Civil War/Reconstruction

Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Appomattox Court House
• Vicksburg

What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?

• It proved that the South was weak.
• It showed that the North would win.
• It proved that a quick victory was impossible.
• It showed that the armies were unwilling to fight long battles.

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

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

What is total war?

• a military strategy that includes destroying the enemy's ability and will to fight
• a military strategy that includes flanking the enemy
• a military strategy used by Robert E. Lee
• a military strategy put into effect by Southern Generals

What required a fee to vote?

• poll tax
• 15th Amendment
• literacy test

Which Supreme Court case set the standard of "separate but equal"?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Dred Scott vs. Sanford
• Baker vs. Carr

What event led to Southern states seceding from the Union?

• Confederates fired on Fort Sumter

• the election of Lincoln as President

• The Missouri Compromise

• the annexation of Texas

When was the Civil War fought?

• 1855-1861
• 1860-1877
• 1861-1865
• 1863-1868

Which era focused on rebuilding America?

• Civil War

• Early Statehood

• Reconstruction

• Texas Revolution

The economy of the South was ________________.

• Industrial
• Agricultural and Industrial
• Agricultural
• Poor