Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

Which of the following were racist state laws passed against Southern African Americans

Accepted Answer

Black Codes

Question 2

The Battle of Antietam was important in the Civil War because it

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encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 3

Which of these amendments made former slaves officials citizens?

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 4

Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction

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Hiram Revels

Question 5

Which was an effect of the Civil War?

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established supremacy of the national governement

Question 6

In terms of position in government, Jefferson Davis shared the most similarities with whom?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

How did William Sherman mainly contribute to the Union's victory in the Civil War?

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Marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying supply lines

Question 8

Who had the industrial advantage in the Civil War?

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North

Question 9

How did Lincoln limit people's civil liberties during the Civil War?

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His suspension of habeas corpus

Question 10

Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the Civil War was too

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preserve the Union

Question 11

Which battle stopped Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 12

Which of these amendments gave all African American men the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

15th

Question 13

Which organization strongly opposed Racial Equality?

Accepted Answer

KKK

Question 14

Which of the following caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln being elected president

Question 15

What was a major difference between presidential and congressional reconstruction?

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How quickly states should be readmitted

Question 16

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address primarily expressed

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his determination to maintain the Union.

Question 17

What was the name of the Union military strategy during the Civil War?

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Anaconda Plan

Question 18

Which of these amendments abolished slavery?

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13th

Question 19

The primary goal of colleges like Morehouse College in the 1800s was to

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provide education to former slaves in the south

Question 20

Which event helped bring an end to Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1877

Question 21

Which battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 22

What was Lincoln's official position on slavery when he was first elected president?

Accepted Answer

Prevent slavery from expanding to new territories

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