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Unit 4: American Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 4: American Civil War and Reconstruction
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1
What is the significance of the Battle at Vicksburg?
Great Britain stopped sending aid to the Confederacy
The Union Army had control of the Mississippi River
It was the shortest Civil War battle
It ended the Civil War
2
Which amendment abolished slavery in the US?
16th
13th
15th
14th
3
What did the South fight for before the Civil War?
States' rights
Popular Sovereignty
Abolition
Right to sue
4
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Stonewall Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
5
The legal separation of races was a result of the...
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Jim Crow laws
Chinese Exclusion Act
6
Which best describes the Battle of Antietam?
It was a major turning point of the war
It was the shortest battle
It was the last battle before General Lee was killed
It was the bloodiest day
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Who was elected in the Election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E Lee
8
What happened less than a week after the Confederate surrender?
Lincoln was assassinated
the 13th Amendment passed
Lincoln was reelected
the war started backup again
9
What officially ended reconstruction?
There were blacks in political office
the troops left the South
there were equal rights for blacks
The Freedmen's Bureau ended
10
What city did Sherman burn down before starting his famous "March to the Sea"?
Gettysburg
Atlanta
Savannah
Vicksburg
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Who was freed in Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves
Only slaves in rebellious states
poor whites
Immigrants
12
What was the Confederate economy based off of?
industry
manufacturing
agriculture
cattle
13
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
White settlers were attacked Native Americans
Slaves were rebelling against their owners
There was violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery ppl
People were fighting over land
14
How did many slaves escape to freedom in the North?
Oregon Trail
Trail of Tears
Underground Railroad
Santa Fe Trail
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How much impact did the Reconstruction Amendments have after Reconstruction ended?
The amendments really impacted the lives of former slaves
The amendments were only implemented in the South
The helped the South develop their economy
The amendments were basically ignored by the South
16
What is it when rent and work someone else's land and pay for it with the crops you grow?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Sharecropping
Homesteaders
17
Why was photography important in the Civil War?
It showed errors of soldiers when fighting
it documented the dead
It showed how brutal war could be
It allowed generals to analyze battle strategies
18
What type of equality did Booker T. Washington ask blacks to fight for?
Full equality
Political equality
Social equality
Economic equality
19
How did the KKK feel about blacks voting?
They used threats and violence to keep blacks from voting
They supported it
The encouraged blacks to vote
They didn't like it, but didn't do anything about it
20
Which amendment said that men couldn't be prevented from voting due to skin color?
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
21
When did Southern states start seceding?
After the Battle at Gettysburg
When Lincoln was elected president
After the Battle at Fort Sumter
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
22
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Said that the states could choose to be free or slave states
said that both must be free states
Both territories were sold to Mexico
Said that both must be slave states
23
Which state was first to secede from the Union?
Virginia
Texas
Louisiana
South Carolina
24
Who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse?
Robert E. Lee
William Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
25
What is popular sovereignty?
the will of the majority
the will of the government
the will of the minority
the will of the president
26
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was strongly supported by the South?
Slavery would be legal for 50 more years
Slavery could spread into the North
Slaves could be traded anywhere
Fugitive Slave Act
27
What was a book write about slavery and contributed to the anti-slavery movement?
The Scarlet Letter
Last of the Mohicans
Walden
Uncle Tom's Cabin
28
What college did Booker T. Washington start?
University of Mississippi
Clemson
Tuskegee Institute
George Washington University
29
What did the Supreme Court say about the Dred Scott Case?
He wasn't free because he was property
He was free because slavery isn't allowed
He should be free because he went to a free state
He wasn't free because he had no proof
30
Who started the NAACP?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther
Ida B. Wells
31
What was the name of the plan of the Union to blockade the Confederate coast?
Peninsula Campaign
Anaconda Plan
Gettysburg Campaign
March to the Sea
32
Why were grandfather clauses made?
to help all poor people vote
To ensure that white people could still vote
because it was a fair way to decide who could vote
because blacks wanted them
33
Who did the Freedmen's Bureau try to help?
former slaves
immigrants to the US
northern factory workers
poor white people
34
Which of these was a way in which blacks were prevented from voting?
grandfather clause
poll taxes
All the above
literacy tests
35
What was an advantage the North had over the South?
crops
leadership
population
slaves
36
What was an advantage the South had over the North?
weapons
leadership
railroad
population
37
Why was the Battle of Fort Sumter important?
The Union won its first battle
The Union was under the control of General Grant
It was the first shot of the war
It was the middle of the war
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Which court case said that segregation was legal?
United States vs. Morrison
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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What was John Brown trying to do at Harper's Ferry?
fight against abolitionists
overthrow gvoernments
capture escaped slaves
start a slave rebellion
