Civil War and Reconstruction

What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?

• Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
• the election of Lincoln as President
• The Missouri Compromise
• the annexation of Texas

Which of the following was not a cause that led to the Civil War?

• sectionalism
• slavery
• agriculture
• states' rights

Which of the following statements is true?

• The South’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the North’s economy was based  on farming
  
  
• The North’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the South’s economy was based on farming
• The North and South both had an economy based on farming.
• The North and South both had an economy based on industry and manufacturing.

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery were reunited
• Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-

• providing them with voting rights
• guaranteeing them freedom of speech
• providing them with access to the court system
• guaranteeing their permanent freedom fro slavery

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
• limit the impact of the 13th amendment

Many historians argue that the assassination of President Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

• Radical Republicans took control of Congress
• Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts
• the 13th amendment was approved by Congress
• Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction

What landform was key to the Union to divide and weaken the Confederacy?

• Mississippi River
• Port of Galveston
• Port of New Orleans
• Sabine River

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
• secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• defined national citizenship and forbade the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
• made it illegal for any state to secede