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Civil War/Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
2.

Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise

a)

Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state

b)

Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state

c)

Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state

d)

California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state

3.
The cotton gin:
a)
made it easier and cheaper to produce cotton
b)
was created by Eli Whitney
c)
increased the value of enslaved people
d)
All of the above
4.

Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"?

a)

the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon

b)

the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

c)

the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue

d)

the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere

5.
Why did people rush to California?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
Silver 
c)
Gold
d)
Beaver Pelts 
6.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
a)
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
b)
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c)
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
d)
It added California as a slave state
7.
Why was the South against California entering the union?
a)
California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate
b)
California wanted to be a slave state
c)
California was the scene of violence and bloodshed
d)
I don't have the foggiest idea
8.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

9.

When "popular sovereignty" is used to decide whether a new state is a slave or free state what does this mean?

a)

The United States Congress decides

b)

The State decides

c)

The Slaves decide

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau decides

10.

Which Congressional action would violate other previous compromises on the subject of slavery, and fracture the political parties of the United States?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Dredd Scott decision

11.

What new political party would be born from the chaos created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, also known as the "Free Soil Party".

a)

The Republican Party

b)

The Democrat Party

c)

The Whig Party

d)

The Independent Party

12.

What was supposed to end the issue of slavery in the territories but instead basically declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Dred Scott decision

13.

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

a)

avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

b)

ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.

c)

ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.

d)

ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.

14.

What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

a)

That it was ok to own a slave

b)

That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves

c)

That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin

d)

That slavery was wrong

15.

This was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Wilmot Proviso

16.

According to your textbook “Bleeding Kansas” was

a)

a cause for the Mexican-American War.

b)

a brief spate of violence.

c)

inconsequential and had no affect not he relations between the northern and southern regions of the United States.

d)

was a series of violent conflicts in the Kansas Territory and was a rehearsal for civil war.

17.

When he won the presidency, Abraham Lincoln carried ___________ slave states in the Electoral College.

a)

0

b)

1

c)

5

d)

7

18.

In the weeks and months that followed this election, what happened to the country?

a)

a Transcontinental Railroad was constructed

b)

greater land acquisitions were made in the Pacific

c)

many Southern states seceded from the Union

d)

Britain launched a full scale invasion of North America

19.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

a)

More factories

b)

Most of the nation's best generals

c)

Larger population

d)

Better railroads

20.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?

a)

Lots of cotton

b)

Better military generals

c)

A desire to win and protect their homeland

d)

Had a larger population

21.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Fort Slocum

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Fort Hall

22.

What were the major causes of the Civil War? (List all that apply)

a)

Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws

b)

Slavery

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Lincoln winning the election of 1860

e)

All of these

23.

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually freed?

a)

Only the slaves in the Confederacy, so none of them

b)

Only slaves in Western Territories

c)

Only slaves in the border states

d)

All of the slaves in the North and South

24.

What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans.

a)

The 14th Amendment

b)

The 16th Amendment

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

25.

Sharecropping and Tenant Farming is:

a)

A policy that gave Freed Slaves who helped the North during the war 40 acres and a mule

b)

A system of farming that left freed slaves and poor whites in debt to wealthy land owners and tied to the land

c)

Allowing Freed Slaves the ability to work land without having to buy it or pay for their supplies to help them get ahead after Slavery ended

d)

A system from the Freedmen's Bureau to allow economically disadvantaged people in the south the opportunity to own land

26.

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Separate but Equal Doctrine

b)

Sharecropping

c)

The Grandfather laws

d)

Black Codes

27.

Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The 14th Amendment

c)

The 15th Amendment

d)

The 16th Amendment

28.
Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Vicksburg
29.
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
30.
What Union strategy caused the people in the South to suffer from a lack of supplies? 
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
The Blockade
d)
The Two Front War
31.

Control of this waterway was an important part of the North's strategy to win the war

a)

Ohio River

b)

Tennessee River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Mississippi River

32.
Who was the abolitionist who raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia and further heightened sectionalism by adding to the slave owner's fear of a revolt?
a)
John Brown
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Andrew Jackson
33.
Grant's strategy of Total War was intended to: 
a)
Win the war for the South
b)
Destroy everything that could be useful to the enemy.
c)
avoid the War before it started
d)
All of these...
34.
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Antietam
35.

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should _____.

a)

be allowed to continue the practice of slavery

b)

pay for the damages suffered by the Union

c)

receive fair treatment after the war

d)

be punished for seceding from the Union

36.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
37.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
38.

Lincoln's Lenient Reconstruction Plan.

a)

30% OFF

b)

10% Plan

c)

The Dab

d)

20% Plan

39.

The federal government divided the South into military districts during the Reconstruction Era in response to

a)

the redistribution of land by Southern states to punish former slaveholders and Confederate supporters.

b)

the struggles of Southern states to industrialize at the pace necessary for their economies to recover.

c)

the passage of legislation by Southern states aimed at restricting the rights of formerly enslaved persons.

d)

the inability of Southern states to adequately defend themselves against attacks by foreign aggressors.

40.

Radical Republicans in Congress gained control of Reconstruction

a)

by passing the Tenure of Office Act

b)

by winning the majority in the Congressional Elections of 1866.

c)

by impeaching President Andrew Johnson

d)

by winning 2/3 majority in the Congressional Elections of 1866.

41.

 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

42.
The Underground Railroad was
a)

The first subway

b)

a network used to sneak slaves from the south to a safer location, usually in the North and Canada

c)

A secret train for slaves disguised as a freight train to hide their passengers

d)

A series of underground tunnels used by the Confederacy during the civil war to sneak up on the Union

43.

Conductors such as Harriet Tubman were what regarding the Underground Railroad?

a)

Guides on the Underground Railroad.

b)

Those who hid slaves in their homes.

c)

Routes fixed by abolitionist sympathizers.

d)

Hiding places.

44.

Which abolitionist published abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

d)

John Brown

45.

Which abolitionist came from a wealthy Southern family?

a)

Angelina Grimke

b)

John Brown

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

46.

Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Angelina Grimke

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

d)

Frederick Douglass

47.

Which abolitionist published an autobiography about their life as a slave?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Beecher-Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Still

48.

Which abolitionist conducted an unsuccessful raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

John Brown

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Richard Allen

49.
It was a major turning point in the war that ended the South's hopes of successfully invading the North. In addition, many believe that had General "Stonewall" Jackson been alive the South would have won the battle and, quite possibly, the war. Which battle was it? 
a)
Gettysburg 
b)
Antietam
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Chancellorsville
50.
How did Sherman's taking Atlanta greatly impact the election of 1864?
a)
It allowed Lincoln to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Georgia, thereby assuring that only Lincoln's supporters went to the polls.
b)
It inspiried faith in military generals, thereby leading to General McClellan being nominated for president. 
c)
It assured people in the North that victory was in sight, thereby increasing the popularity of President Lincoln and allowing him to win the re-election. 
d)
It led to Lincoln's defeat because he lost the support of Southerners whom Sherman abused. 
51.

The minie ball is

a)

a type of gun.

b)

a lead bullet.

c)

less accurate than previous musket balls.

d)

a way of identifying soldiers.

52.

The telegraph uses _________ to communicate.

a)

sign language

b)

the internet

c)

messengers on horseback

d)

Morse code

53.

Clara Barton was known for her simple yet highly effective advancements in

a)

communication.

b)

embalming.

c)

field medicine.

d)

transportation.

54.

The development of new ____________ helped soldiers who required major surgery to be put under, instead of using dangerous methods such as alcohol, or nothing at all.

a)

Anesthetics

b)

Anticpetics

c)

Therapeutics

d)

Analgesics

55.

Although arriving late in the war, the improvements to ___________ will greatly increase the efficiency in which soldiers can kill and be killed in future wars

a)

Firearms

b)

Bombs

c)

Airplanes

d)

Tanks