Civil War and Reconstruction

Which statement BEST describes the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• It was the opening engagement of the Civil War in the South.

• The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River.

• It was described as the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War.

• The Confederacy captured military supplies from the North.

In 1867 Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867. These acts temporarily divided the South into five military districts, outlined how governments based on universal male suffrage would be organized, and required southern states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

• To restore the Democratic Party to power in the South

• To rebuild the plantation economy of the South

• To protect the rights of African Americans in the South

• To encourage former slaves to leave the South

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• By creating a segregated public education system

• By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

• By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

• By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

Battle of Yorktown is similar to ​ ​ (a)  

• Appomatox
• Vicksburg
• War of 1812
• Gettysburg

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that
(a)  

• slaves in Confederate states were free.
• slaves in U.S. territories were free.
• slaves throughout the world were free.
• slaves in Union slave states were free.

How were former Confederate leaders treated under the Radical Reconstruction plan?

• They were denied citizenship because it was believed they had started the war.

• They were required to enlist in the U.S. Army for two years.

• They were denied the ability to obtain political positions.

• They were allowed to obtain federal loans to help restore the cotton industry

President of the south last name

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

(a)  

• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 13th Amendment

This reconstruction amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment was designed to protect the right to vote of African Americans, yet southern states found ways around it like poll taxes and literacy tests.

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.