Civil War and Reconstruction test review

The union taking over the Mississippi River accomplished what 2 things?

• it divided the confederacy into 2 parts

• Cut off its supplies

• it provided a safe passage for union troops and opened up new trade routes

• it divided the country into 2 and increased taxes

What was the primary economic activity in the South in the mid 1800's?

• raising livestock

• Cultivation of cotton (growing cotton)

• mining for minerals

• manufacturing goods

1. Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender?

• Appomattox Court House

• Fort sumter

• getteysburg

• antietam

Who was Harriet Tubman?

• leader of the women's suffrage movement

• abolitionist and activists

• Conductor of the Underground Railroad

• founder of the NCAAP

What was the overall goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• Balance free and slave states to temporarily relieve sectional tensions.

• established a system of tariffs and trade regulation.

• increase the power of the federal government

• provide a pathway to citizenship for immigrants

Describe the Compromise of 1850's Fugitive Slave Law?

• escaped slaves and freedman were meant to be given full citizenship

• escaped slaves and freedman were meant to be given money

• escaped slaves and freedmen were meant to be granted asylum.

• Escaped slaves and Freedmen were to be captured and returned.

During the 1860's, states in the lower south had a lot of land to devote to what economic activity?

• manufacturing goods

• Growing or cultivating cotton and other cash crops.

• developing infrastructure

• establishing trade routes

Fighting broke out between abolitionists and pro-slavery groups in Kansas as a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act, what is the name of this event?

• The kansas conflict

• bleeding kansas

• the kansas rebellion

• the kansas war

What is the significance of the battle of Fort Sumter?

• the last battle of the civil war

• It was the first battle and initiated the Civil War

• major victory for confederate forces

• beginning of the american revolution

Where did General Lee surrender?

• Fort sumter

• valley forge

• gettysburg

• Appomattox Courthouse