Unit 9 Questions

Even though the Civil War ultimately led to the abolition of slavery, it began:

• due to foreign intervention in the colonies
• as a result of a presidential election controversy
• over economic disputes and tariffs
• as an effort to preserve the Union

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was an important step towards freeing the slaves, why was it problematic?

• It only freed slaves in Confederate states where Lincoln had no authority.

• It was enacted without any opposition from Congress.
• It granted full citizenship to all former slaves.
• It was universally accepted by all states immediately.

What was the name of the Union's strategy to surround the South?

• Blockade Strategy
• Southern Encirclement Plan
• Union Offensive Tactics
• Anaconda Plan

Match the following battles of the Civil War with its significance.

• Union gains control of the Mississippi

• Fort Sumter

• Failure by the South to invade the North

• Appomattox

• The beginning of the war

• Gettysburg

• Southern surrender

• Antietam

• Prompts the Emancipation Proclamation

• Vicksburg

Who was the only president of the Confederacy?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

When Lincoln stated "With malice toward none, with charity for all" what did he mean?

• He wanted to encourage division and conflict.
• He aimed to express anger towards his opponents.
• He sought to promote selfishness and greed.
• He meant to promote reconciliation and unity without hatred.

Match the Constitutional amendment with its description.

• Voting rights

• 13th

• Grants citizenship

• 14th

• Abolishes slavery

• 15th

What was Lincoln's view of secession?

• Lincoln believed secession was a necessary means of protest.
• Lincoln opposed secession, viewing it as illegal and unconstitutional.
• Lincoln supported secession as a constitutional right.
• Lincoln was indifferent to the issue of secession.

The southern states that seceded did not wish to fight, which Lincoln recognized, yet still initiated the war by attacking Fort Sumter.

• True

• False

Classify the following failures of Reconstruction.

• Economic

• White Supremacy

• Social

• Black Codes

• Political

• Sharecropping