Unit 4 - Civil War and Reconstruction Review

The event MOST LIKELY occurring due to the 1860 presidential election of Lincoln was

• the beginning of Reconstruction.

• the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• the John Brown-led raid at Harper's Ferry.

• the secession of South Carolina from the Union.

Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• preserve the Union.

• encourage sectionalism.

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.

• end slavery throughout the entire country.

Which Supreme Court case would have had the BIGGEST impact on slaves in the United States?

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

Which two issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?

• slavery and states' rights

• Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal

• the Missouri Compromise and the California Gold Rush

• the election of James K. Polk and the Northwest Ordinance

General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because

• it placed the Mississippi River under Union control.

• it convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.

• important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.

• Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his forces as a direct result of Sherman's victory.

The military action in what city gave the Union Army complete control over Confederate rail lines in the "Deep South" and set the stage for Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

• Andersonville

• Atlanta

• Chattanooga

• Chickamauga

Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor.

• The President publicly endorsed the abolition of slavery in southern states.

• Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort.

• It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country.

This Civil War-era illustration is showing

• Grant's victory at Shiloh.

• Sherman's "March to the Sea".

• Scott's victory at Gettysburg.

• the Union blockade of the South.

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of

• granting universal manhood suffrage.

• upholding rights of free speech and religion.

• decreasing the power of the Federal government.

• recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

This amendment was created primarily for the purpose of

• punishing southern states.

• avoiding another Civil War.

• pardoning Confederate veterans.

• granting former slaves suffrage.