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1
Whose Reconstruction plan was most lenient?
Ulysses Grant
Wade-Davis
Abe Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
2
The battle of Antietam allowed for Lincoln to sign what document?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
The Compromise of 1850
The Alien and Sedition Acts
3
Which was not part of the Confederate advantages in the Civil War?
Greater population
Better Generals
Better Railroads
Homefield Advantage
4
What amendment explained who is a citizen?
16th
13th
14th
15th
5
What battle saw the first use of ironclad ships?
New Orleans
Monitor and Merrimack
Vicksburg
Fort Henry and Donnellson
6
What group, started in TN, was meant to intimidate blacks from voting in the South?
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow
Freedmen's Bureau
7
Which was the bloodies one-day battle of the Civil War?
Vicksburg
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
8
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Ulysses Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abe Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
9
Which is a result of the Reconstruction Act?
Outlawed the KKK
Granted citizenship to African Americans
South was divided into military districts
Gave voting rights to African Americans
10
Which term was applied to white Southern Republicans during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Rebels
Radicals
Scalawags
11
What was the first state to sucede from the Union?
Maryland
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
12
Which was not an advantage of the Union?
More Industry
Better Generals
More People
More Railroads
13
Which of the following was a gov. organization dedicating to helping freedmen and poor whites?
Freedmen's Bureau
Civil Rights Organization
Ku Klux Klan
American Red Cross
14
Which person promoted the 10% plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln
Radical Republicans
Johnson
Democrats
15
What was the name of the infamous Confederate military prison?
Manassas
Vicksburg
Andersonville
Gettysburg
16
The first battle of the American Civil War was?
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Appomattox
Gettysburg
17
What President was impeached but missed conviction by one vote?
Hayes
Lincoln
Grant
Johnson
18
What does "Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight" refer to?
The draft and enrollment act
Inflation in the North and South
Food Shortages in the South
The Emancipation Proclamation
19
Which was the most enduring achievement of Reconstruction?
Establishment of public education system
Constitutional Amendments 13-15
Economic cooperation between geographic regions
A guarantee of universal suffrage for former slaves
20
Describe the result of Marbury v. Madison?
Power of the Supreme Court weakened
Power of the Supreme Court stayed the same
Federalists gained power
Established the power of Judicial Review
21
How did most soldiers in the Civil War die?
Suicide
Disease
starvation
Bullets and Bayonets
22
Which of the following terms refers to Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction?
Scalawags
Radical Republicans
Scoundrels
Carpetbaggers
23
Where was the location of the Confederate surrender during the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Shiloh, Tennessee
24
Which was NOT a reason historians consider Grant's presidency a failure?
He had many scandals caused by people he trusted
He didn't stop violence against those who supported blacks
All of these reasons
He worked to give blacks more opportunities and freedoms
25
What economic structure replaced the plantations and keep blacks close to a form of slavery?
Grandfather Clause
Sharecropping
Laissez Faire
Black Codes
26
What woman becomes the creator of the Red Cross after serving as a nurse in Civil War?
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Nation
Dorthia Dix
Clara Barton
27
What amendment was supposed to ensure that African-American men had the right to vote?
16th
15th
14th
13th
28
What did some Union officers promise to African Americans, which was taken away by the courts?
40 Acres and a mule
All of these
an education
the ability to leave the South
29
What was the Confederate plan of war?
Attack the Union everywhere at once
Strangle the North, Capture Washington
Hold out, wait for foreign support
None of these
30
Who demanded total equality, voting rights, land, and education for former slaves?
Andrew Johnson
Union Army Veterans
Radical Republicans
Abe Lincoln
31
Which group wanted immediate entry of Rebel States, but punished those who owned lots of land?
Radical Republicans
Johnson
Lincoln
Democrats
32
Which unit was the first black army regiment in the North during the Civil War?
54 Massachusetts
54th Maine
52nd Maine
52nd Massachusetts
33
What amendment ended slavery?
15th
13th
16th
14th
34
Which describes the result of the Battle of Antietam?
North won be conducting a surprise attack against South
South won the battle and took back Maryland
North victory helped Lincoln issue Emancipation Proclamation
Southern victory helped South to gain foreign allies
35
Which group pushed for punishing the South?
Lincoln
Johnson
Democrats
Radical Republicans
36
The federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Who was not a writer?
George Washington
James Madison
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
37
Which was the Union plan for war?
None of these
Hold out, wait for foreign support, Strangle the South
Strangle the South, take the Mississippi, capture Richmond
Attack Confederacy everywhere at once
38
Which was not an immediate cause of the Civil War?
Dred Scott
Slavery
The Election of 1860
The First Battle of Bull Run
39
Which Supreme Court case involved a slave who sued for his freedom b/c he lived on free soil?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
40
Whose election in 1878 was a deal between Republicans and Democrats to end Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
US Grant
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
41
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves where?
In the South, those still fighting the Union
All States in the Union
The border states that were in the Union
It didn't do anything
42
Which refers to laws designed to restrict the rights of freedmen?
Segregation Codes
Civil Rights Act
Reconstruction Acts
Black Codes
43
What speech, given by Lincoln, outlined the purpose of the war?
2nd Inaugural address
1st Inaugural address
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
44
Who was the General of the Confederate Army
Abe Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
45
Which shifted the aims of the North during the Civil War to include abolition?
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
Lincoln's Assassination
46
Sherman's "March to the Sea" is an example of what type of tactic?
Total War
Area Bombing
Collateral Damage
Blitzkrieg
47
Which battle is Lee's first attempt to invade the North?
Second Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
48
which is not something that Ben Franklin is famous for?
Starting the first free library
A member of continental congress and Const. Convention
Poor Richard's Almanac
Developing interchangeable parts
49
What do Lincoln and Davis have in common?
Both were Lawyers
Both served in Congress
Both were born in KY
Both went to West Point
50
What battle earned Thomas Jackson the name "Stonewall"?
Antietam
Chancellorville
Vicksburg
First Bull Run
