Civil War and Reconstruction

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

• The battle opened the way for a full scale Union attack on Atlanta

• The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

• The battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the north

• The battle allowed the President to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Which statement explains the purpose of military government in the South during Reconstruction?

• Prevented carpetbaggers from moving in

• It protected and ensured the rights of newly freed enslaved people

• It provided money and weapons to newly freed enslaved people

• It prohibited African Americans from running for public office

President Lincoln believed that the Union (United States)

• must be preserved

• must be obeyed

• must be amended

• must be broken

Which event is MOST associated with the change in American life shown in this sketch?

• The adoption of the Great Compromise

• The establishment of a two-party political system

• The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

• The election of more qualified judges

Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown in the table?

• The South had a society that relied on wage labor.

• The South had an economy that relied on cotton.

• The South had a variety of natural resources.

• The South had an abundance of large cities.

Which action prompted the newspaper’s claim that John Brown’s raid “advanced the cause of disunion”?

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South’s right to continue slavery.

• Some Southerners were willing to take up arms to protest high tariffs.

• Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery.

• Some people in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty.

Which era involved legislation enacted by the Radical Republicans?

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Early Republic

• American Revolution

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

• They were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter.

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg.

• They were Union generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the new territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

What was one effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Immigrants faced less discrimination.

• Black voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the South.

• Electors selected the president and vice president on separate ballots

• Electors selected the president and vice president on separate ballots