Civil War and Reconstruction

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that the Confederate forces had...

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammo
• a larger number of military troops in reserve
• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies
• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

• It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states
• It provided financing for canal construction
• It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states
• It temporarily relieved sectional tensions

"I was the conductor of the Underground railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors cant say - I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."  1904
Who made this statement?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Harriet Tubman
• Phillis Wheatley

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856
• Nebraska settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas
• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south

Bombardment of Fort Sumter
How was the event depicted in the image significant to the Civil War?

• The Confederate defense of the besieged fort lengthened the war
• The Union victory divided the confederacy along the Mississippi River
• The invasion of the Confederate capital resulted in the surrender of the Confederacy
• The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war.

After General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to -

• elect a new president and vice president
• complete construction of the capitol
• establish Union forts in the former Confederate states
• Implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in  Dred Scott v Sandford?

• The Dawes Act
• The 14th Amendment
• The Compromise of 1877
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

A biography on the military career of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War events?

• First Battle of Bull Run and Fredericksburg
• Atlanta and the March to the Sea
• Virginia Peninsula and Gettysburg
• Northern Virginia and Appomattox Courthouse

When was the Civil War fought?

• 1855-1861
• 1860-1877
• 1861-1865
• 1863-1868

How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?

• As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue
• Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished
• Slavery was considered a historical tradition and should be maintained
• Controversial, slavery was considered a political problem the government should solve