USHC Unit 3 Review #3 - Wilson HS

Why was the Union’s defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run significant to the course of the war?

• The defeat caused the Northerners to face the reality of a long, difficult war

• It led to Ulysses S. Grant taking command of the army immediately after the setback

• It caused President Lincoln to declare war against slavery

• It crippled the Confederate military, bringing the Civil War to a quick end

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so significant to the outcome of the Civil War?

• The Union victory would bring the Civil war to an end

• The Union victory meant that the Confederacy would never again have the manpower to invade the North again

• It guaranteed Lincoln’s reelection in the 1864 presidential election

• It provided the opportunity for the Confederate conquest of Washington, D.C.

What was one major result of the North’s victory in the Civil War?

• The power of the Supreme Court was limited

• Slave owners were compensated for their losses

• The influence of corporations on government was reduced

• The supremacy of the national government was upheld

Which statement best summarizes the main goal of Reconstruction?

• To ensure African Americans played a role in southern governments

• To help the South rebuild after the destruction of the Civil War

• To enforce equality between southern whites and African Americans

• To re-establish the full participation of the southern states in the Union

Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to accomplish which of the following? 

• Laws requiring former slaveowners to rehire their slaves as sharecropping farmers

• Laws that safeguarded the new freedoms of emancipated slaves

• Restrictive Southern statutes passed to regulate newly freed slaves

• State-run efforts to guarantee African Americans the right to vote

A primary reason for the passage of the 14^th Amendment in 1868 was to...

• Prohibit the secession of states

• Guarantee citizenship rights in the newly freed slaves

• Uphold the legality of the Black Codes

• Continue the presidential plan for Reconstruction

What goal influenced the Radical Republicans’ actions after the Civil War?

• Preventing blacks from gaining voting rights in the South

• Helping southern whites maintain political power

• Supporting the initiative of the new president, Andrew Johnson

• Punishing the Confederate states for their role in the Civil War

What was the justification for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?

• He was often drunk

• He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act

• He purchased Alaska without the required consent of Congress

• He had obstructed passage of Jim Crow Laws

What did Radical Republicans believe about how newly freed slaves should be treated?

• The former slaves should not be granted citizenship

• The former slaves should be granted citizenship and the right to vote

• The former slaves should be granted citizenship but should not be allowed to vote

• The former slaves should be granted citizenship but only vote in national elections

Which form of agriculture was created and became dominant in the South in the decades immediately following the Civil War?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant Farming

• Communal Farming

• Collectivization