Unit 5 Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

Which of the following ended slavery throughout the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 2

Who was William T. Sherman?

Accepted Answer

He was the Union general who marched on Savannah.

Question 3

Which state was admitted to the United States as a free state in the Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 4

Which of the following helped African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The Freedman's Bureau

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the effects of the Civil War on Georgia?

Accepted Answer

many died fighting in the war while others suffered at home.

Question 6

What was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea"?

Accepted Answer

Created a path of destruction that crippled the Confederacy.

Question 7

How were landowners compensated by sharecroppers?

Accepted Answer

Landowners let sharecroppers use their equipment.

Question 8

Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?

Accepted Answer

Nullification

Question 9

African Americans were most inspired to fight in the Civil War after

Accepted Answer

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 10

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. He was a

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 11

Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens?

Accepted Answer

He was a Georgian who was vice president of the Confederacy.

Question 12

People who opposed slavery were known as:

Accepted Answer

Abolitionists

Question 13

The economy of the South depended largely on

Accepted Answer

Slave labor

Question 14

How is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

Each decided the legality of slavery in new states

Question 15

What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?

Accepted Answer

After it the Emancipation Proclamation was announced

Question 16

What was the purpose of the Union’s blockade of Georgia’s coast?

Accepted Answer

To keep the south from trading goods by ship

Question 17

Which amendment gave citizenship rights to freed slaves?

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 18

Who was the African American minister elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868?

Accepted Answer

Henry McNeal Turner

Question 19

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 20

Shortly after Lincoln’s election, Georgia did what?

Accepted Answer

Seceded from the Union

Question 21

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 22

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

It freed all slaves in states fighting against the Union.

Question 23

What battlefield was the site of a famous speech by President Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

Gettysberg

Question 24

What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery to become a new state.

Accepted Answer

Missouri Compromise

Question 25

What was at stake in the battle of Chickamauga?

Accepted Answer

Control of the railroad center in nearby Chattanooga.

Question 26

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe

Accepted Answer

The right of a state to vote on laws

Question 27

Which of the following Civil War battles occurred in the state of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Chickamauga

Question 28

After the Civil War, many freed slaves became

Accepted Answer

Sharecroppers

Question 29

A southerner who believed in the doctrine of nullification would have been most supportive of

Accepted Answer

State's Rights

Question 30

Georgia’s position on slavery in new territories during the mid-1800s was clearly stated in the

Accepted Answer

Georgia Platform, Fugitive Slave Act

Question 31

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?

Accepted Answer

Kansas Nebraska Act

Question 32

Which Georgia port city did Fort Pulaski protect?

Accepted Answer

Savannah

Question 33

Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?

Accepted Answer

They allowed it if accommodations were “separate but equal”.

Question 34

Captured Union soldiers were sent to what notorious Confederate military prison camp Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 35

Which statement describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.

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