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100
What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?
To prevent the flow of supplies to the South through a blockade of land and sea
100
Which of the following would have been most likely to support the Confederate cause during the Civil War?
An Alabama cotton farmer
100
With the statement "A house divided against itself cannot stand," President Lincoln directly adressed what issue?
Secession
100
On which matter did the Wade-Davis Bill contrast most significantly with President Lincoln's reconstruction plan?
The conditions of readmission to statehood
100
Prior to 1877, which situation was most influential in the Southern opposition towards Radical Republicians in the areas where African Americans were a majority?
Organized acts of intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan
200
Which Civil War era developments had a cause-and-effect relationship?
Sharp ethnic and class antagonisms resulted in the draft riots in New York City.
200
What innovation had the greatest impact on military tactics during the Civil War?
The rifle
200
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the course of the civil war?
By extending the North's war aims to include abolition
200
How did the outcome of the presidential election of 1876 affect the status of African Americans in the South?
Rutherford B. Hayes removed the last union troops from the South, enabling further implementation of Jim Crow Laws
200
Which of the following demanded total equality, voting rights, land, and education for former slaves?
Radical Republicans
300
During the Civil War, France exploited the United States' weaknesses in foreign affairs by:
Intervening in the political affairs of Mexico
300
What does this illustration show? (Scott's Great Snake) http://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Scott-anaconda.jpg
A union military strategy against the confederacy
300
In response to Horace Greeley's criticism that he was not doing enough to assist slaves in the South, President Lincoln wrote:.... Lincoln's attitude is most accurately reflected in which statement?
He was keenly aware of the need to seperate his private moral views from what he knew was a higher duty as president.
300
Of the Reconstruction plans proposed at the end of the Civil War, who advocated for the plan considered to be the most lenient?
Abraham Lincoln
300
WHat term was generally applied to the Southerners to characterize white southern Republicans during the era of Reconstruction?
Scalawags
400
From earliest to latest, which chronology of events is correct?
John Brown's raids; South Carolina secession; Missouri Compromise; Kansas-Nebraska Act
400
Which quotation expresses President Lincoln's official opinion onn federal and state relations?
"I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided."
400
To support the claim that the 15th Amendment failed to fulfill its promise for nearly a century, a historian would most likely cite which of the following as evidence?
Voting rights were still denied
400
What major advantge did the Confederacy possess at the outset of the Civil War?
More capable military leaders
400
Which aspect of the Enrollment Act incited violent protests by some residents of New York City?
The policies of substitution and commutation
500
What innovation provided the most rapid communication between Civil War field officers and President Lincoln?
Telegraph
500
Which of the following goals did President Lincoln hold throughout the Civil War?
Restore the Union
500
What was the main significance of the 14th Amendment in U.S. political history?
It promised legal protection for former slaves
500
Which of the following is an enduring acheivement of Reconstruction?
The extension of civil rights through constitutional admendments
500
What was the legacy of the era depicted in this 19th century illustration? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXeQHZbLWJ4/VPP18HHSfiI/AAAAAAAAADQ/ag77Eo6sN3I/s1600/WorsethanSlaveryLarge.jpg
Grandfather clauses and poll taxes
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