Question Bank for Grade 11 History

The goal of the KKK was to use violence and intimidation to keep African-Americans from exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment and therefore, allow the southern whites

• the right to vote

• to achieve some economic independence

• the ability to continue to use African American labor

• to regain control of the state and local governments

In the Compromise of 1877, in exchange for accepting the Republican candidate as President, Democrats insisted upon

• the end of Reconstruction and the removal of the remaining troops from the South

• allowing former Confederate officers and officials to serve in Congress

• the return of all confiscated lands to the original landowners

• Southern war debts to be forgiven

SS.912.A.2.1

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

• Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.

• The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.

• Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.

SS.912.A.2.1

The excerpt below is from a recently written history of the Civil War.

"What were the rights and liberties for which Confederates contended? The right to own slaves; the liberty to take this property into the territories; freedom

from the coercive powers of a centralized government."

—James McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom

What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

• Confederates were outnumbered by Northerners.

• Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.

• Confederates believed that states had the right to leave the Union.

• Confederates felt that slaves were better treated than Northern factory workers.

SS.912.A.2.1

This cartoon above was published in 1850.

Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon?

• the safety of workers

• the need for public education

• the conditions of Southern slaves

• the polluted air in the new industrial towns

SS.912.A.2.1

Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860–1861?

• Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.

• Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.

• The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.

• Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.

SS.912.A.2.3

What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?

• They rejected the idea of creating a group of new African-American voters sympathetic to their party.

• They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction.

• They agreed to let Southerners govern their own affairs without federal interference.

• They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.

SS.912.A.2.3

What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?

• The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld.

• The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

• Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly.

• Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties.

Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens; and a "naturalization" clause?

• 1st Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

SS.912.A.2.2

The statement below was by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican leader.

"If [African-American] suffrage is excluded in the rebel states, then every one of them is sure to send a [Democratic] representation to Congress and pass a

solid [Democratic] electoral vote [for President]."

What reason did Stevens give in this statement for granting voting rights to African Americans?

• African Americans deserved to vote after contributing their unpaid labor for centuries.

• Democrats and Republicans were in agreement on the fairness of letting all races vote.

• Republicans must offer voting rights to freedmen before Southern Democrats do.

• Black voters would help Republicans to maintain control of the Congress and Presidency.