US History Civil War and Reconstruction review assessment

Which point of view about Reconstruction is illustrated by this cartoon?  

• Northern Troops destroyed stability in the South.

• Northern industry supplied weapons to the South.

• Northern intruders were seeking to exploit the South.

• Northern politicians provided goods to those in the South.

Which statement describes a goal of Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

• expanding suffrage to women

• readmitting states to the Union

• protecting the rights of African Americans

• increasing the power of state governments

What was the primary goal of the Anaconda Plan, a strategy used during the civil war?

• To quickly capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and end the war swiftly.

• To surround and blockade Southern ports to cut off Confederate supply lines and weaken their economy.

• To engage in large-scale battles and defeat the Confederate army in open combat.

• To encourage European nations to provide diplomatic recognition and support to the Confederate states.

How did the Fifteenth Amendment expand on the rights granted in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments?

• by granting the right to participate in the legal system

• by imposing restrictions on states that denied suffrage

• by protecting the rights of African American citizens to vote

• by requiring states to extend citizenship to African Americans

What was the primary goal of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion against the Union.

• To provide voting rights to former slaves in the South

• To grant citizenship to formerly enslaved people.

• To end all forms of discrimination against African Americans.

What did Southern states do to counteract the 15 ^th Amendment?

• They made laws that established racial segregation in public places like schools, restaurants, and hotels.

• They created literacy tests and poll taxes aimed at preventing African Americans from being able to vote.

• The created the Freedmen’s Bureau to ensure political equality for African Americans.

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  They proposed an amendment to the Constitution to repeal the amendment.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 contribute to the causes of the U.S. Civil War?

• It promoted peaceful coexistence between free and slave states.

• It allowed for popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in new territories, leading to violent conflicts.

• It established a strict division between free and slave territories.

• It advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery in all U.S. territories.

How did westward expansion contribute to the primary conflict of the U.S. Civil War?

• It led to disagreements over the extension of slavery into new territories

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  It resulted in the establishment of new trade routes that harmed the Southern economy

• It encouraged the rise of abolitionist movements in the Southern states

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  It promoted the spread of  slavery into Northern Industrial cities