Unit 3 Review

What was Congress' (Radical Republicans) plan for Reconstruction meant to do?

• create more resentment

• appease white southern democrats

• make southerners happy

• punish the south

In addition to the 13th amendment, what other amendments did the Radical Republicans in Congress want southern states to adopt before coming back to the Union?

• the 11th & 12th

• the 14th & 15th

• the 14th & 16th

• the 15th & 16th

Radical Republicans in Congress opposed Lincoln's Reconstruction plan. They said it was not harsh enough to punish the South.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Civil War?

• Cotton prices

• Slavery

• States' Rights

• Secession from the Union

What was the purpose of the Union Blockade?

• To prevent the South from exporting its cotton and returning with manufactured goods.

• Escort Southern ships to Europe to ensure safety from pirates.

• Burn all the ships in Southern ports.

• An attempt to invade Georgia from the coast.

According to the Compromise of 1850, southern states were given the Fugitive Slave Act while the northern states got California as a free state, and slave trade was abolished in Washington DC.

• True

• False

The Compromise of 1850 added which state to the Union as a free state?

• Nebraska

• Kansas

• California

• Missouri

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott's case stated that

• since Scott was a slave, he was not a citizen and thus had no right to sue.

• Scott would have to work the rest of his contract.

• Scott would only be free if he returned to a free state to continue the lawsuit.

• Scott was a free man.

The Republican Party candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following describes southern states' reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

• They took a vote to protest Lincoln's election.

• They began seceding from the Union.

• They requested a recount of the votes.

• They attacked Appomattox Courthouse.