TN in the Civil War Era

Question 1

Union victory marked the end of large-scale fighting in Tennessee and the "Western Theater of War"

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Nashville

Question 2

Shiloh - Murfreesboro - Fort Donelson - Stones River These are all ___________________ ?

Accepted Answer

Civil War battlegrounds.

Question 3

Segregated water fountains and schools are examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow laws

Question 4

The Freedmen's Bureau is MOST associated with which time period?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 5

In the Civil War, why is Ft. Sumter significant?

Accepted Answer

It was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

Question 6

With which era is the Ku Klux Klan mostly associated with?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 7

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union AND __________________.

Accepted Answer

the first state to re-enter the Union after the Civil War.

Question 8

Which of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Accepted Answer

It established schools for newly-freed slaves.

Question 9

Which event would be considered one of the causes of southern states to secede from the United States?

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

Question 10

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of

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recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.

Question 11

The Confederate surrender at this battle opened up the Tennessee River to Union naval traffic

Accepted Answer

Fort Henry

Question 12

What Grand Division of Tennessee was known for its pro-secession stance during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

West Tennessee

Question 13

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 14

Where would you find sharecropping as the dominant form of agricultural production in the late-1800s?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 15

BEST example of how Reconstruction affected politics in the South in the late 1800's?

Accepted Answer

15th Amendment guaranteed voting rights & voice in govt to African American

Question 16

How did the Tennessee Constitution of 1870 differ from the state's previous Constitutions?

Accepted Answer

it specifically banned slavery

Question 17

Which statement BEST describes Tennessee's stance on secession following South Carolina's exit from the Union in Decembe

Accepted Answer

Tennessee was the last state to secede.

Question 18

BEST description of the goals of the Ku Klux Klan

Accepted Answer

worked to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly found right

Question 19

Which of Tennessee's Grand Divisions voted AGAINST secession in 1861?

Accepted Answer

East

Question 20

Name of the agency that was created in 1865 to set up schools, supply food, and solve employment issues for the former s

Accepted Answer

the Freedmen's Bureau

Question 21

What was the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

Subversive and Terrorist Groups of the Reconstruction Era

Question 22

The Confederate surrender here opened the Cumberland River to Union naval traffic

Accepted Answer

The Battle Fort Donelson

Question 23

At the end of the Civil War the nation was reunited, but the Southern states still had to do what?

Accepted Answer

apply for readmission into the Union.

Question 24

What is significant about this date in the founding of Fisk?

Accepted Answer

It was founded the year after slavery was officially abolished in the US

Question 25

Between December of 1860 and June of 1861, eleven states seceded. Which of these BEST describes the word secede?

Accepted Answer

to withdraw

TN in the Civil War Era

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TN in the Civil War Era

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