CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

All are correct, but ONE. Which is NOT a reason for THE Souths secession after the Election of 1860?

• Southerners felt they had to protect valuable trade ties with the North.

• Southerners believed secession was the only way to protect their political rights against the North.

• Southerners felt that Lincoln would abolish slavery and thus destroy the economy.

• Southerners realized they could never win an election against the North because Northern states had much larger populations.

The final ruling in the Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford was what?

• Regardless if a man was free or a slave prior to the Civil War, he was not considered a U.S. citizen and therefore lacked any rights.

• If an enslaved man was once living in a pro-slavery state then moved to a free territory, he would be able to gain his freedom and obtain rights based on the Fifth Amendment

• Congress could not ban slavery in territories.

• If an enslaved man was living in a pro-slavery state and then moved to a free territory, he would be able to sue for his freedom.

What was an effect of the Battle of Chickamauga?

• The battle pushed Union troops back into Chattanooga, preventing them from entering Georgia.

• Both the Union and the Confederacy gained portions of Chattanooga.

• A The battle made the Confederate Army helpless in preventing the Union from proceeding into Georgia

What was another effect of the battle of Chickamauga?

• Both the Union and the Confederacy faced high casualties as a result.

• The battle made the Confederate Army helpless in preventing the Union from proceeding into Georgia.

• Both the Union and the Confederacy gained portions of Chattanooga.

Which Constitutional amendment granted all male citizens the right to vote?

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

Which Constitutional amendment overturned the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

Which Constitutional amendment granted freedom to all Americans who suffered involuntary servitude?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

How did the South limit the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

• By passing Black Codes.

• By seceding from the Union.

• By participating in the Civil War.

What was the purpose of Abraham Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction?

• To help the South return to the Union as quickly as possible.

• To make it difficult for the South to rejoin the Union.

• To punish the former Confederate states.

What was the most important contribution made by the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To facilitate the establishment of schools in the South

• To prohibit terror groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

• To provide economic stability through the sharecropping system.