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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich Constitutional amendment ensures that federal laws apply equally to all people?1st Amendment2nd Amendment14th Amendment19th Amendment
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich event facilitated the end of Reconstruction in the South?the assassination of Abraham Lincolnthe passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875the impeachment of Andrew Johnsonthe Compromise of 1877
- 3. Multiple Choice
Based on the information in the map, what role did the Election of 1860 play in the outbreak of the Civil War?It caused a split in Southern Democrats in their support for Lincoln.It indicated that many non-slaveholders in the South supported Lincoln.It confirmed that Southern states feared the election of Lincoln would bring about the end of slavery.It showed that slave owners in the West viewed Lincoln as one who would protect slavery. - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment extended voting rights to former slaves?1st Amendment15th Amendment19th Amendment26th Amendment
- 5. Multiple Choice• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
These legislative acts were all efforts to resolve disagreements over what issue?wartariffsslaveryimmigration - 6. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all impact the spread of slavery within the United States?Each act limited slavery to places where it already existed.Each act left the decision regarding the spread of slavery to the individual states.Each act helped to maintain a balance between free and slave states.Each act was an attempt to balance the demands of northern and southern states.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow did the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) increase sectional tension in the United States?supported the Missouri Compromiseemancipated the slavesdeclared that slaves were not citizensstruck down the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Civil War, with which of the following statements would a southern state most likely agree?A strong federal government is the best government.State and federal governments should have equal powerThe Federalists were correct in their assumptions about government.State governments should have the power to determine their own destinies.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat aspect of the Emancipation Proclamation caused some to believe it was more focused on protecting the Union rather than freeing slaves?It did not go into effect until after the end of the Civil War.It allowed the border states to maintain ownership of their slaves.It was promoted without any support from Republican lawmakers.It forced freed slaves to remain in the southern states.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the 15th Amendment added to the U.S. Constitution?Political parties wanted to nominate presidential candidates.Segregation of public facilities was still legal.Residency requirements were difficult to verify.Former slaves were being denied rights as citizens.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement is most accurate about individuals known as scalawags?They were predominantly the owners of large plantations in the South.They were predominantly free blacks living in the South.They were often politicians in the pre-Civil War South.They were often supporters of the Republican Party in the South.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat impact did President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation have on the course of the Civil War?It made the abolition of slavery a primary goal of the war.It caused the desegregation of the Union army.It brought the British into the war on the side of the Confederacy.It established the first wartime draft.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat impact did the northern victory in the Civil War have on the plantation system in the South?Many plantations were taken over by foreign immigrants.Plantations were forced to find other sources of labor.Plantations grew larger due to a greater need for cotton.Many plantations were replaced by factories.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a primary goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the post-Civil War South?to force southern states to vote for secessionto force African Americans to migrate to northern citiesto prevent black Republicans from voting in electionsto prevent women from gaining equal citizenship rights
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following groups benefited the most from the Homestead Act of 1862?factory owners who wanted to reduce the power of unionsNative Americans who wanted to protect their way of lifefarmers who wanted to purchase land in western territoriessupporters of slavery who wanted its expansion to new territories
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best explains how this legislation passed under Congressional Reconstruction could be considered successful?It reduced racial tensions throughout the former states of the Confederacy.It guaranteed that rights would continue to be enjoyed equally by all citizens.It left all groups that it affected satisfied with how problems had been addressed.It created standards for the protection of rights and led to restoration of the Union.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich reconstruction plan focused on punishing the South for the Civil War?Presidential Reconstruction (Lincoln)Presidential Reconstruction (Johnson)Congressional Reconstruction (Radical)
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich organization did the Federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom?Freedman's BureauJim Crow LawsSharecropper's ClubNAACP
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the black codes?Laws against southernersLaws to combat inequalityLaws to punish plantation ownersLaws to keep former slaves and African Americans oppressed
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the years of Reconstruction?1866-18761870-18801865-18771864-1965
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Confederacy?The union of the southern states.The union of the northern states.The union of the new states.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first Republican President?Abraham LincolnMillard FillmoreFranklin PierceJames Buchanan
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat crop was grown in the South that increased the need for slave labor?CornRiceSoybeansCotton
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?Frederick DouglassHarriet Beecher StoweHarriet TubmanBlack Moses
- 25. Multiple ChoiceAn abolitionists isSomeone who believes in slaverySomeone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.Someone who was an activist worked to end slaverySomeone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?slave rebellion in the border statesextension of the Missouri Compromiseviolence between pro-slavery & anti-slavery settlersannouncement of the Emancipation Proclamation
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?violence in Kansas over the spread of slaveryelection of Abraham Lincoln as presidentpublication of Uncle Tom's Cabinraid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry
- 28. Multiple ChoiceIn 1861, the Civil War began whenSouth Carolina seceded from the unionConfederate cannons fired on Fort SumterAbraham Lincoln was elected president.
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