Cycle 2 - Civil War Quick Review

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

• to free the slaves

• to punish the South

• to restore the Union

• to bring an end to all war

Indicate on the map where the Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed slaves would be free after January 1, 1863.

Match the following constitutional amendment with its purpose:

• Freedom for the slaves.

• 14th Amendment

• Voting for all men regardless of race.

• 15th Amendment

• Equal protection & citizenship by birth.

• 13th Amendment

What is popular sovereignty?

• rule by appointed officials who decide matters about slavery

• the people decide if a territory or state is to be free or slave

• the idea that no one is above the law

• the people decide if their territory will become a new state in the Union

"Bleeding Kansas" earned its name from the intense and violent struggles that took place in the Kansas Territory during the mid-1850s, sparked by the contentious issue of ​ (a)   .

• popular sovereignty
• religious freedom
• agricultural subsidies
• taxation without representation

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that:

• slaves could never become citizens

• Dred Scott must be freed

• the Missouri Compromise's prohibition on owning slaves in some areas was unconstitutional

• all human beings were property

Why were Black Codes established in the South immediately after the Civil War?

• Expand educational opportunities

• Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

• Enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

• Integrate freedmen into American society

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact?

• It increased the civil rights of African Americans

• It upheld segregation laws as unconstitutional.

• It struck down Jim Crow laws as violating the 14th amendment.

• It struck down the Separate but Equal doctrine

The "Separate but Equal" doctrine was designed to get around what part of the Constitution?

• 10th amendment

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment