US History I Final Exam

What was Abraham Lincoln’s primary objective after he was elected?

• to end slavery
• preserve the Union
• attack the Confederacy
• attack the Union

Civil War was begun

• at Bull Run.
• at Fort Sumter. 
• by Stonewall Jackson. 
• by Virginia’s secession 

What was John Brown known for? 

• He was an abolitionist that led a raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• He was a Union general during the Civil War. 
• He ran against Lincoln in the election of 1860.
• He was a Confederate general during the Civil War. 

Who led the Confederate Army even though he opposed succession? 

• Thomas J. Jackson 
•  William Tecumseh Sherman
• Robert E. Lee
• George McClellan

What did President Lincoln hope to do in writing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• free slaves in the Confederacy
• free slaves in the Union
• free all slaves 
• free prisoners of war in the Union

When were African Americans officially able to join the Civil War?

•  after the war broke out 
• after 1861
• after the Emancipation Proclamation
• after the war was over

Following three days of battle (July 1-3, 1863) the Union was able to claim a victory at ________. This is considered by many historians to be the turning point in the war.  

• 2^nd Battle of Bull Run
•  Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Shiloh

What is the time period following the Civil War known as?

• The Great Depression
• Era of Rebuilding 
• Reconstruction
• The Great Oppression

This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. 

• 12^th Amendment 
• 13^th Amendment 
• 14^th Amendment 
• 15^th Amendment

Following the Civil War there were discriminatory laws put in place that severely restricted African American lives called:

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Wade-Davis Laws
• Former Slave Codes