Honors Civil War & Reconstruction Test Review

Question 1

Which of these was a notorious Confederate-run POW camp?

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 2

Which constitutional issue was involved in Johnson's impeachment by Congress?

Accepted Answer

checks and balances

Question 3

Debates over ___ finally reached a breaking point with the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

states' rights

Question 4

President Johnson was impeached after firing his Secretary of ___.

Accepted Answer

War

Question 5

The Compromise of __ officially ended Reconstruction by removing troops from the South.

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1877

Question 6

Scalawags were white southerners who joined the

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Republican Party

Question 7

The first shots were fired at

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Ft Sumter

Question 8

During the Battle of ___, Grant was able to split the Confederacy in two.

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Vicksburg

Question 9

The Battle of ___ was the turning point and badly crippled the Confederacy.

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Gettysburg

Question 10

Northern Democrats who were jailed by Lincoln were called ___

Accepted Answer

Copperheads

Question 11

Which of these was NOT an advantage of the North?

Accepted Answer

better generals

Question 12

At Gettysburg, most of the fighting was to take control of

Accepted Answer

Cemetery Ridge

Question 13

Lincoln's primary goal when the Civil War started was to

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preserve the Union

Question 14

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to

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restore white supremacy

Question 15

The single bloodiest day of fighting was at the Battle of

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Antietam

Question 16

Which college was established during Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

Morehouse

Question 17

Lincoln believed the ___ Bill was too harsh on the South and vetoed it.

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Wade-Davis

Question 18

The South had ___ riots in many cities.

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food

Question 19

The Freedman's Bureau set up __ for newly freed slaves.

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schools

Question 20

General Sherman promised freed slaves "40 acres and a ___"

Accepted Answer

mule

Question 21

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

13th

Question 22

Under the Reconstruction Act of 1867, ___ districts were set up in the South.

Accepted Answer

military

Question 23

Which President was impeached by Congress?

Accepted Answer

Johnson

Question 24

one reason the war lasted so long was because of the brilliancy of Southern General ___

Accepted Answer

Lee

Question 25

Radical Republicans wanted to ___ the South.

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punish

Question 26

The North had a series of ___ riots in New York City during the war.

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draft

Question 27

Which amendment extended citizenship to former slaves?

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14th

Question 28

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was called the ___ plan.

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 29

The Anaconda Plan was to control the ___ River, blockade the coast and capture Richmond.

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Mississippi

Question 30

General ___ surrendered to General ____ at Appomattox Court House.

Accepted Answer

Lee, Grant

Question 31

The Monitor and Merrimac were the first

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iron-clad ships

Question 32

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was killed at the Batlte of

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Chancelorsville

Question 33

Slave states that stayed with the Union were known as ____ states.

Accepted Answer

border

Question 34

Who was Commander of the Union Army towards the end of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 35

Where is this from?

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Gettysburg Address

Question 36

President Johnson wanted to prevent wealthy Southerners from ___.

Accepted Answer

voting

Question 37

President Lincoln used his ___ war powers to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Accepted Answer

constitutional

Question 38

The South's strategy was to __ their homeland.

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defend

Question 39

Which amendment gave black males the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

15th

Question 40

Confederate President ___had poor relations with civilian and military staffs.

Accepted Answer

Davis

Question 41

General Sherman targeted Atlanta because of

Accepted Answer

transportation networks

Question 42

What was passed in the South to take away civil liberties of freed slaves?

Accepted Answer

black codes

Question 43

___ was the farming system that developed in the South following the war.

Accepted Answer

sharecropping

Question 44

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in areas of

Accepted Answer

rebellion

Question 45

Lincoln tried to keep the Union together by suspending__ in the North.

Accepted Answer

habeas corpus

Question 46

Generals Grant and Sherman supported the war strategy of

Accepted Answer

total war

Honors Civil War & Reconstruction Test Review

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Honors Civil War & Reconstruction Test Review

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