Civil War and Reconstruction

*Increasing Sectionalism

*Disagreements over states' rights

*Breakdown of compromise

*Election of 1860

Which phrase completes this sentence about the list above: Reasons for the _______

• Start of the Revolutionary War

• Adoption of the Bill of Rights

• Failure of the Whiskey Rebellion

• Secession of southern states from the Union

President Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War was

• abolish slavery throughout the nation

• preserve the Union

• break the South's dependence on cotton

• end British control of the western territories

One impact of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was that slavery would be illegal in the

• United States and the Confederacy

• United States, its territories and the border states

• states of parts of states remaining in rebellion

• parts of the Confederacy then under federal control

An effect of the Confederate firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 was--

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the declaration of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The passing of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment

• The start of the Civil War

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

• It led to the Emancipation Proclamation

• It brought an end to the Civil War

• It resulted in the passing of the 15th Amendment

• It was a turning point in the war because General Lee was forced to give up efforts of a northern victory

Why was Vicksburg such a strategic point on the Mississippi River during the Civil War?

• Cut the Confederacy in half and isolate Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas

• Cut the Confederacy in half and Cut the land route to Mexico

• Cut the Confederacy in half, isolate Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, and cut the land route to Mexico

• Cut the Confederacy in half, isolate Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, cut the land route to Mexico and curtail embarrassing losses by both sides

Which argument did President Lincoln use against secession?

• Slavery was not profitable

• the government was a union of people and not of states

• southern states did not let people vote on secession

• as commander in chief he had the duty to defend the US against foreign invasion

What was a major result of the Reconstruction Period?

• The political and economic rights of women were expanded and strengthened

• The power of the states increased at the expense of the Federal Government

• Racial segregation in the US schools ended

• 13, 14, 15 amendments were added to the US constitution

The main intent of a literacy test was to

• encourage reform of the political system

• encourage Mississippi residents to learn about their states legal system

• prevent African americans from exercising a basic right

• enforce provisions of the US Constitution

After the Civil War, serious differences between Congress and President Johnson about how to handle Reconstruction led to the-

• resignation of President Johnson

• impeachment of President Johnson

• election of a Democratic President

• end of the Ku Klux Klan