Why was there a riot in New York City during the Civil War?

Irish were angry about the draft and emancipation

Which is true about the Underground Railroad?

It angered Southerners, who demanded a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

What event initiated Southern secession?

The election of a Republican president

Which was true about the new Republican Party in 1854?

It was perceived by white Southerners as a "black" abolitionist party

What was the ruling in the Dred Scott case?

Black people were not citizens; "free soil" was unconstitutional

How did Lincoln attempt to prevent the border states from seceding?

By denying that he wanted to abolish slavery, By sending troops to border states to "supervise" voting

Which is true about the Freedman's Bureau?

It did achieve some temporary success in educating former slaves.

What reignited the slavery issue in 1848, a turning point which would eventually lead to the Civil War?

The question of "Free Soil" in land taken from Mexico

Reconstruction ended in 1877 when...

Federal troops were withdrawn from the South.

What was so important about the Battle of Gettysburg?

From then on, the Southern cause was doomed

Which was true about the Compromise of 1850?

It included a new Fugitive Slave Law, which angered northerners

The Ku Klux Klan used terrorism and murder to...

resist Reconstruction and black citizenship.

to withdraw from an association

What was so important about the Battle of Antietam?

Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation afterwards, It made foreign nations more reluctant to support the Confederacy

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Unit E - Civil War and Reconstruction

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1
Why was there a riot in New York City during the Civil War?
Blacks were angry about a lack of emancipation so far
Women were angry about a lack of food and supplies
New Yorkers were afraid of a Confederate invasion
Irish were angry about the draft and emancipation
2
The 13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the U.S.
granted voting rights to all males.
was opposed by Lincoln.
guaranteed citizenship and civil rights to all Americans.
3
Which Union general finally defeated Lee, leading to the end of the war?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
John Wilkes Booth
4
Which is true about the Underground Railroad?
It was literally a railroad that ran underneath the ground
It depleted the Southern slave population by over 75%
It angered Southerners, who demanded a stronger Fugitive Slave Law
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a famous leader
5
What event initiated Southern secession?
The election of a Republican president
The Dred Scott decision
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown's Raid
6
Which was true about the new Republican Party in 1854?
Its leader was Henry Clay
It favored abolishing tariffs
It was perceived by white Southerners as a "black" abolitionist party
It favored a Southern transcontinental railroad
7
What was the ruling in the Dred Scott case?
Slavery should be gradually abolished according to "states' rights"
Black people were not citizens; "free soil" was unconstitutional
All territories must use popular sovereignty
Dred Scott was set free
8
How did Lincoln attempt to prevent the border states from seceding?
By making the Emancipation Proclamation immediately
By denying that he wanted to abolish slavery
By hiring Lee as a general
By sending troops to border states to "supervise" voting
9
The Confederates had the advantage of...
Better military leadership
Better transportation and communication networks
Better presidential leadership
A larger population
10
Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Civil War was...
to allow the United States to split peacefully.
to preserve the Union.
to abolish slavery in the South.
to defeat and punish the South.
11
Which is true about the Freedman's Bureau?
It continued after Reconstruction and still exists today.
It was supported by most Southern whites as a helpful welfare program.
It was the piece of furniture that held Lincoln's important documents.
It did achieve some temporary success in educating former slaves.
12
What reignited the slavery issue in 1848, a turning point which would eventually lead to the Civil War?
The question of Missouri joining the Union
The speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass
John Brown's Raid
The question of "Free Soil" in land taken from Mexico
13
Reconstruction ended in 1877 when...
The 13th Amendment was passed.
The South apologized and committed to treating all people equally.
Federal troops were withdrawn from the South.
Newton Knight led a rebellion against the Confederacy.
14
John Brown was...
the Chief Justice during the Dred Scott case.
the first president of the Confederacy.
an escaped slave.
a white northern abolitionist.
15
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John R. Lynch
It's still a mystery
Andrew Johnson
A southern racist actor
16
What was so important about the Battle of Gettysburg?
Robert E. Lee was killed there
From then on, the Southern cause was doomed
The border states seceded afterwards
The Union lost again, leading Lincoln to finally hire Grant
17
During Reconstruction, African-Americans...
were granted citizenship, but not voting rights.
were banned from serving in politics.
served in Congress.
were still enslaved.
18
Which was true about the Compromise of 1850?
The Underground Railroad was abolished
Slavery was prohibited in all future Mexican Cession states
California entered as a slave state
It included a new Fugitive Slave Law, which angered northerners
19
Who wrote the famous book that increased abolitionism in the North and overseas?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Heather Hipolito
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
20
The Ku Klux Klan used terrorism and murder to...
resist conscription (the draft).
support Reconstruction, since the Union army would not.
resist Reconstruction and black citizenship.
punish criminal activity.
21
To "secede" means...
to withdraw from an association
to achieve a desired result
to form a government
to declare a law unconstitutional
22
What was so important about the Battle of Antietam?
It was the first battle of the war
It was the "high tide" of the Confederacy
Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation afterwards
It made foreign nations more reluctant to support the Confederacy
23
Which Union general was known for bringing "total war" to destroy The South?
Christian Kilgo
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
24
After years of controversy, which Supreme Court case attempted to resolve the slavery issue?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Worcester v. Georgia
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford

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