U.S. History EOC practice test

The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.

• North

  South

• South

  North

• North

  East

• West

  East

How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?

• He ordered them free

• Congress passed the 13th Amendment

• He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"

• He did nothing

This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.

• Dred Scott v Sandford
• McCulloch v Maryland
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Worcester v Georgia

What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?

• Underground Railroaders 
• Suffragists
• Bushwackers
• Abolitionists

Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• It freed the slaves in the United States.

• It changed the Constitution.

• It freed the slaves in the Confederacy.

• It saved the Union.

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

Carpetbaggers were...

• Newly freed slaves
• Southern Republicans
• Confederate Soldiers
• Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships