Reconstruction Pre-Learning Knowledge Check

Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?

• north

• South

• East

• South Carolina

What was another name for the South during the Civil War?

• Union

• Whigs

• Tories

• Confederacy

Atlanta was the most important military target in Georgia because ___.

• It was the capital of Georgia

• It was the industrial and transportation center

• It was the home of Robert E Lee

• It was where the Battle of Chickamauga was fought

What was the impact of Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

• The Union soldiers lost their will to fight

• It led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

• It gave the South hope that they would win

• It left a path of devastation and destruction from Atlanta to Savannah

How many years did the Civil War last?

• Less than one year

• 2

• 4

• 7

How was the South impacted by the freeing of the slaves during the Civil War?

• It increased the number of Confederate soldiers by almost 200,000

• The south ignored the law although many freed slaves did join the Union

• It finally gave the South a reason to surrender

• It helped the South because the slaves were unskilled soldiers

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law that made slave owners return the slaves that they stole from other plantations

• A law that made the plantation owners return any slaves that rebelled rather than cause harm to them physically

• A law that made northern states return any slaves that escaped from the South

• A law that stated that slaves were property

North and South had conflict over which of the following?

• Slavery

• The enforcement of tariffs

• states' rights

• All of these