave blacks the right to vote.

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

To maintain a balance of slave and free states

What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

To prevent the freedmen from exercising their rights.

Which statement would BEST define states' rights?

States could ignore laws if they were harmful to the state.

What contributed to the lack of success of the Union blockade?

Bockade runners slipped thorugh the blockade.

How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?

Tenant farmers owned all their equipment.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

changed the rules for a territory to become a state.

Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?

It was near a major railroad center.

Why did the US Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?

because as a slave he was not eligible to sue in court

Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.

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MIlestone 3 Civil War and Reconstruction

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1
Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
Fulton
Alcatraz
Andersonville
Belle Isle
2
Why was Henry McNeal Turner expelled from his seat in GA's state legislature?
He did not win the election fairly.
He did not have the right to vote or hold political office.
He did not live in the district he was elected.
He did not have knowledge to be a legislator.
3
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement suporting ________.
popular sovereignty.
states' rights.
the Compromise of 1850.
slavery throughout the United States
4
What state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Maryland
Virginia
5
What did the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution do?
It gave blacks the right to own property.
It gave blacks their freedom.
It gave blacks citzenship.
It gave blacks the right to vote.
6
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To return slaves captured in free states to slave states.
To let Missouri have slaves until 1850.
To allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri.
To maintain a balance of slave and free states
7
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To attract members from all social classes.
To return land to former Confederates.
To force the carpetbaggers to move back north.
To prevent the freedmen from exercising their rights.
8
Which statement would BEST define states' rights?
States could force the nat. gov't to turn over all property.
States could ignore laws if they were harmful to the state.
States could leave the Union at any time if they chose to.
States could own slaves if their pop. wanted to.
9
What was the 13th amendment?
It gave blacks the right to vote.
It changed who owned the land
It made former slaves US citizens.
It freed the slaves.
10
What contributed to the lack of success of the Union blockade?
The Union did not have enough ships to enforce the blockade.
Bockade runners slipped thorugh the blockade.
The South had a superior navy.
Great Britain found other ways to rade with the South.
11
How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?
Tenant farmers bought their seed from the owner.
Tenant farmers usually didn't pay rent for their houses.
Tenant farmers owned all their equipment.
Tenant farmers usually made a small profit.
12
What was President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called?
Congressional Plan
Radical Republican Plan
10 Percent Plan
100 Percent Plan
13
What was the final event that led to secession?
Fort Sumter
Dred Scott Case
Missouri Compromise
Abraham Lincoln's election
14
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
It permitted slavery north of Missouri's soutehrn boundary.
changed the rules for a territory to become a state.
It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
It admitted Missouri to the Union as a free state.
15
Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?
It had a number of factories that produced war supplies.
It was a major recruiting center for the South.
It was near a major railroad center.
It was located halfway between two state capitals.
16
After the Civil War, what system was developed to provide labor to work the former plantations?
Farmer's Alliance
Sharecropping
Land Lottery
Convict Lease
17
Who was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E Lee
General Sherman
George Meade
18
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To help former slaves.
To free people in the South.
To help former slaves and poor whites.
To help all poor people in the South.
19
Which region of the US believed that states should be able to govern themselves?
Northern States
Southern States
Pacific Coast states
Great Lakes states
20
Prior to leaving Atlanta, Sherman's army ____________.
allowed the citizens to return
gave the city to Lincoln as a present
killed all the inhabitants
burned the city.
21
Why did the US Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
He did not live long enough in a free territory
he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere
because as a slave he was not eligible to sue in court
because he returned to a slave state
22
Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?
Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.
Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington D.C.
Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.
Slavery was permitted in the new state of California.
23
Who was the Union general who led the "March to the Sea"?
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Stonewall Jackson

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