Ch 02 L 2 Quiz War and the West

Having gained the right to ______, African Americans quickly began to organize politically and to take part in governing the South.

Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction offered a general __________, or pardon, to Southerners who abided by certain conditions.

The ________________ Proclamation, by its very existence, transformed the conflict over preserving the Union into a war of liberation.

The ____ Amendment banned slavery in the United States.

In 1860, approximately what percentage of the nation’s factories were located in Northern states?

• 30

• 50

• 90

• 100

What was an immediate effect of the Civil War?

• The North remained untouched by the effects of war.

• The issue of slavery would remain unsettled for years.

• The South was socially and economically devastated.

• The federal government lost power to the states.

It was clear that a large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat at...?

• the First Battle of Bull Run.

• Fort Donelson.

• the Battle of Antietam.

• New Orleans.

What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two?

• Gettysburg

• Fredericksburg

• Vicksburg

• Chancellorsville

In addition to ending the enslavement of millions of African Americans, the North’s victory in the Civil War also saved the Union and strengthened the power of the federal government over the

• military.

• church.

• South.

• states.