Civil War and Reconstruction Unit Review

Which issue in the U.S. separated the North and the South in 1861?

• The South supported the building of more railroads, and the North did not.

• The North wanted to end emigration from Ireland, and the South did not.

• The North wanted lower tariffs to protect factory workers, and the South did not.

• The South supported the expansion of enslavement, and the North did not.

What did many Americans think would happen with the Civil War when it started?

• They feared the country would suffer terrible human loss.

• They thought the war would be short and glorious.

• They hoped that the war would last a long time.

• They refused to think about the consequences.

Which aspect of total war was practiced during the Civil War?

• imprisoning all the civilian residents of enemy cities

• staging battles in places where civilians could come and watch

• destroying crops and livestock to deny food to the enemy

• deporting people to Africa who had been enslaved so that they could not pick cotton

A Union general led the North to victory by wearing down Confederate forces in a siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Who was this general?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George B. McClellan

• Winfield Scott

• David Farragut

Which statement correctly describes the fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment?

• It won more battles than any other Union regiment.

• It convinced Jefferson Davis to arm enslaved people to fight for the South.

• It was the first Union regiment to fight under Black officers.

• It proved that Black troops could fight bravely and well.

How did President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation affect the institution of enslavement?

• It freed all enslaved people within the border of the United States.

• It freed enslaved people north of the Mason-Dixon Line only.

• If freed enslaved people in Confederate territory only.

• It freed enslaved people in the border states only.

What happened at Appomattox Courthouse in April 1865?

• Lee surrendered to Grant, who gave Lee generous terms of surrender.

• Grant surrendered to Lee and promised to turn over President Lincoln as a prisoner.

• Jefferson Davis surrendered his sword to Grant and renounced enslavement completely.

• Lee demanded Grant's surrender, but Grant refused and won the battle there.

President Abraham Lincoln had a vision for rebuilding the country after the Civil War. Which idea was left out of his vision?

• The South should be punished for starting the war.

• The government would provide assistance to the South.

• Rebuilding the South would be good for the whole country.

• Northerners and Southerners should be reunited without hatred.

Which description of the Freedman's Bureau is true?

• It represented former enslaved people who were using their owner.

• It established schools in the South for former enslaved people.

• It repatriated former enslaved people to Liberia in West Africa.

• It arranged for former enslaved people to enroll at West Point.

Which legal tactic was used by white people in the post-Reconstruction South to deny Black people their voting rights?

• poll tax

• public opinion poll

• bribery

• booth tariff