Unit 3 Antebellum,Civil War, & Reconstruction

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

• factories
• smaller populations
• larger populations
• poor populations

What was a major strength of the Union?

• education
• slavery
• more churches
• factories

Which of the following best describes southern reaction to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?

• Alarmed, because they saw it as a violent threat to the southern way of life.
• Encouraged, because it showed that some men were willing to go to extreme measures to protect states' rights.
• Amused, because they dismissed it as an isolated incident led by a fool.
• Saddened, because Brown was a southern hero and news of his death was disheartening.

Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877.  The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called--

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle in Maryland to prevent foreign support of the Confederacy.

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Saratoga

What was Reconstruction?

• the time of equal treatment for all people

• the period before the Civil War

• Era of Good Feelings

• the period of time after the Civil War

The 15th amendment gave the right to vote to

• All African Americans
• African American men
• Native Americans
• White Women

Which of the following describes Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

• He wanted to reunify the nation in a forgiving way.

• He refused to grant pardons to former Confederates.

• He demanded equality for African Americans.

• He wanted to punish the South

What legalized the use of Jim Crow Laws in the south?

• decision in the Plessy v Ferguson case

• ratification of the 14th Amendment

• Freedmen's Bureau

• formation of Scalawags

Who became president in 1869 after 17th President, Andrew Johnson?

• Lincoln

• Grant

• Hayes

• Buchanan