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

Bockade runners slipped thorugh the blockade.

Which statement would BEST define states' rights?

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

What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

To prevent the freedmen from exercising their rights.

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.

Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?

It was near a major railroad center.

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

To maintain a balance of slave and free states

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.

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

changed the rules for a territory to become a state.

How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?

Tenant farmers owned all their equipment.

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

It gave blacks the right to vote.

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MIlestone 3 Civil War and Reconstruction

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

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