Unit 4 - Civil War/Reconstruction Review

What generalization can be made about the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution?

• they intended to keep African Americans in the same status as slaves

• they tried to help African Americans achieve equal rights

• they led to the end of Reconstruction in the South

• they wanted to ease the burden of Reconstruction on white Southerners

To please the North, the Compromise of 1850 abolished the slave trade in which area?

• Washington D.C.

• the South

• California

• the North

What event caused the first southern state to secede?

• John Brown’s raid

• Lincoln’s election

• Bleeding Kansas

• Nat Turner’s rebellion

Which event was the official start of the Civil War?

• he Battle of Gettysburg

• the firing on Fort Sumter

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the First Battle of Bull Run

What time period took place immediately after the end of the American Civil War?

• the Gilded Age

• the Progressive Era

• Reconstruction

• Industrial Revolution

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, what was the Supreme Court’s ruling?

• Monopolies and trusts are unconstitutional

• Labor unions have the right to go on strike

• Women must be given suffrage rights

• Racial segregation is constitutional

The Compromise of 1877 had what effect on the southern states?

• The compromise withdrew federal troops from the South.

• The compromise added more troops to the southern states

• The compromise gave African Americans government jobs.

• The compromise removed Jim Crow laws in southern states.

Who did W.E.B. DuBois believe should lead to fight to end segregation?

• the most educated African Americans

• the most radical African Americans

• the most athletic African Americans

• the wealthiest African Americans