Unit 4 SSUSH9 & SSUSH10

Front

What was a major reason the North defeated the South in the Civil War?

Back

The North was more industrialized and had better use of railroads and telegraph

Front

Which action was NOT taken by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War?

Back

He ordered that any escaped slaves captured in the North be conscripted into the Union Army.

Front

Which statement BEST illustrates President Abraham Lincoln's hopes and expectations following the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Back

Lincoln was hopeful that slaves in the South would be freed and believed that many freed slaves would attempt to escape captivity and flee to the North

Front

After the Civil War, what was the purpose of the 13th amendment?

Back

To make slavery illegal, except for forms of Criminal punishment

Front

Purpose of Augusta Institute, founded in 1867 in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, which became Morehouse College?

Back

to provide education for freedmen to become teachers or clergymen

Front

Why was the Battle of Appomattox Court House an important event in the Civil War?

Back

General Lee’s surrender showed that the Southern states had lost the Civil War.

Front

Which BEST explains why Vicksburg was important in the Civil War?

Back

It was located on the Mississippi River, a crucial supply route

Front

The agency with the GREATEST impact on helping former slaves adjust to their new lives after the Civil War was:

Back

The Freedman’s Bureau

Front

What did white southern politicians NOT enact to impede the Fifteenth Amendment during and just after the Reconstruction Era? Options: poll taxes, strict ID laws, literacy tests, grandfather clauses.

Back

strict ID laws

Front

Which of the following BEST explains the growing popularity of the Ku Klux Klan throughout the South in the 1860s and 1870s?

Back

The organization capitalized on Southerners' fear of the changes that occurred after the Civil War.