What was John Brown’s aim at Harpers Ferry?

To seize a federal arsenal and start a slave uprising

What was one result of the 1860 election of President Lincoln?

secession of the Southern states

Why did new Republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?

Many Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacks

What was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

It immediately freed Southern slaves

Are you going to study for this test?

Yes, I will eat, sleep and breath the Civil War

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan

destroy Republicans, and repress African Americans

What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision?

Being in free territory did not make a slave free

The main goal of Reconstruction was to

rebuild the Southern & make life more fair for former slaves

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

Gave African American citizenship

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1
The first shot of the Civil War was fired at
Ft. Sumter
Ft. Donalson
Gettysburg
Bull Run
2
Which Battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
Ft Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
3
The result of and sharecropping was
Improved farming techniques
More opportunities for freed slaves
Former slaves were kept down
More land in production
4
What was John Brown’s aim at Harpers Ferry?
To seize a federal arsenal and start a slave uprising
to help fugitive slaves reach freedom in the North
To challenge Abraham Lincoln in a presidential debate
to keep pro-slavery settlers out of Kansas
5
What was one result of the 1860 election of President Lincoln?
secession of the Southern states
resumption of the slave trade in the North
an attack on Harper’s Ferry
the immediate ending of slavery
6
Prohibits people from being denied the right to vote
14th Amendment
12th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
7
Why did new Republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?
Slavery remained in force in several Southern states.
African Americans resented interference from carpetbaggers.
Many Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacks
African Americans didnt hold office at the local level
8
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
J.K. Rowling
Harriet Tubman
Julia Ward Howe
9
What was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It gave a moral purpose to the war
It immediately freed Southern slaves
It kept Great Britain out of the war
It united the Republican Party
10
When people vote directly on the issue of slavery, it was called
Initiative
Popular sovereignty
Compromise
Special election
11
A new weapon used during the Civil War was:
ironclad ship
cannons
muskets
mustard gas
12
Are you going to study for this test?
History doesn't matter
Yes, I will eat, sleep and breath the Civil War
No, I hate making good decisions
Nahhhhhhhh zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
13
The Civil War ended at
Fords Theatre
Ft Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox Courthouse
14
Organization set up to help former slaves adjust to being free
Freedmans Bureau
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws
Underground Railroad
15
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan
destroy Republicans, and repress African Americans
Help the South recover after the war
Stop immigration
Bring the Confederacy back
16
Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?
The Gettysburg Address
The Compromise of 1850
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fourteenth Amendment
17
Ordered all U.S. citizens to assist in the return of slaves who had escaped from their masters
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
Freedmans Act
Compromise of 1855
18
What is believed to have helped Lincoln get reelected?
The victory at Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
The surrender at Appomattox
Shermans March to the Sea
19
What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision?
Slave owners couldn't travel through free states with slaves
Being in free territory automatically made a slave free
Slave owners could not move into free territory with slaves.
Being in free territory did not make a slave free
20
The main goal of Reconstruction was to
show the South how the North was stronger and better
help the people of the South rebuild their plantations
help the planters get the money back that they lost in war
rebuild the Southern & make life more fair for former slaves
21
The Civil War began in ____ and ended in _____.
1861;1865
1842;1845
1880;1884
1775;1780
22
Union General who marched through Georgia burning everything in his path?
Jackson
Lee
Sherman
Grant
23
What did the 14th amendment accomplish?
Created the poll tax
Gave African American citizenship
United the country
Gave all African Americans the right to vote
24
Southerner who helped Radicals Republicans during Reconstruction
carpetbagger
Scalawag
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
25
Gives the freed slaves citizenship
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
12th Amendment
13th Amendment

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