True or False
Frederick Douglass felt that slaves had fewer rights than animals.
Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Federal commissioners had more incentive to return a person into slavery.
They are true!
What was alarming about California’s application to join the union?
A. The leaders had indicated their support of abolitionism.
B. The leaders had written a constitution that forbade slavery.
C. The leaders had suggested the acceptance of the Wilmot Proviso.
D. The leaders had requested that the Missouri Compromise be repealed.
B. The leaders had written a constitution that forbade slavery.
Who won the popular vote & was nominated by the democrats in reconstruction?
Samuel J. Tilden
Why did the Radicals want to impeach Andrew Johnson?
A. They disagreed with his loose interpretation of the Constitution.
B. They believed he was too strict toward wealthy southern landowners.
C. They felt he was not carrying out his obligation to enforce the Reconstruction Act.
D. They believed that he provided former slaves with too much protection under the law.
C. They felt he was not carrying out his obligation to enforce the Reconstruction Act.
Which of the following was a part of the system of sharecropping? Choose the two correct answers.
A. Each worker was paid a wage by the landowner.
B. Each worker was given a small plot of land by the landowner.
C. Each worker was allowed to keep the entire harvest to sell for a profit.
D. Each worker rented the land from the landowner in exchange for cash.
E. Each worker was required to give a share of the crops to the landowner at harvest.
B. Each worker was given a small plot of land by the landowner.
E. Each worker was required to give a share of the crops to the landowner at harvest.
Rifles were less accurate than muskets in civil war-
FALSE
What brought about the demise of the Whig Party?
A. the American Party
B. the Kansas-Nebraska Act
C. the Missouri Compromise
D. the Emancipation Proclamation
B. the Kansas-Nebraska Act
18. Who requested that Lee and his army be given favorable terms at Appomattox Court House?
A. Jefferson Davis
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Abraham Lincoln
B. Ulysses S. Grant
How did President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction differ from that of President Lincoln?
A. Johnson’s plan gave former slaves the right to vote.
B. Johnson’s plan made the South’s return to the Union quick and easy.
C. Johnson’s plan prevented wealthy southern landowners from taking the oath of allegiance.
D. Johnson’s plan required any state that wanted readmission to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment.
C. Johnson’s plan prevented wealthy southern landowners from taking the oath of allegiance.
How did the change in northern support for Reconstruction affect the Republicans?
A. They became more committed to implementing their plan for Reconstruction.
B. People began to desert the party as most lost interest in Reconstruction policies.
C. A new group of Radicals emerged to campaign for civil rights and Reconstruction.
D. They turned to the judicial branch to impose the changes needed for Reconstruction.
B. People began to desert the party as most lost interest in Reconstruction policies.
James Buchanan won the entire North except for Maryland.
Free-Soilers in Kansas outnumbered proslavery settlers by a margin of 10 to 1.
President Buchanan didn’t want to anger the North with his support of the Lecompton Constitution.
All False
5. What was the primary goal of the Liberty Party?
A. to slow immigration into the country
B. to achieve abolition through legislation
C. to allow popular sovereignty in the territories
D. to garner a support base in the northern cities
B. to achieve abolition through legislation
Carpetbaggers or Scalawags
They were northerners who moved to the South.
Many were part of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Most were committed to civil rights issues.
Carpetbaggers
How did the new Republican governments obtain money to pay for the programs they instituted?
A. through loans from northern capitalists
B. by increasing taxes throughout the South
C. by borrowing money from the federal government
D. through investments from wealthy southern landowners
B. by increasing taxes throughout the South
What ultimately caused the town of Vicksburg to surrender to General Grant?
A. the lack of food
B. the threat of total war
C. the fear of slave uprisings
D. the flooding of the Mississippi
A. the lack of food
No other state has seceded since the Civil War ended.
Some northerners benefited economically because of the war.
More southern soldiers died during the Civil War than northern soldiers.
The economic gap between the North and the South lasted until the 1900s.
They are all true!
10. What was one reason that the border states were important to the Union?
A. They had stockpiles of weaponry.
B. They had an abundance of slave labor.
C. They had important rail and water routes.
D. They had products that could be sold to foreign nations.
C. They had important rail and water routes.
Prior to the Republican National Convention in May 1860, who was considered the most likely Republican candidate for the 1860 presidential election?
A. John C. Frémont
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. William H. Seward
D. William H. Seward
Which of the following helped lead to the growth of the southern economy after the Civil War? More than one answer can be correct
A. the increase in the labor force
B. the improvements to the railroads
C. the increase in the production of cotton
D. the repayment of all the Confederate debts
E. the diversification of the products in the region
F. the increase in the number of textile mills in the region
A. the increase in the labor force
B. the improvements to the railroads
E. the diversification of the products in the region
. What strategic benefit in foreign policy did the Emancipation Proclamation offer the Union?
A. It discouraged the British from immigrating to the South.
B. It discouraged the British from engaging in the slave trade.
C. It discouraged the British from supporting the Confederacy.
D. It discouraged the British from purchasing cotton grown by slaves.
C. It discouraged the British from supporting the Confederacy.
Free-Soilers in Kansas outnumbered proslavery settlers by a margin of 10 to 1.
People were infuriated in the North and delighted in the South by the Dred Scott decision.
President Buchanan didn’t want to anger the North with his support of the Lecompton Constitution.
Stephen A. Douglas firmly believed that popular sovereignty would resolve the slavery issue in the territories.
False, true, false, true
13. Which country nearly went to war with the Union because of the Trent Affair?
A. Great Britain
B. France
C. The Netherlands
D. Russia
A. Great Britain
Say at least two roles that Rutherford B. Hayes had.
-was nominated by the Republicans
-had helped to clean up the corruption of the Tweed Ring
-was inaugurated president after the Compromise of 1877
8. Which of the following was true of African Americans and land ownership after the Civil War?
A. Many freed African Americans were able to keep the plots of land that they had farmed at the end of the war.
B. The government enacted programs to successfully provide African Americans with suitable farmland.
C. Many landowners refused to sell land to African Americans out of fear of losing cheap labor.
D. The majority of African Americans became landowners during Reconstruction.
C. Many landowners refused to sell land to African Americans out of fear of losing cheap labor.
Which of the following correctly describes a positive outcome of Reconstruction? Choose the three correct answers.
A. Slavery was abolished in all states.
B. The government distributed land to former slaves.
C. The percentage of literate African Americans increased.
D. Congress successfully protected the civil rights of freed persons.
E. African Americans only a few years removed from slavery were able to participate at all levels of government.
F. The Supreme Court widened the protections for African Americans under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
A. Slavery was abolished in all states.
C. The percentage of literate African Americans increased.
E. African Americans only a few years removed from slavery were able to participate at all levels of government.