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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?GettysburgAntietamAppomattox Court HouseVicksburg
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?He was in favor of slavery.He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.He believed in the rights of states to secede.He had been defeated in the presidential election. - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?It proved that the South was weak.It showed that the North would win.It proved that a quick victory was impossible.It showed that the armies were unwilling to fight long battles.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?Robert E. LeeWilliam Tecumseh ShermanStonewall JacksonUlysses S. Grant
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared thatslaves in U.S. territories were free.slaves throughout the world were free.slaves in Confederate states were free.slaves in Union slave states were free.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is total war?a military strategy that includes destroying the enemy's ability and will to fighta military strategy that includes flanking the enemya military strategy used by Robert E. Leea military strategy put into effect by Southern Generals
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat laws were created after the 13th Amendment to restrict African Americans in the South?black codesJim Crow lawssegregation bill
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat system allowed for a farmer to rent land and tools from a landowner in exchange for a portion of the crops at harvest?sharecroppingplantation systemtenant farming
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?Radical RepublicansModerate RepublicansLiberal Republicans
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: The Compromise of 1877 allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat required a fee to vote?poll tax15th Amendmentliteracy test
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich Supreme Court case set the standard of "separate but equal"?Plessy vs. FergusonDred Scott vs. SanfordBaker vs. Carr
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the effect of the Amnesty Act of 1872?Democrats regained control of Southern governmentsSlavery was returned to the South.All Confederate government officeholders were sentenced to death.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho led the second phase of Reconstruction in the South?Radical RepublicansDemocratsWhigsDemocratic-Republicans
- 15. Multiple ChoiceLiteracy Tests, Grandfather Clauses, and Poll Taxes were all methods used in the South after the Civil War to prevent African Americans fromAttending CollegeOwning PropertyRunning for Political OfficeVoting
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