Civil War & Reconstruction Quiz Prep

This person was an influential abolitionist who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, about the horrors of slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Lincoln's main goal as a president was to

• preserve the union

• make an alliance with France

During the Civil War, the Southern states believed that

• the nation must stay unitedq

• they had a right to be sovereign (separately ruled)

In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln wanted

• a fair and generous peace

• harsh punishment for Confederate leaders

Black codes were laws that made life difficult for black southern freedmen. One example of a Black Code was

• a vagrancy law - if you did not have a job you could be arrested and forced to work

• the 13th amendment - slavery was ended in the US

The 15th Amendment was intended to

• give civil rights to Native Americans & women

• guarantee African Americans equal political rights

What did Southern states require in order to stop African Americans from voting?

• education & job offers

• literacy tests & poll taxes

During Reconstruction, Southerners felt like they were

• forced to work long hours

• oppressed by Radical Republican policies

One reason Southerners felt resentful of Radical Reconstruction was because of

• military occupation, forcing them to follow new laws

• college education, providing them with new opportunities

Eventually, African Americans gained seats in the Senate and as Representatives. This is due to

• the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v Ferguson

• the passage of the 15th amendment