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WorksheetsUnit 6/6 - Antebellum - Reconstruction Milestone Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which region of the United States believed that the states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?
Southern states
Northern states
Great Lake States
Western States
Which of the following BEST explains States' Rights?
States could leave the Union at any time they chose to do so.
States could maintain slavery if their population wished to.
States could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state.
States could force the national government to turn over all natioanl government property to the states.
The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could vote down a federal law was known as ___.
absolution.
ratfication.
justification.
nullification.
What was a result of the Compromise of 1850?
Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington, D.C.
Slavery was permitted in the new state of California.
Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.
Runaway slaves had to be returned to their southern owners.
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting ________.
states' rights
popular sovereignty
the Compromise of 1850
slavery
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
He returned to a slave state and could not be freed.
He was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court.
he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free.
he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere in the US.
What was the final event that led to the Civil War?
The Great Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Lincoln's election
Nullification Controversy
After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Bull Run
Antietam
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Why was the battle of Chickamauga important?
It was near a major recruiting center for the South.
It was located halfway between Richmond and Washington.
It had a number of factories that produced war supplies.
It was near a major railroad center in Chattanooga.
Why was Atlanta important to the Confederacy?
It was the capital city.
It was the most populated city.
It was the industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy.
It was home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.
Sherman's army burned Atlanta when they left on their March to the Sea.
True
False
What Union General led the northern army on its "March to the Sea" and saw much of Georgia destroyed?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Andersonville was the best prison of war camp the Confederates used to hold Union solders.
True
False
What did the 13th amendment do?
Freed the slaves.
changed who owned land
It gave blacks the right to vote.
It made former slaves US citizens.
What did the 14th amendment state?
It gave blacks citizenship.
It gave former slaves their freedom.
It gave former slaves their right to vote.
It gave former slaves free land.
Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
19th
Which statement accurately describes the difference between Lincoln's plan and the Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln's plan consisted of many complicated steps; the Radical Republicans was simple.
Lincoln's plan sough to punish the South while the Radical Republicans did not.
Lincoln's plan called for a quick return of the Southern states to the Union while the Radical Republicans wanted to delay it.
Lincoln's plan called for the abolition fo slavery in the South while the Radical Republicans wanted to keep it.
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
It helped former slaves and poor white families.
It helped only former slaves.
It helped only poor whites.
It helped rich people.
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To return land to former Confederates.
To attract new members from every social class.
To force notherns to move back north.
To prevent freed slaves from exercising their new rights.
Henry McNeal and other Black Republicans were removed from office by the Democrats.
True
False
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming where both great programs to help the poor farmers after the Civil War.
True
False
