Causes of Civil War
Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the south during the civil war?
A. to promote domestic industries in the South
B. to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
C. to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
D. to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union
B. to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
The excerpt below is from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861.
“So as to envelope the insurgent states and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan”
What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?
A. to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities
B. to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South
C. to sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South
D. to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports
D. to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports
How should former Confederate leaders be punished?
How should Southern states be readmitted to the Union?
How should four million freedmen enter into public life and the free market economy?
How should the economy of the South be rebuilt!
What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?
A. They rejected the idea of creating a group of new African-American voters sympathetic to their party.
B. They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction.
C. They agreed to let Southerners govern their own affairs without federal interference.
D. They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.
B. They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction.
the excerpt below is from the supreme courts descision in plessy v. ferguson (1896
laws permitting or even requiring the speparation of the races do not place a badge of inferiority upon one group over another. thus it is not a violation of the fourteenth amendment
what practice did this ruling up hold
a. job training for freedmen
b. free public schooling for all races
c. racial segregation by jim crow laws
d. african american participation in politics
c. racial segregation by jim crow laws
What was the main purpose of the reservation system?
A. To make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate
B. To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers
C. To provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the
D. To make it easier for indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture
B. To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the civil war?
A. Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery
B. Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts
C. The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law
D. Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain
A. Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamations
A. Slaves in Northern states were freed.
B. The war became a moral contest over slavery
C. Slaves in border states were immediatelv freed
D. African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army
C. Slaves in border states were immediately freed
Congressional Reconstruction
A. The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld.
B. The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.
C. Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly.
D. Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties.
B. The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.
The cartoon on the left by Thomas nast was published in 1874. What was the main message of this cartoon?
Cartoon description: KKK members holding a flag featuring African Americans
A. Opponents of reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.
b.Different groups of southerners were cooperating to rebuild the south after the war.
c. The Ku Klux Klan and other private associations in the south were assisting the freedmen.
d. The Fourteenth amendment protected the rights of freedmen despite the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
a. Opponents of reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.
In the late 1800s how did farmers challenge the unfair rate road monopolies controlling transportation routes?
A. by filing lawsuits in federal courts
B. by establishing the first national labor union
C. by passing Granger laws in state legisiatures
D. by proposing the Sherman Antitrust Act in Congress
C. By passing Granger laws in state legislatures
The statement below is from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scot v. Sandford (1857).
"We think... that Atrican Americans are not included and are not intended to be included under the word 'citizen' in the Constitution."
How did this decision contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War four years late?
A. It destroyed existing compromises that had kept the nation together despite differences over slavery.
B. It helped abolitionists in their campaign to challenge the Fugitive Slave Law.
C. It led enslaved African Americans to rebel in major Southern cities.
D. It resolved the issue of the extension of slavery in new Western territories .
A. It destroyed existing compromises that had kept the nation together despite differences over slavery.
What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
A. recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws
B. the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
C. an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation
D. the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territory North of 36°30 N
B. the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens, including formerly enslaved individuals?
A. Ist Amendment
B. 13th Amendment
C. 14th Amendment
D. 15th Amendment
C. 14th Amendment
The cartoon on the left by Thomas Nast was published in 1874.
Cartoon Description: Members of KKK holding up banner intimidating African Americans.
What was the main message of this cartoon?
A. Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.
B. Different groups of Southerners were cooperating to rebuild the South after the war.
C. The Ku Klux Klan and other private associations in the South were assisting the freedmen.
D. The 14th Amendment protected the rights of freedmen despite the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
A. Opponents of reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen
What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy introduced by the Dawes Act (1887) for American Indians?
A. Indians attended reservation schools and learned a trade.
B. Indians could own and farm 160 acres of their own land.
C. Indians learned English and could gain the right to vote.
D. Indians saw the survival of their traditional cultures threatened
D. Indians saw the survival of their traditional cultures threatened
Which point of view on the cause of the Civil War would have been held by a Northern Republican?
A. Southern state governments had an obligation to secede once a majority of their voters had approved it
B. Abolitionists caused the Civil War by placing the abolition of slavery ahead the need to preserve the Union.
C. Those voters who elected Abraham Lincoln caused the war by ignoring the fears of many white Southerners.
D. Southern slaveholders were so devoted to the immoral system of slavery that they betrayed the nation to preserve this practice.
B. Abolitionists caused the Civil War by placing the abolition of slavery ahead the need to preserve the Union.
The graph below compares the resources of the North and South during the Civil War.
Graph Description: The North has more resources than the South in all categories.
Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantage in resources shown in the graph?
A. The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain
B. The South would use its pool of talented military experience
C. The South would surround and capture several major Union cities
D. The South would keep fighting until Northerners became discouraged
C. The South would surround and capture several major Union cities
What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?
A. They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B. They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights
C. They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.
D. They prevented President Johnson from sending federal troops to the South.
B. They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights
which phrase completes the diagram
black codes and jim crow laws and whsat they have included
a discrimnated against african americans
b.requiered racial segregation in all public places
c.provided americans of all races with equal rights under the law
d. denied african americans any freedom of movement or basic civil rights
b.requiered racial segregation in all public places
What was the purpose of the Grange movement?
A. to fight the corruption of political machines in cities
B. to break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests
C. to halt the influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
D. to agitate for government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones
D. to agitate for government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones
Stephen Douglas delivered the speech below in Illinois in October 1856.
"The next question… is can the people of a territory in any lawful way.. exclude slavery from their limits… In my opinion the people of a territory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery… It matters not what way the supreme court may hereafter decide… for the reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere unless it is supported by local police regulations. Those police regulations can only be established by the local legislature… "
Which of the following did Stephen Douglas support in this speech?
A Wilmot Provise
B. Ostend Manifesto
C. Freeport Doctrine
D. Dred Scott decision
C. Freeport Doctrine
Which constitutional issue was raised in the North during the Civil War?
A. Did citizens who were fighting in the Union Army have a right to vote regardless of their age?
B. Did political opponents have the right to advocate negotiations with the South to stop the fighting?
C. Did the President and Congress have the right to raise an armed force to put down the rebellion of the South?
D. Did the President have the right to suspend habeas corpus in order to keep in prison those who spoke against the war effort?
B. Did political opponents have the right to advocate negotiations with the South to stop the fighting?
Which is the best contemporary definition of a "carpetbagger"?
A. a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen's Bureau
B. a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War
C. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
D. a freedman entitled to vote
B. a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude. -The 15th Amendment
Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this Amendment?
A. African-American freedmen had more ways to participate in government in the nation's first experiment in interracial democracy.
B. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.
C. White and black children in Southern states were required to attend separate, racially segregated public schools, and to use separate playgrounds.
D. "Jim Crow" Laws imported racial segregation in public places, including trains, restaurants, and hotels.
B. Poll taes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.
Built sod houses, used dry farming techniques, used barbed wire fences, burned cow and buffalo chip for fuel, windmills pumped water, steel plow used for tough soil
What would be the best title for the box above?
A. Methods used by Forty-Niners to Stake Claims
B. Sources of Conflict between ranchers and farmers
C. How farmers adapted to conditions on the great plains
D. how American indians and Western farmers cooperated
C. How farmers adapted to conditions on the great plains