Unit 1 US Civil War & Reconstruction (US History)

Popular sovereignty held that the decision of whether a territory would be free, or slave should be left up to…

• the Senate

• the President

• the residents of the territory

• the House of Representatives

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -I do not expect the house to fall -but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”

–Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858

Which statement BEST describes the central message of the above quote?

• Lincoln was advocating for abolishment of slavery and political equality of African Americans.

• Lincoln was arguing that compromising could not resolve the issue of slavery.

• Lincoln was affirming that civil war was necessary to end the slavery controversy.

• Lincoln was petitioning for emancipation of slaves in the South.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the map pictured to the right?

• The Union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war.

• The Union wanted to shut the South off from all possible help in attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission.

• The snakes head begins in the Union’s capital and the tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war.

• The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage, so they were attempting to cut off any exportation of goods.

The table to provides information about the African American population in several cities after the Civil War.

Which condition in society was primarily responsible for the change in urban population?

• prevalence of racial equality in Northern cities

• availability of job opportunities in Northern cities

• lack of political representation in Southern communities

• absence of agricultural employment in Southern communities

How did Andrew Johnson’s ideas about reconstructing the South differ from Ulysses S. Grant?

• Andrew Johnson granted individual pardons to many Southern rebels and Ulysses S. Grant believed Confederate leaders should lose their political rights.

• Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights bill and Ulysses S. Grant overturned the Black Codes.

• Grant believed Southern states should be granted leniency and Johnson believed Confederate leaders should be punished.

• Andrew Johnson did not support legislation to help the freedmen and Ulysses S. Grant supported legislation to help the freedmen.

True or False: Abolitionists passed personal liberty laws to get around the Fugitive Slave Law and help runaways.

• True

• False

In 1850, the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Act which...

• Allowed runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad to become free once in the Northern states.

• Authorized federal marshals to hunt down runaways and return them to slavery. It also would provide stiff penalties for law officers and even ordinary people who did not assist slave catchers.

• Allowed runaways who were arrested to have a trial by jury and testify in their own defense.

• Authorized federal marshals to hunt down runaways and brining them to a port city where they would be deported back to Africa.

Why did President Lincoln initially oppose enlistment of African Americans in Union Army?

• Lincoln thought that African Americans would be too costly to train as soldiers.

• Lincoln thought that the African Americans might become deserters once they experienced combat.

• Lincoln feared that the slave-owning border states might join the confederacy.

• Lincoln feared that the African Americans might ask to return to Africa after the war.

On March 3, 1845, Florida joined the Union as a slave state, while Iowa became a free state. This entrance into the Union as a pair was required under which compromise?

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1877

What was the primary goal of the carpetbaggers and scalawags following the Civil War?

• to do away with the plantation economy in the South

• to support reconstruction efforts in southern states

• to run third-party candidates in Southern States

• to intimidate Republican voters in the South