What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War?

The regiment gained respect and notoriety for African American soldiers who joined the Union.

The regiment defeated Union troops at Fort Sumter.

The regiment defended the Mississippi River at the Battle of Vicksburg.

The regiment achieved victory for the Union during the first naval battle fought between ironclads.

Read the following list. -Fewer textile jobs -Jim Crow laws -Intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan -Depressed cotton profits All of these led to which event?

the migration of African Americans to the North

the exhaustion of southern soil

the industrialization of the south

the migration of ethnic minorities to the South

What does the graphic above represent?

the Union strategy during the Civil War

the difficulty in transporting goods throughout the United States

the problems created because the USA did not have a transcontinental railroad

the superiority of southern naval armaments during the Civil War

What was the purpose of Black Codes during Reconstruction?

The codes were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans economically dependent on whites.

The codes provided 40 acres and a mule to freedmen.

The codes established educational standards for freedmen.

The codes were laws meant to protect the constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.

The phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe violent clashes between which two groups?

proslavery and antislavery groups

Spanish landowners and new American settlers

Chinese and Irish railroad workers

Native Americans and white settlers

What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry have on the South?

White Southerners increasingly distrusted the intentions of Northerners.

Southerners gained seats in the US Congress.

Slavery was no longer an issue as new states were added to the Union.

Abolitionists in the South were be free to help runaway slaves.

Which of the following arguments did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the southern states?

The government was a union of people and not of states.

The southern states did not permit their people to vote on secession.

As the commander-in-chief, he had the duty to defend the United States against foreign invasion.

Use the quotes below to answer the question. "The slave holding states will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the federal government will become their enemy...." ----SC legislature, Declaration of Causes of Secession, 1860 "The Union is older than any of these states, and, in fact, it created them as states." --Abraham Lincoln These quotes represent two sides in which important conflict in American history?

the conflict over States' rights and federal authority

the conflict over what level of representation small states should have in the federal legislature

the conflict over an amendment to the Constitution that would allow slavery in the territories

the conflict over whether or not to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands in the West

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 received the greatest support from southern planters?

the admission of California as a free state

the end of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

the admission of Missouri as a slave state

Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860?

Several Southern states seceded from the Union.

Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.

A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery.

Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

Why was the Emancipation Proclamation also viewed as a diplomatic document?

It made it hard for foreign nations to recognize and support the Confederacy.

It warned European nations to stay out of affairs in the Western Hemisphere.

It called on England and France to sell weapons to the Union army.

It encouraged France to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States.

Which of the following was the primary reason for secession, the Civil War, and eventually the 13th Amendment?

the controversy over slavery as the nation moved west

the annexation of Texas into the Union

the popularity of the abolitionist movement

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Which event provided for the activity depicted above?

the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

Which agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, to supply food and clothing, and to solve employment problems for the former slaves?

The American Missionary Association

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

What did Abraham Lincoln declare early in his presidency as his primary goal as president?

to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

to end slavery throughout the entire country

Why was General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" important to the Union’s war effort?

Important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.

It placed the Mississippi River under Union control.

It convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.

Ulysses S. Grant was forced to surrender his forces as a result of Sherman's victory.

Which of these is most associated with the phrase "separate but equal?"

the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

the citizenship status created by Black Codes

the reasons for poll taxes and literacy tests

the role of the former Confederate states after the Civil War

Before the Civil War, why was the principle of popular sovereignty appealing to many in both the North and the South?

It allowed voters to determine the legalization of slavery in new states.

It allowed states to secede from the Union.

It permitted voters to nullify federal laws.

It permitted the overturning of unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court.

What was a significant reason why Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

Lincoln's plan would have allowed white southerners to quickly return to power.

Lincoln's plan granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons.

Lincoln's plan demanded payments from the South that would have damaged the South's economy

Lincoln's plan postponed the readmission of southern States into the Union for many years.

How did the Southern states try to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction after 1877?

by adopting federally-mandated segregation

by abolishing the southern sharecropping system

by securing passage of new amendments to the Constitution

What was the result of the disputed presidential election of 1876?

Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South.

Slavery was reestablished in the South by state legislatures.

New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans.

A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system.

What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Reconstruction Era?

Southern society was oppressed by Radical Republican policies.

Military force was necessary to stop southern secession.

United States soldiers forced women in the South to work in factories.

Sharecropping was an economic burden for women after the Civil War.

What was the overall goal of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments?

recognizing the basic civil liberties of African Americans

granting universal manhood suffrage

upholding rights of free speech and religion

decreasing the power of the federal government

Read the following list: -Nullificaton crisis -Kansas-Nebraska Act -Dred Scott decision -Election of Lincoln(1860) Which category would best include all of these events?

government polices toward Native Americans

consequences of Manifest Destiny

In the immediate years following the Civil War, how did most freedmen earn a living?

sharecropping on southern plantations

conducting trains on the Underground Railroad

Which political problem incurred by the Confederacy impacted its ability to win the Civil War?

The Confederacy did not have a strong central government.

The Confederate president served a single six-year term.

The importation of slaves was forbidden.

The Confederate president's veto power provided excessive power over state legislators.

What was the result of the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision of the Supreme Court in 1896?

de jure segregation was instituted

de facto segregation was instituted

immediate integration was instituted

gradual integration would eventually occur

Which group was founded in 1909 under the leadership of W.E.B. Dubois in an effort to combat racial discrimination, racial violence, and segregation in the United States?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

The Black Rights Coalition (BRC)

African American regiment known for their efforts at Fort Wagner.

54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

10th United States Colored Infantry

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

blacks were able to enlist in the Army

it directly named abolition as a goal of the war

it discouraged Great Britain from coming to the South's aid

Famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison said, "Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free." He and abolitionists like him were most successful in

alienating the majority of Americans

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What did Abraham Lincoln's 1858 warning that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" refer to?

the treatment of Native American Indians

the sectional differences over the issue of slavery

the funding of internal improvements

the treaties with other European nations

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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How are Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and the Grimke sisters all similar?

they all fought for the south

they all were abolitionist

they all supported the nullification theory of states rights

they all supported the plantation system in the south

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the federal government attempt to do with the passage of both the Missouri Compromise of
1820 and the Compromise of 1850?

both allowed popular sovereignty

both reduced the conflict over expansion of slavery

they both settled border disputes with Mexico

both were very harsh on slave holders

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one major result of the North's victory in the Civil War?

The power of the Supreme Court was limited.

Slave owners were compensated for their losses.

The influence of corporations on government was reduced.

The supremacy of the national government was upheld.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

punishing the South for seceding from the Union

granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

allowing the states to veto federal laws

creating a "separate but equal" society

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What time period was this cartoon from?

Civil War

Gilded Age

Reconstruction

Antebellum

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What impact did the Election of 1876 have on the United States of America?

Samuel Tilden became the first Democratic President since the Civil War.

A political compromise effectively ended Reconstruction.

This election marked the start of the Civil War.

This election marked the end of Manifest Destiny

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Unit 3 Random Questions

What did Abraham Lincoln's 1858 warning that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" refer to?

How are Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and the Grimke sisters all similar?

What did the federal government attempt to do with the passage of both the Missouri Compromise of1820 and the Compromise of 1850?

What was one major result of the North's victory in the Civil War?

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

What time period was this cartoon from?

What impact did the Election of 1876 have on the United States of America?

What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War?

Read the following list.-Fewer textile jobs-Jim Crow laws-Intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan-Depressed cotton profitsAll of these led to which event?

What does the graphic above represent?

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What did the federal government attempt to do with the passage of both the Missouri Compromise of
1820 and the Compromise of 1850?

Read the following list.
-Fewer textile jobs
-Jim Crow laws
-Intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan
-Depressed cotton profits
All of these led to which event?