Unit #5 - Review

Question 1

This battle, a turning point, effectively cut the Confederacy in half & made Grant a war hero.

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 2

The confederate defeat at Vicksburg was important because it

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split the Confederacy in half along the Mississippi.

Question 3

Which proposed that slavery be banned from territories gained in the Mexican Cession?

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Wilmot Proviso

Question 4

What was Lincoln's goal in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

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to cripple the South.

Question 5

Which amendment defines citizenship in the U.S.?

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14th Amendment

Question 6

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

What was the South's greatest advantage during the Civil War?

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military leadership

Question 8

The 13th Amendment banned

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slavery.

Question 9

Which Union General led the Battle for Atlanta?

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William T. Sherman

Question 10

This battle signaled the loss of the South's railway center and insured Lincoln's re-election

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Atlanta

Question 11

President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus to put down dissent in the

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border states.

Question 12

William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, the Grimke Sisters were a part of which movement

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abolitionist

Question 13

The ability of the people to govern themselves is called

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popular sovereignty

Question 14

The theory of nullification promoted which of the following concepts?

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sectionalism

Question 15

Greatest of the black abolitionists, great speaker, and started his own anti-slavery newspaper

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Frederick Douglass

Question 16

Disputes between northerners and southerners over slavery led to

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sectionalism

Question 17

Early abolitionist and editor of The Liberator

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William Lloyd Garrison

Question 18

The 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments are sometimes called the

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Reconstruction Amenmdnets

Question 19

The first facility for higher education for African American males in this nation was

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Morehouse College

Question 20

Which of the following would not be a part of Radical Republican Reconstruction?

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lenient treatment of the South.

Question 21

The agency that helped former slaves gain education, food, clothing and shelter

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Freedmen's Bureau

Question 22

The KKK, Black Codes and poll taxes were all used after Reconstruction in the South to

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discourage freed slaves from voting.

Question 23

During the Civil War, the North had the advantage of wealth and

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manpower and industry.

Question 24

When federal troops were removed from the South it signaled the end of

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Reconstruction.

Question 25

Reconstruction ended with the

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Compromise of 1877

Question 26

Which event marked the end of the Civil War?

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Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

Question 27

Which words best describe John Brown?

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antislavery and violent.

Question 28

When the Civil War began, Lincoln's goal was to

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preserve the Union.

Question 29

The concept of state's rights was supported by

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John C. Calhoun

Question 30

Which of the following is included in Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address?

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hope that the nation can be reunited and healed.

Question 31

The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Wilmot Proviso dealt with

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deal with slavery in the new territories.

Question 32

This agency was set up to assist former slaves in getting education, food, shelter & clothing.

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Freedmen's Bureau

Question 33

Nat Turner's slave rebellion led to

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the tightening of slave laws.

Question 34

No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement according to the

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15th Amendment

Question 35

The last invasion of the north by the south and the beginning of the end for the Confederacy

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Gettysburg

Question 36

One of the main purposes of a tariff is to aid American

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industry.

Question 37

Grant & Sherman's use of total war targeted the Confederate military and

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civilians.

Question 38

Which compromise below included the Fugitive Slave Act?

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The Compromise of 1850

Question 39

General of the Confederate army and surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.

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Robert E. Lee

Question 40

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at

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Ft. Sumter

Question 41

What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal from the outset of the Civil War?

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to restore & preserve the Union.

Question 42

Which of the cases below outraged people when it stated that slaves were not citizens.

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Dred Scott

Question 43

Which of the following in not a part of Radical Republican Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Easy re-entry into the U.S.

Question 44

What law did Congress use to impeach Andrew Johnson?

Accepted Answer

Tenure of Office Act.

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Unit #5 - Review

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