Civil War & Reconstruction

Americans were divided over this issue way before the Civil War.

• income taxes

• slavery

• military salaries

• borders

The Underground Railroad ...

• a network of safe places for people escaping slavery

• the first subway system in New York City

• the system keeping former slaves from having success as farmers

The issue Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated was

• whether the U.S. should require slaves to be returned to their masters

• whether territories should be allowed to become new states

• whether slavery was moral or immoral

• whether slavery should be allowed in newly admitted U.S. states

Which state led the movement to secede and become the Confederate States of America?

• Florida

• South Carolina

• Alaska

• Virginia

In 1860, Southern states were concerned that newly-elected president Abraham Lincoln would

• abolish slavery

• enact fugitive slave laws

• abolish income tax

• impeach the president

Which region of the country had many economic advantages going into the Civil War?

• West

• North

• South

• Southwest

Which of the following ideas did the Northern strategy, the Anaconda Plan, include?

• retreat to Northern states and wait for the South to surrender

• control the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half

• blockade Southern ports to cut off shipments of resources

What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Slavery was abolished for all time.

• Slavery was prohibited in any new states.

• Fugitive slave laws were enforced.

• Enslaved people were freed in the Confederate states.

How did the Civil War end?

• Southern General Lee surrendered to Northern General Grant at Appamattox.

• The Confederate capital of Richmond voted to surrender.

• John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president, causing North to surrender.

• The South surrendered to the North at Gettysburg.

How did President Abraham Lincoln's term in office end?

• natural causes

• assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

• killed in attack on the White House

• Vice President Johnson had him removed