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Quarter 4 Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What amendment ended slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

Emancipation Proclomation

2.

What amendment gave voting rights to all men regardless of Race?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

Emancipation Proclomation

3.

What amendment gave citizenship to all people regardless of race and made everyone equal under the law?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

Emancipation Proclomation

4.

Which Reconstruction plan was created by Lincoln and was the easiest one for Confederate states to rejoin the union?

a)

10 Percent Plan

b)

Johnson Plan

c)

Radical Republican Plan

d)

3 Step Plan

5.

Which Reconstruction plan was the harshest and would have given people who had supported the Confederacy no chance at the right to vote?

a)

10 Percent Plan

b)

Johnson Plan

c)

Radical Republican Plan

d)

3 Step Plan

6.

Which Reconstruction plan required that former Confederate leaders seek a presidential pardon?

a)

10 Percent Plan

b)

Johnson Plan

c)

Radical Republican Plan

d)

3 Step Plan

7.

Which of the following was a requirement under the Reconstruction Acts which passed?

a)

Former Confederate states to be divided into military districts

b)

Former Confederate states had to create a new Cconstitution

c)

Former Confederate states had to give up part of their land to the Federal Government

d)

Gave every former Confederate soldier a 5 year period of probation

e)

Kept former Confederate officials from being part of the government

8.

Which of the following explains why Andrew Johnson was impeached?

a)

Johnson gave a speech which led to wide spread rioting and his impeachment

b)

Johnson was impeached and removed from office for lying under oath.

c)

Johnson did nothing wrong but the Republicans did not like him taking over after Lincoln's death

d)

Johnson had ignored the Tenure of Office Act when he fired his Secretary of War. He was impeached but not removed from office.

9.

Was Andrew Johnson removed from office?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

Who assassinated Abraham Linclon?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

James Earl Jones

11.

What ended Reconstruction?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Lincoln Assassination

c)

Johnson Impeachment

d)

John Brown Trial

12.

What allowed for the 14th amendment to be ignored when it came to equality under the law?

a)

15h amendment

b)

Black Codes

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

National Enfranchisement

13.

What is the term for a law that created segregation?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Impeachment

c)

Amendments

d)

Jim Crow Laws

14.

What is the term for a law which tried to control African Americans?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Impeachment

c)

Amendments

d)

Jim Crow Laws

15.

Choose all that apply: Which of the following were used to take away voting rights from African American men?

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Impeachments

d)

Suffrage

16.

What was the first all African American regiment which proved African Americans were equally capable and brave in battle.

a)

40th Maine

b)

54th Massachusetts

c)

12th Indiana

d)

2nd Ft Wagner Regiment

17.

What was the term for slaves who ran away from plantations and to the Union army encampments during the Civil War?

a)

Contraband

b)

Fugitives

c)

Warrants

d)

Copperheads

18.

What was the nickname for Northern Democrats who wanted to stop the Civil War and have the Union surrender to the Confederacy.

a)

Quiters

b)

Suffragists

c)

Contraband

d)

Copperheads

19.

Choose all that apply: Which of the following is true about Antietam?

a)

It is the bloodiest day in American History

b)

It was the first major invasion of the Union by the Confederacy

c)

It allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

It encourage more states to join the Confederacy

e)

It was the first major victory by the Union in the East

20.

Under the Emancipation Proclamation would a slave be considered free by the Union in Mississippi - a Confederate state in rebellion?

a)

Yes

b)

No

21.

Under the Emancipation Proclamation would a slave be considered free by the Union in Tennessee - a Confederate state controlled by the Union?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

Under the Emancipation Proclamation would a slave be considered free by the Union in Kentucky- a Union slave state?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

Choose all the apply: Which of the following was a benefit of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

It encouraged slaves to run away and join the Union army

b)

It discouraged foreign governments from helping the Confederacy

c)

It provided the Confederacy with a new motivation for wanting to give up

d)

It made the Copperheads calm down and stop calling for an end to the war

e)

It gave the Union a clear motivation for fighting the war - to end slavery

24.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

25.

What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

a)

to free all remaining slaves held by Southern plantation owners

b)

to punish the South for daring to secede from the Union

c)

to weaken Southern morale and bring an end to the war

d)

to allow his hungry and tired troops to acquire necessary supplies

26.

What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?

a)

The Union won. It proved that the South was weak.

b)

The Union won this battle. It showed the North would win.

c)

The Confederates won. It proved that the war would be long and difficult for the Union.

d)

It was a tie between both sides. It showed the armies were unwilling to fight long battles.

27.

What was the original goal of the Union at the start of the Civil War?

a)

Ban slavery

b)

Restore the Union

c)

Separate from the United States

d)

Make slavery legal everywhere

28.

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Gettysburg Address

29.

As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...

a)

superior military leadership

b)

enormous industrial capabilities

c)

a complex railroad network

d)

a large population

30.

During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for which main reason?

a)

to force citizens to join the Union army.

b)

to free slaves throughout the Confederacy

c)

to free slaves throughout the Union and western territories.

d)

to keep Confederate supporters in jail

31.

Which of the following explains Lincoln's views from his first inauguration speech?

a)

He would not take slavery away from where it existed

b)

Southern states had 30 days to rejoin the country

c)

Secession was illegal

d)

War was going to start soon as he was planning on attacking

e)

Americans were no longer required to follow laws they objected to

32.

Which of the following describes a border state?

a)

A state which borders the Mississippi River

b)

A slave state which stayed with the Union

c)

A state which left the Union after Ft. Sumter

d)

A state where most of the people were copperheads

33.

Which of the following best describes Ft. Sumter?

a)

The place where Lincoln and Jefferson Davis met to discuss the war

b)

A fort of great importance which was never fought over

c)

The first shots of the war and a Union victory

d)

The first shots of the war and a Confederate victory

34.

What is the name for the key strategy by the Confederacy to try and convince foreign countries to help them?

a)

Foreign plan

b)

Cotton Diplomacy

c)

Union reunion

d)

Antietam Plan

35.

Which of the following best explain the Anaconda Plan?

a)

Union strategy to surround the Confederacy and cut them in half

b)

Union strategy to surround Richmond and capture its leaders

c)

Confederate strategy to increase the number of Copperheads

d)

Confederate strategy to surround the Union navy

36.

Choose all that apply: Which of the following were Union advantages?

a)

More industry

b)

Large population

c)

Best navy

d)

More railroads

e)

Homefield advantage

37.

Which Confederate advantage was taken away by the Union by a blockade?

a)

Cotton production

b)

Homefield advantage

c)

Better Generals

d)

Railroads

38.

Choose all that apply: What describes a casualty?

a)

Dead

b)

Wounded

c)

Missing

d)

On leave

39.

What technology allowed troops to move faster than ever before?

a)

Railroads

b)

Minie Ball

c)

Ironclads

d)

Telegraph

40.

What technology sped up communication on the battle field?

a)

Railroads

b)

Minie Ball

c)

Ironclads

d)

Telegraph

41.

What technology made wooden ships obsolete?

a)

Railroads

b)

Minie Ball

c)

Ironclads

d)

Telegraph

42.

Choose all that apply: Which of the following explains the impact/advantage of the Minie Ball?

a)

More accurate

b)

Loads faster than musket ball

c)

Could be shot out of any gun

d)

Deadly due to the damage it did to the victim

e)

Was only used by the Union

43.

What was the impact of the Union victory at Vicksburg?

a)

Provided the union with its first victory on the Mississippi

b)

Allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Completed the Anaconda plan

d)

Gave the soldiers a blood free victory

44.

What two battles were attempts to invade the North?

a)

Gettysburg and Richmond

b)

Antietam and Vicksburg

c)

Antietam and Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg and First Bull Run

45.

Which two battles were the turning point of the war?

a)

Antietam and Gettysburg

b)

Shiloh and Antietam

c)

Gettysburg and Atlanta

d)

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

46.

What battle was the last major attempt by the Confederacy to invade the Union?

a)

Antietam

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Appomattox

47.

Why was Grant the most successful Union general?

a)

He always knew the Confederate battle plans

b)

He used ironclads in every battle

c)

He always made the enemy come to him

d)

He used the Union advantage of army size and often pursued even after a loss

48.

What was the occasion of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Before the battle of Gettysburg

b)

The dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetary

c)

A victory speech after Lincoln's 1864 election

d)

The first radio broadcast during the war

49.

What best describes Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Do not forget what the soldiers died for and keep fighting for freedom

b)

Fight on the land, sea, and air until we win

c)

Vote for me and destroy all the Copperheads who want to destroy you first

d)

Fight well in the battle and do not surrender but rather die

50.

What major victory helped Lincoln defeat McClellan in the 1864 presidential election?

a)

Appomattox

b)

Antietam

c)

Atlanta

d)

Annapolis

51.

Which of the following explains Total War as employed by William Tecumseh Sherman?

a)

Sending all his troops into battle at once

b)

Destroying everything in his path to discourage the other side from ever wanting to rebel again

c)

Having troops fight the whole war and not allowing there to be any breaks

d)

The idea that one general should be in control of all the armies by using telegraphs and railroads

52.

President of the Confederate States of America

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

53.

Leader of the Army of Virginia and the best Confederate general

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

54.

President of the US during the Civil War

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

55.

Union General who is eventually put in charge of the whole army

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

56.

Grew up on a plantation with slaves but came to realize the evil of slavery and spoke out against it and wrote a pamphlet arguing the Bible taught slavery was wrong.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Grimke Sisters

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Sojourner Truth

57.

Escaped slavery and became a speaker for the abolition and women's rights movement. She gave the famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman."

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Grimke Sisters

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Sojourner Truth

58.

Was a slave until he ran away. Wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "North Star" and gave speeches about his experience in slavery.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Levi Coffin

d)

William Still

59.

Abolitionist who started the Anti-Slavery Society. Wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "Liberator."

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Levi Coffin

d)

Sojourner Truth

60.

Was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who rescued over 300 slaves.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

William Still

d)

Sojourner Truth

61.

Was born into freedom to a mother who had escaped slavery and was one of the key figures in the Underground Railroad, not only helping slaves reach freedom but also keeping detailed records.

a)

Henry Brown

b)

William Still

c)

Levi Coffin

d)

Sojourner Truth

62.

Helped many slaves escape to freedom by hiding them in his house in Indiana.

a)

Henry Brown

b)

William Still

c)

Levi Coffin

d)

Fredrick Douglass

63.

Made one of the most famous escapes from slavery of all time when he was mailed to freedom. He shared his story all over the north.

a)

Henry Brown

b)

William Still

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Fredrick Douglass

64.

He chose not to escape to freedom but rather sued for freedom because he had been held as a slave in free territory.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

William Still

c)

Jane Johnson

d)

Levi Coffin

65.

Choose all that apply: Which of the following was true about the Underground Railroad?

a)

It was a network of people who helped slaves escape

b)

"Conductors" helped people escape to freedom

c)

It included the first ever underground train.

d)

Slaves knew exactly who to find to start their journey on it.

e)

It become more popular after it was made illegal to help slaves runaway

66.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act helped to establish Kansas and Nebraska and made the expectation that...

a)

slavery was not allowed

b)

slavery was expected

c)

slavery would be decided by Popular Sovereignty

d)

slavery is not a topic for discussion

67.

Which of the following is the name of the events which followed the elections in Kansas?

a)

Kansas Kick

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Fifty-Four Fight

68.

Which of the following explains the importance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

a)

They made Lincoln and his views well known

b)

They allowed Lincoln to win the senate race

c)

They caused a civil war in Illinois

d)

They created a new political party

69.

Which of the following best explain John Brown's impact?

a)

His violent response to slavery made people wonder if violence was the best option

b)

His violent response made people decide that they should compromise over slavery

c)

His actions made almost everything think he was insane and that slavery was okay

d)

His violent actions led to a massive slave revolt which started the Civil War

70.

What book showed many northerners and foreigners the horrors of slavery?

a)

Real Life Slavery

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Hate You Give

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin