Civil War and Reconstruction Review

The Civil War was fought between the years

• 1492-1494

• 1776-1781

• 1920-1925

• 1861-1865

The southern states were in favor of secession because

• 1. the north proposed immediate freedom of all slaves

• 2. the north hoped to stop slavery from spreading to all new territories

• 3. the north had Mexico as an ally

• 4. the south believed in a strong central government

President Abraham Lincoln’s main goal at the start of the Civil War was to

• 1) abolish slavery throughout the nation

• 2) preserve the Union

• 3) break the South’s dependence on cotton

• 4) end British control of the western territories

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

• 1. slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately

• 2. sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

• 3. the Southern states should be allowed to secede

• 4. to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

The battle that marked the turning point of the Civil War was

• 1. Gettysburg

• 2. Antietam

• 3. Shiloh

• 4. Bull Run

In which speech did Lincoln say that the war was fought to protect a nation that believes “all men are created equal”?

• 1. the Emancipation Proclamation

• 2. Lincoln’s Inaugural Address

• 3. at the Lincoln-Douglas debates

• 4. Gettysburg Address

By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln

• (1) lost Northern support for the war

• (2) broadened Union war goals to include ending slavery in the rebel states

• (3) strengthened the principle of states’ rights

• (4) brought a quick end to the war

After the Civil War, the South had:

• 1) big cities and booming factories

• 2) prosperous cotton fields

• 3) plenty of money to invest in industry.

• 4) ruined cities and plantations that needed rebuilding

Slaves were set free by

• 1. The Gettysburg Address

• 2. The 13th Amendment

• 3. The Declaration of Independence

• 4. The Reconstruction Act

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan called for:

• 1) denying the right to vote to any Southerner who served in the Confederate army.

• 2) not allowing leaders of the Confederacy to be elected to Congress

• 3) requiring a percentage of voters in each southern state to swear an oath of loyalty to the U.S.

• 4) denying any Southerner who fought in the Confederate army the right to hold office.