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USHC Standard 3 Review

Total questions: 138

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who led the troops that stopped John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

2.

What was John Brown's intention for his raid on Harper's Ferry?

a)

to start a widespread slave revolt

b)

to guarantee that Kansas would be a free state

c)

to rescue a fugitive slave from prison

d)

to kidnap the mayor and hold him for ransom

3.

What happened to John Brown after he led his raid on Harper's Ferry

a)

He was sent to prison for life

b)

He was exiled from the United States

c)

He was tried and hung

d)

He was found not guilty

4.

Which southern state was the first to secede before the Civil War?

a)

Alabama

b)

North Carolina

c)

Mississippi

d)

South Carolina

5.

What event caused the first southern state to secede?

a)

John Brown's raid

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

Lincoln's election

d)

Nat Turner's rebellion

6.

What premise did Dred Scott use to sue for his freedom?

a)

He insisted slavery was immoral and unjust.

b)

He lived in a free state for a period of time

c)

He claimed to have been kidnapped and sold into slavery

d)

He noted certain states allowed African Americans to vote

7.

In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court held what premise?

a)

Slaves were not free just because they resided in territory where slavery was not allowed

b)

Slaves were automatically freed if they entered territory where slavery was not allowed

c)

It was illegal for slave owners to move into free territory with slaves

d)

It was illegal for slave owners to travel through free territory withy slaves

8.

What legislation was passed by Congress in an attempt to pacify the South and keep them in the Union

a)

the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

the Tariff of Abominations

c)

the 1832 Ordinance of Nullification

d)

the Alien and Sedition Act

9.

Which idea best describes the viewpoints of the Republican Party formed during the Antebellum Era?

a)

They were anti-business and opposed protective tariffs and government subsidies of railroads

b)

They were free soilists who did not oppose slavery but did not want it to expand into new territories

c)

They were progressive reformers who supported social programs to ease poverty in urban areas

d)

They were staunch abolitionists and wanted slavery abolished in every state

10.

What political party emerged over the free soil issue?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Progressives

d)

Populists

11.

In 1820 Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, as a compromise, what state was admitted to the Union as a free state?

a)

Maryland

b)

Michigan

c)

Maine

d)

Massachusetts

12.

Which political party was formed around these ideas?

-Free soil

-the outcome of "Bleeding Kansas"

-Non abolitionist ideologies

a)

Whig Party

b)

Liberty Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Democratic Party

13.

According to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case, slaveholders' property rights were protected by which Amendment?

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

10th

d)

13th

14.

What 1850 law helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves?

a)

Personal Liberty Laws

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

1850 Immigration Law

d)

1850 Child Labor Law

15.

To please the North, the Compromise of 1850 abolished the slave trade in which area?

a)

The North

b)

California

c)

the South

d)

Washington D.C.

16.

Which law was invalidated by the Compromise of 1850?

a)

the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

the Enforcement Act

c)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

the Missouri Compromise

17.

This headline appeared in the Charleston Mercury on December 20, 1860. This headline was a direct result of what event?

a)

the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

the events of "Bleeding Kansas"

c)

the election of Abraham Lincoln

d)

the battle of Fort Sumter

18.

What impact did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the nation

a)

It eased sectional tensions by creating sympathy for southern farmers.

b)

It increased public support for abolition by giving a true account of the life of a slave

c)

It led to increased support for slavery by portraying slave owners as benevolent caregivers.

d)

It caused public sentiment to shift in support of abolition by appealing to people's emotions

19.

What was John Brown's intent for his raid on Harper's Ferry?

a)

to spark a general slave uprising

b)

to defeat the proslavery forces in Kansas

c)

to defeat the antislavery forces in Kansas

d)

to repeal the personal liberty laws

20.

What was an immediate result of the Compromise of 1850

a)

the events of "Bleeding Kansas"

b)

the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

the admission of California as a free state

d)

the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C.

21.

What led South Carolina to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president?

a)

fear that Lincoln would take personal revenge on the states that had not voted for him

b)

fear that the Republicans in the federal government would limit the spread of slavery

c)

fear that international trade would slow down because foreign leaders did not like Lincoln

d)

fear that poor whites, free blacks, and slaves would unite to rebel against wealthy landowners

22.

Which question about the US Constitution contributed most to the start of the Civil War?

a)

Did the Constitution establish a sovereign nation or a federation of sovereign states?

b)

Could the Constitution be applied to states that joined the Union later or only to the original thirteen?

c)

Should the COnstitution be amended to give more power to the regions with industrial growth?

d)

Was the Constitution created in a manner that was fair to all states in the first place?

23.

Congress adopted the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the Compromise of 1850 in the hopes of resolving which issue?

a)

conflicts over states' rights versus the role of the federal government

b)

disputes between northern manufacturers and southern farmers over tariffs

c)

confliuct over thep urchase of new territories in the West

d)

disputes over the admittance of new states to the Union

24.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage of the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Good Military Leadership

c)

Larger Population

d)

Established Government

25.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage of the South during the Civil War?

a)

Fighting on their own territory

b)

Good Military Leadership

c)

Industrialization

d)

Fighting a defensive war

26.
Which side had better military leadership?
a)
Neither
b)
Both
c)
South
d)
North
27.
Name the strategy of the Union forces?
a)
Defensive Plan
b)
Offensive Plan
c)
Guerrilla Warfare 
d)
Anaconda Plan
28.
What was Lincoln’s main goal in the war?
a)
punish the south
b)
fight for emancipation
c)
preserve the union
d)
wage total war
29.
What did Lincoln issue on Jan. 1, 1863?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
13th Amendment
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Inaugural Address
30.
Name the bloodiest single day of the war?
a)
Appomattox Courthouse
b)
Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
31.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Shiloh
d)
Bull Run
32.
Why was the 54th Massachusetts significant?
a)
they won the most battles
b)
they had the most men die
c)
their leader was Robert E. Lee
d)
they proved that an African-American regiments can be successful
33.
The Election of 1860 was won by the...
a)
Republican Party
b)
Northern Democratic Party
c)
Southern Democratic Party
d)
Constitutional Union Party
34.
After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of __, or withdrawing from the Union.
a)
secession
b)
populous
c)
slavery
d)
federalist
35.

Southern forces removed the federal forces from ___________ , in the Charleston Harbor, as the first major act of secession and began the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Jackson

c)

Fort McHenry

d)

Fort Donelson

36.

The head of the entire Confederate Army was:

a)

PGT Beauregard

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Albert Sidney Johnston

37.
According to the Emancipation Proclamation slaves would only be set free in what parts of the country?
a)
Only the states still at war with the Union
b)
In the four loyal slave states
c)
Confederate lands already captured by the Union
d)
Kansas
38.

Which state led the secessionist movement?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Texas

39.
Name the strategy of the Union forces?
a)
Defensive Plan
b)
Offensive Plan
c)
Guerrilla Warfare 
d)
Anaconda Plan
40.
He was an extreme abolitionist who tried to arm slaves.
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
John Brown
d)
Preston Brooks
41.
Lincoln believes that victory in the war will result in _____.
a)
a full measure of devotion
b)
a new birth of freedom
c)
an altogether fitting and proper memorial. 
d)
a belief that all men are created equal.
42.
What is the subject/main idea of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Freedom 
b)
Self-Reliance
c)
Voting Rights 
d)
Equality
43.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
the American Missionary Association
b)
the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
the Ku Klux Klan
d)
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP
44.
Which constitutional amendment banned slavery?
a)
13th amendment
b)
14th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
16th amendment
45.

The goal of reconstruction was to

a)

fully re-establish the South into political participation and to accept defeat and the emancipation of slaves

b)

fully rebuild the South with its bombed out and burned out cities and to accept defeat and gradually emancipate the slaves

c)

to force the southern states to accept federal aid as a compromise for ending slavery

d)

to give the South an opportunity to repair enough of their society to eventually be allowed back into the Union

46.

Radical Republicans believed in:

a)

punishing the South for secession

b)

Accepting the South back into the Union with much greater speed than previously believed

c)

making the southern states repay all of their financial debts before they were accepted back into the Union

d)

The South should never be readmitted

47.

To better enforce the Reconstruction Amendments, Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 which:

a)

carved the South into five military districts

b)

disbanded the Confederate Army

c)

pushed forward the trials of those who served in the Confederate Army, which resulted in thousands being hanged for treason

d)

accepted former Confederate soldiers back into the Union Army.

48.

The Fourteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Made Blacks citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

49.

The Fifteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished slavery

b)

Made Blacks citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

50.
Immediately after the Civil War and the granting of their freedom, most former slaves did whichof the following?
a)
Remained in the South to find employment
b)
Moved to the North to find jobs in factories
c)
Migrated to the West to acquire cheap land
d)
Moved to the West to work on the railroads
51.
How did local and state governments in the South undermine the 15th amendment?
a)
Most communities abolished elections altogether in protest of military zoning
b)
Governments refused to count votes cast by poor blacks and whites alike
c)
Scalawags prevented all Southerners from voting for Southern democratic candidates.
d)
Governments passed voting restrictions such as poll taxes and literacy tests
52.
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped provide African Americans with education
c)
Helped provide food for former slaves
d)
Helped create new Black Codes for freedmen
53.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
54.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
55.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
56.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
57.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
58.

Groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, who engaged in violence to intimidate freedmen were:

a)

vigilante groups

b)

repatriation groups

c)

freedom fighters

d)

homeland security

59.

Southern states quickly passed _______________ to replace their old slave codes to keep Blacks in bondage

a)

Black Codes

b)

Reconstruction Amendments

c)

Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

d)

Iron Clad Oaths

60.

Which Black leader established the Tuskegee Institute as one of the premier centers for Black academia in the post Civil War era?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Nat Turner

61.

Northerners who traveled South after the Civil War to dominate politics and business were derisively called:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

vigilantes

c)

scalawags

d)

freedmen

62.

Southerners who often became Republicans and who were in favor of quick Reconstruction and teamed up with northerners were known as:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

scalawags

c)

vigilantes

d)

freedmen's bureau

63.

Poll taxes and literacy tests were ways that southern governments

a)

kept Blacks as second class citizens by denying them the right to vote

b)

allowed Blacks to fully participate in democracy for the first time since the passage of the Reconstruction amendments

c)

gave Blacks another avenue for voting

d)

were able to become fully involved with the federal government aftet the War

64.

WEB DuBois helped found which political and social rights organization?

a)

NAACP

b)

The First Responders

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Carpetbaggers Alliance

65.

Segregation by law is ______________________, segregation by practice, but not by law is ____________________

a)

de jure segregation; de facto segregation

b)

de facto segregation; de jure segregation

66.

Which Supreme Court case ended segregation and killed Jim Crow?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Buck v. Bell

d)

Marbury v. Madison

67.
What were the impacts of the Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era?
a)
The federal government improved the status of African and Native Americans
b)
State and local governments restricted the freedoms of African Americans.
c)
States banned organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
d)
The Radical Republicans in Congress carried out Reconstruction plans
68.
After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political and economic oppression? (3.4)
a)
the amendments were not intended to solve their problems
b)
many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government
c)
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
d)
poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights
69.
How did W.E.B. DuBois believe that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States? (3.5)
a)
by setting up a separate nation within the United States
b)
by entering vocational training programs in separate schools
c)
by demanding full and immediate participation in American society
d)
by taking over the leadership of the two major political parties
70.
Which statement best summarizes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington? (3.5)
a)
The best solution for African Americans was to return to Africa.
b)
Social equality for African Americans would be easier to achieve than legal rights.
c)
The way to dissolve the barriers of segregation and bring about an end to Jim Crow laws was by active, violent resistance.
d)
The most immediate means for African Americans to achieve equality was to expand their opportunities for vocational education.
71.
What was the intention of the Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction? (3.3)
a)
provide legal and political rights for African Americans
b)
end property and religious qualifications for voting
c)
correct problems with the electoral college system
d)
limit the number of terms of the president
72.
What effect did the Civil War have on the South? (3.3)
a)
transformation of Southern society into one based on equality
b)
widespread poverty due to a breakdown of the economy
c)
increased cotton production
d)
a strengthened determination never to rejoin the Union
73.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
74.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
75.

David Wilmot authored the "Wilmot Proviso" which was

a)

An amendment to the Constitution to end slavery.

b)

A proposal to keep all western territories free from slavery or "free soil".

c)

An agreement to allow Missouri in as a free state but prohibit future states from entering above the 36°30′ line.

d)

The documentation to annex Texas as a state.

76.

The Oregon Territory was divided at the:

a)

36°30′

b)

18th parallel

c)

54°40'

d)

38th parallel

77.

What event propelled the populating of California and lead to it becoming a state quicker?

a)

Yukon Gold Rush

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Compromise of 1850

78.

Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California joins as a free state.

b)

Maine was admitted as a free state.

c)

Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C.

d)

A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

79.

Which congressional action is described?

California becomes a free state.

Strict fugitive slave laws adopted

banned slave trading in Washington D.C.

New Southwest states vote to have slavery

a)

Tariff of Abomination

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

d)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

80.

The California Gold Rush led to which of the following?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

81.

What was referred to as the "peculiar institution"?

a)

slavery

b)

textile mills

c)

the industrial revolution

d)

popular sovereignty

82.
He wanted to ban slavery in all of the Mexican-American War territory
a)
James Tallmadge
b)
David Wilmot
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Jesse Thomas
83.
Which compromise prevented contentious debates about slavery in the House of Representatives?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Gag Rule
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Crittenden Compromise
84.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
a)
Being popular in the world
b)
People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
c)
People voting
d)
The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.
85.
Where where was Popular Sovereignty founded?
a)
Georgia
b)
New York
c)
Kansas
d)
Pennsylvania
86.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

c)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

87.

Which of the following best describes the "Pottawatomie Massacre"?

a)

Proslavery settlers attacked the antislavery town of Lawrence

b)

The proslavery town of Spencerville was attacked by the Cherokee

c)

John Brown and his sons attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

d)

John Brown and his sons murdered five proslavery settlers in Kansas

88.

Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"?

a)

A violent slave uprising led by Joseph Cinque

b)

Violence in Kansas between proslavery and antislavery settlers prior to the Civil War

c)

The turning point of the Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee's army was routed from Kansas

d)

The devastation caused by a tornado in Kansas in 1854, which killed 55 people

89.

Which member of Congress gave a speech criticizing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Senator Stephen Douglas

b)

Senator Andrew Butler

c)

Senator Charles Sumner

d)

Congressman Preston Brooks

90.
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in _______.
a)
Douglas's defeat in his re-election bid
b)
The collapse of the already weakened Whig party
c)
The disappearance of the Democratic party
d)
The secession of several southern states
91.
The new Republican Party ______.
a)
Drew support from many southerners
b)
Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery
c)
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856
92.

Free soil means _____________, while abolition means ______________

a)

All slaves should eventually be freed; slavery should immediately end

b)

Slavery should only be allowed to exist where it currently does and not be allowed to spread; slavery should end immediately

c)

Slaves should be able to work towards their freedom; slavery should end, but only if voted on by the people of the state.

d)

Slavery should note expand unless the free people of the state vote for it to; slavery should end with the passage of an amendment

93.

Why did Free Soilers not want slavery to expand into the territories?

a)

They were morally opposed to slavery

b)

They believed it would take away jobs from whites

c)

They believed that the territories should be a place where Whites and Blacks can make a living

d)

Slavery gave an unfair advantage to slaves

94.
Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 
a)
being sued by someone else
b)
suing for his freedom
c)
being in the military
d)
being a famous doctor
95.
Dred Scott took his case to _________. 
a)
the state court
b)
the north
c)
the supreme court
d)
the south
96.
What was Dred Scott's reasoning for being free?
a)
He had lived in free territory
b)
He deserved it
c)
He had worked enough to earn his freedom
d)
His owner said he could
97.
The Dred Scott case made what Compromise unconstitutional.  
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Great Compromise
c)
The 3/5th Compromise
d)
The Missouri Compromise
98.

Abraham Lincoln was:

a)

a free soiler

b)

an abolitionist

c)

pro-slavery

d)

an eastern industrialist who opposed slavery

99.
The issue __ created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election.
a)
slavery
b)
populous
c)
Republican
d)
secession
100.

Which of the following IS NOT an advantage the Union had during the Civil War?

a)

Industry

b)

Slavery

c)

Manpower

d)

Navy

e)

three times the railroad

101.
What invention solved the problem of the difficult and time-consuming process of removing seeds from short-staple cotton?
a)
Seed Separator
b)
Cotton Reaper
c)
Steel plow
d)
Cotton Gin
102.

What strategy did the Union use to disrupt southern trade at the ports?

a)

blockade

b)

siege warfare

c)

military prisons

d)

tariffs

103.

Mexican War hero, Winfield Scott, devised a plan to blockade the Confederacy and split it at the Mississippi River and and take the Confederate capital of Richmond. It was called:

a)

The Confederate Blockade

b)

The Anaconda Plan

c)

The Gettysburg Address

d)

The Confederate Siege

104.

Two times the Confederate forces invaded the North and were defeated:

a)

Bull Run and The Wilderness

b)

Antietam and Gettysburg

c)

Yorktown and Saratoga

d)

Fort Sumter and Fort McHenry

105.

The Confederacy had an advantage in __________________, while the Union had an advantage in_____________________.

a)

military leadership; political leadership

b)

political leadership; military leadership

106.

The president of the Confederacy was:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Joseph Johnston

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Jefferson Davis

107.

Abraham Lincoln made slavery the central focus of the Civil War by issuing the:

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Writ of Haebus Corpus

108.

The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on:

a)

January 1, 1863

b)

July 4, 1865

c)

December 25, 1862

d)

September 17, 1863

109.

Best-known African American regiment during the war

a)

Army of Northern Virginia

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

The Lost Prophets

d)

54th Massachusetts

110.

The 54th Massachusetts lead an unsuccessful charge against the Confederate Forces at:

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Wagner

c)

Bull Rull

d)

Gettysburg

111.

What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

That slavery was taking away from American pride.

b)

That African Americans' rights were protected by the Constitution.

c)

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

d)

That slavery should be abolished immediately.

112.

Secessionists believed that:

a)

The federal government, under the leadership of President Lincoln would not allow slavery to expand into the territories

b)

Annexation of Cuba would be the best viable option for expanding slavery since President Lincoln was a free soiler.

c)

If southerners could get a proslavery vice president into the White House to counterbalance free soiler Abraham Lincoln, then all would be preserved.

d)

The state governments of the South had to petition to Congress for an extension of slavery into the territories.

113.

The seceding states formed the:

a)

The United States of Secession

b)

The Secessionist States of America

c)

The Confederate States of America

d)

The Confederate States of the South

114.

The first actual battle of the Civil War was:

a)

First Bull Run (southerner referred to it as Manassas)

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

115.

The significance of First Bull Run (Manassas) was:

a)

It ended the South's hopes of winning the War

b)

It proved that the South was a formidable (tough) army and the War was not going to be a quick war like everyone expected.

c)

It was the first time Blacks fought in a battle as a regiment in American history.

d)

It was the bloodiest single day in all of the War with over 22,000 dead, wounded or missing at the end of the day.

116.

Which of the following was the single bloodiest day of the War with over 22,000 killed, wounded or missing at the end of the day?

a)

Antietam

b)

First Bull Run

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Savannah

117.

Which battle in the West effectively split the Confederacy once and for all and made US Grant a war hero ultimately promoted to commander of the entire United States Army (Army of the Potomoc)?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

The Wilderness

d)

The Peninsula Campaign

118.

Which battle in the West effectively split the Confederacy once and for all and made US Grant a war hero ultimately promoted to commander of the entire United States Army (Army of the Potomoc)?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

The Wilderness

d)

The Peninsula Campaign

119.

US Grant laid siege to which city for six weeks, ultimately gaining control of the Mississippi River and breaking the Confederacy?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Cold Harbor

d)

Spotsylvania

120.

This battle was seen as the turning point of the War. After this battle the Confederacy never won any major battles and Robert E. Lee was seen as a failed General.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Columbia

121.

As an act of total war, this city was burned to the ground and signaled the end of the War.

a)

Atlanta

b)

Sharpsburg

c)

Charleston

d)

Birmingham

122.

Which commander devised the idea of "total war"?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

George McClellan

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

123.

Which of the following is an example of "total war"?

a)

March to the Sea

b)

Siege of Vicksburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Andersonville Prison Camp

124.

Lee's surrender to Grant came at:

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Atlanta

d)

Savannah

125.
In the late 1800s, what strategy was used by landowners in the South to maintain  labor forces for their farms?
a)
using seasonal migrant workers to harvest and plant crops
b)
hiring immigrants who had been farmers in their home countries
c)
selling parts of their lands to investors from northern states
d)
entering into sharecropping agreements with former slaves
126.

The Thirteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Made Black Citizens

c)

Gave Black males the right to vote

127.

Andrew Johnson was chosen by Lincoln as a running mate because he was a southern Unionist. This

a)

balanced the ticket

b)

created great stress between he and Lincoln

c)

gave the South a voice in the White House

d)

ended when Johnson was impeached

128.

Blacks who left the South to travel West after the Civil War to start over were called:

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

exodusters

c)

vigilantes

d)

scalawags

129.

The Freedmen's Bureau famously promised ____________________ to freedmen, but it never came to pass.

a)

"forty acres and mule"

b)

the right to vote

c)

"no more cotton pickin'"

d)

reparations at the first of every month

130.

As White southerners were readmitted to the Union, gained full access to politics and began to vote again, they vowed to _______________ southern governments, or return to power and save the South

a)

redeem

b)

repatriate

c)

reflect

d)

remonstrate

131.

Once White southerners regained political control of the South, they forged the ____________________, which meant that the entirety of the South was dominated by Democrats. (This lasted until the Civil Rights Era)

a)

Solid South

b)

Vigilantes

c)

Unbroken Dixie

d)

Compromise of 1877

132.

The Compromise of 1877 determined that:

a)

The presidential election of 1876 would stand and federal troops would withdraw from the South

b)

The presidential election of 1876 would not stand and federal troops would remain in the South

c)

US Grant would remain president for one more term and the South would get more seats in Congress

d)

The inauguration would be moved from March to January

133.

"Separate but Equal" was determined in which Supreme Court case?

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board

d)

Marbury v. Madison

134.

Many Blacks migrated to the North:

a)

to escape Jim Crow

b)

to work in the factories in the North

c)

to work on farms

d)

to go back to where their families were originally from

135.

Which Black leader is associated with "accommodation" or gradualism towards Whites?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Ida Wells Barnett

136.

Which Black leader opposed "accommodation" or gradualism and advocated instant equality and for the "talented tenth" of well educated Black leaders?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

c)

Ida Wells Barnett

d)

George Washington Carver

137.

In Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech, he:

a)

suggested that he was willing to accept second class citizenship offered by Jim Crow laws like literacy tests and poll taxes, in exchange for jobs that would alleviate the poverty of Blacks.

b)

stated that literacy tests and poll taxes should be outlawed and that their mere existence showed that the Reconstruction Amendments were no more than appeasement to Radical Republicans

c)

gave a scathing rebuke of any accomodationists and claimed that by working with the White man, Blacks were doomed to never have any true freedom

d)

offered a repatriation plan to move Black to Africa

138.

Which of the following IS NOT true about Ida Wells Barnett?

a)

she was a former slave

b)

she was a teacher who lost her job for speaking out against segregation in the Memphis school system she worked in

c)

spent most of her life campaigning for laws to end lynching

d)

helped found the NAACP and was an outspoken critic of WEB DuBois and "accomodationism"

e)

worked hand in hand with leaders like DuBois and Washington to ensure the safety of Blacks in the Jim Crow South.

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