CP Civil War and Reconstruction Review

Question 1

This battle was fought July 1-3 and was the turning point of the war.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 2

Which Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and used popular sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 3

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the ____.

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states of rebellion

Question 4

Which of these was NOT a strength of the Union?

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support of Britain

Question 5

The South's primary strategy in the Civil War was

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defensive

Question 6

Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves?

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14th

Question 7

____ Reconstruction came BEFORE Congressional/Radical Reconstruction.

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Presidential

Question 8

After which battle was the South severely crippled and never recovered?

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Gettysburg

Question 9

One consequence of "total war" was that the South lost their willingness

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to fight

Question 10

The Monitor v. Merrimac was the first battle between

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ironclad ships

Question 11

During the Battle of ___, Stonewall Jackson was accidentally killed by friendly fire.

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Chancelorsville

Question 12

Morehouse College was established for former slaves and is now located in

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Atlanta

Question 13

Which amendment gave black males the right to vote?

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15th

Question 14

Which of these was the bloodiest one-day battle of the war?

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Antietam

Question 15

After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Antietam

Question 16

Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of former slaves were

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black codes

Question 17

The Anaconda Plan included: blockade Southern ports, control Miss River and attack

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Richmond

Question 18

One disadvantage for the South during the Civil War was

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lack of factories

Question 19

Which compromise added Cali as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act?

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Compromise of 1850

Question 20

Which amendment abolished slavery?

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13th

Question 21

The economic system used in the South after the war was

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sharecropping

Question 22

The ___ provided clothing, medical care, food and education to freed people.

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Freedman's Bureau

Question 23

President Lincoln suspended ____ to control Copperheads in the North.

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Habeas Corpus

Question 24

The siege of ___ lasted several months and resulted in citizens living in caves.

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Vicksburg

Question 25

Which of these was an advantage of the Confederacy?

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military leadership

Question 26

Which President was impeached?

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Johnson

Question 27

Where were the first shots of the war fired?

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Fort Sumter

Question 28

Judicial Review- where courts decide if laws are constitutional- was established by

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Marbury v. Madison

Question 29

Lincoln's speech to give the Union a "new birth of freedom" was from

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Gettysburg Address

Question 30

"Border states" were states that were loyal to the Union but

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had slaves

Question 31

During the Battle of Gettysburg, both sides wanted to control

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Cemetery Ridge

Question 32

"Scalawags" were white Southerners who joined the ____

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Republican Party

Question 33

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

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Jefferson Davis

Question 34

Sherman's war strategy was called

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total war

Question 35

Which Compromise added Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

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Missouri Compromise

Question 36

"With malice toward none, and charity for all" is from Lincoln's

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2nd Inaugural Address

Question 37

Who turned down command of the Union Army to lead the Army of Northern Virginia?

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Lee

Question 38

___ plan for Reconstruction was to allow the South to quickly rejoin the Union.

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Lincoln's

Question 39

Appomattox Court House was the scene of Lee's

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surrender

Question 40

Atlanta was targeted by the Union because they had

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transportation networks

Question 41

Andersonville was the location of a notorious

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prisoner-of-war camp

Question 42

Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President because Republicans agreed to

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remove troops from the South

Question 43

Which of these was NOT an advantage of the Union?

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military leadership

Question 44

Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the Civil War was

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to preserve the Union

Question 45

The Radical Republicans were the group from Congress who wanted to

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take over Reconstruction

Question 46

During the war, the ___economy lagged because of decreased demand for cotton.

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South's

Question 47

The ____ used terrorism to restore white supremacy in the South.

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Ku Klux Klan

Question 48

Which two candidates for Senate engaged in a series of debates?

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Lincoln/Douglas

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