Civil War & Reconstruction

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas

• The Civil War broke out over the issue of popular sovereignty

• The issue of slavery was temporarily put aside

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise was strengthened

Which of the following was the most immediate result of Lincoln's election?

• Civil War began
• South Carolina seceded
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Attempts at compromise abandoned

Abraham Lincoln believed...

• African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights

• Slavery had to be abolished even if it meant the South remained independent

• southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war

• preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south

The event which is considered to be the start of the Civil War is...

• the election of President Lincoln

• the election of Jefferson Davis

• the firing on Fort Sumter

• the sinking of the Merrimack

What were those slave states that did not secede during the fighting called?

• Traitor States
• Border States
• Free States
• Ideal States

Which of the following slave states never seceded from the Union?

• Kentucky

• Texas

• Virginia

• South Carolina

During the Civil War, many women had jobs as:

• lawyers

• doctors

• nurses

• merchants

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually freed?

• Only the slaves in the Confederacy, so none of them

• Only slaves in Western Territories

• Only slaves in the border states

• All of the slaves in the North and South

As a result of ______, Lincoln rebrands the cause away from preserving the union to ending slavery; a turning point in the Civil War.

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• his re-Election in 1864

• Gettysburg Address

Why was the 54th Massachusetts regiment significant?

• It was a regiment that switched from the Union to Confederacy mid-way through the war.

• It was the best-known African American regiment.

• It was a naval unit known for their decisive victories at sea.

• It helped return escaped slaves back to the South.