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1
Which of these men was NOT a Union general?
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
"Stonewall" Jackson
George McClellan
2
True or False: Lincoln was a Northern Democrat.
True
False
3
What was the primary reason why seven states seceded from the Union in 1860-61?
To protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
To express their opposition to the Dred Scott decision
To condemn the caning of Charles Sumner in the Senate
To protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act
4
Which amendment made former slaves citizens in the U.S. and provided equality under the law?
15th
13th
14th
5
Which group was created to intimidate African Americans after the Civil War?
Ku Klux Klan
Black Panthers
Neo-Nazis
Aryan Race
6
The chief general of the Confederacy was:
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
"Stonewall" Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
7
Radical Republicans passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, implementing which policy?
Dividing the South into five military districts
Ratifying the state governments approved by Johnson
Expelling Confederate officers from the country
Outlawing racial segregation
8
What was a sharecropper (tenant farmer)?
A person who paid rent and gave a share of crops
Blacks who stayed in the South
Blacks who continued on as slaves after the war
White Southerners who joined the Republican Party
9
Which Civil War Amendment gave former slaves full voting rights?
14th
13th
15th
10
Who was the only President of the Confederacy?
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Alexander Stephens
Robert E. Lee
11
What state was created when it refused to secede from the Union?
Maryland
West Virginia
Kansas
Arkansas
12
What were the four border states during the Civil War?
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Texas
Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri
13
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the Northern goal of the Civil War from preserving Union
To destroying the Southern economy
To industrializing the South
To freeing the slaves
To obtaining help from other nations
14
What was the significance of Appomattox Court House?
The building where the treaty ending the war was signed
It was the horse Robert E. Lee was riding during the war
The cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born
The village where the treaty ending the war was signed
15
True or False: Ulysses S. Grant was shot accidentally by his own men.
False
True
16
What was the first battle of the Civil War where people brought picnics to watch the battle?
Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
Petersburg
17
Who said this? "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union..."
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
18
Which of the following was NOT a major advantage for the North in the Civil War?
Better leadership early in the war
Larger population
A greater amount of money
More factories/manufacturing
19
Which Civil War Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
15th
13th
14th
20
Which of the following was NOT an advantage for the South in the Civil War?
Only needed to avoid defeat
Better leadership early in the war
More factories/manufacturing
Cotton was a large export providing money
21
Which battle was considered the turning point of the war?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Bull Run
22
What were the laws called that were used by Southern Democrats to segregate the races?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Black codes
Jim Crow laws
Slave laws
23
For the Union, emancipation was not just a ____ issue; it became a weapon of ______.
Moral; war
Controversial; secession
Sensitive; commerce
Confusing; peace
24
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people:
Who escaped behind Union lines
In all areas of the nation
Only in the Border states
Only in areas under Confederate control
25
What was a Scalawag?
A southern Democrat that was pro-Union during the Civil War
A southern Democrat that moves to the North
A northern Republican that moved to the South to help blacks
A southern Republican that takes office
26
Which event officially marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Lexington and Concord
Harper's Ferry
The attack on Fort Sumter
27
What was a Carpetbagger?
Land for which you pay the owner to rent & grow crops on
Paying rent and giving a share of your crops
A southern Democrat that moved to the North
A northern Republican that moved to the South
28
"The government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth":
Came from The Liberator
Came from Uncle Tom's Cabin
Came from the Gettysburg Address
Came from the Emancipation Proclamation
29
What officially ends "Reconstruction" in the South?
The election of 1872
The election of Samuel Tilden
The Compromise of 1877
The election of Ulysses S. Grant