Copy of Unit 6 & 7- Civil War & Reconstruction Test- Ferguson

1. Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort
• B It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor
• C It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country
• D The President abolished slavery in the southern states.

2. Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• A South Carolina seceded from the Union
• B The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.
• C Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter.
• D Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia.

3. The main purpose of General Sherman’s “March to the Sea” in 1864 was to

• A. permanently destroy Georgia’s ability to produce cotton
• B destroy the South’s strategic and economic capacity to fight
• C capture the important railroad depot at Charleston
• D convince France and Britain to get out of the war.

4. What was Georgia’s response to the Compromise of 1850?

• A A platform that outlined Georgia’s conditional acceptance of the Compromise
• B A platform that called for immediate secession from the Union
• C Georgia seceded from the Union along with the other southern states
• D Georgia did not ratify the Compromise of 1850.

5. How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the issue of slavery?

• A Made Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states
• B Resulted in the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act
• C Stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for California
• D Abolished slavery in new states

6. The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case said that a slave

• A was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner
• B was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom
• C had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court
• D who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

7. The purpose of the Union blockade was to

• A burn Georgia crops and livestock to quickly end the war
• B aggressively attack any Southern strongholds on a march toward Atlanta
• C prevent the South from shipping cotton to Europe in return for weapons and supplies
• D destroy the major railroad hub of the South.

8. The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. William T. Sherman was victorious in capturing the city of Atlanta and the victory boosted the morale of the North. Use the excerpt above to answer the following question. What was the MOST important outcome of the Atlanta Campaign?

• A surrender at Appomattox
• B re-election of President Abraham Lincoln
• C fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi
• D immediate capture of the city of Savannah, Georgia

9. Which battle is remembered for being both the largest battle fought in Georgia and one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War?

• A Battle of Atlanta
• B Battle of Chickamauga
• C Battle of Savannah
• D Battle of Fort Pulaski

10. -Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 -States' rights versus federal authority -Andrew Jackson's threat to attack South Carolina What was the impact of the events listed above?

• A Compromise of 1850
• B South Carolina’s secession
• C Nullification crisis
• D Indian Removal Act