Leading Up to the War
Why were Southern states concerned about the election of President Lincoln?
a. They thought he would outlaw tobacco
b. They thought Lincoln would increase taxes
c. They thought he would abolish slavery
d. They thought he would tax cotton
c. They thought he would abolish slavery
Supporters of the antislavery movement.
a. Abolitionists
b.Sectionalists
c. Nationalists
d. Southerners
a. Abolitionists
Most white men in NC supported which side during the war?
Confederacy
The amendment that gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
c. 15th
Why was losing Fort Fisher/Wilmington significant to the Confederates?
a. It was the capitol of the Union
b. They no longer had control of any major port city
c. That is where they held all their weapons
d. It was the capitol of the Confederate States
b. They no longer had control of any major port city
Prior to the Civil War, what did southern leaders threaten to do if a Republican was elected President?
A. secede from the Union
B. support the new president
C. flee west to the Pacific
D. declare war on the North
A. secede from the Union
Famous African American woman that was a spy for the Union army.
a. Harriet Tubman
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Maya Angelou
d. Rosa Parks
a. Harriet Tubman
Both the North and the South overprinted money during the war, resulting in what?
a. Inflation
b. Deflation
c. Depression
d. Increase
a. Inflation
The amendment that granted due process and citizenship to all those born in the U.S.
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
b. 14th
The nickname of Clara Barton.
a. "Angel in Scrubs"
b. "The Heart of the Battlefield"
c. "The Angel of the Battlefield"
d. "Mother Clara"
c. "The Angel of the Battlefield"
The first state to secede from the Union.
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. Texas
d. Alabama
b. South Carolina
Abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry.
a. William Lloyd Garrison
b. John Brown
c. Harriet Tubman
d. Sojourner Truth
b. John Brown
The type of boat the CSS Neuse II is.
Ironclad
Which example was NOT a method to disenfranchise (make it impossible to vote) Black Americans?
a. poll tax
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. Grandfather Clause
d. literacy tests
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
The major failure of Reconstruction for formerly enslaved African American people.
a. It did not end slavery
b. It did not help them move out of the South
c. Reconstruction was a great success
d. It did not provide land for the over 4 million people released from enslavement at the end of the Civil War
d. It did not provide land for the over 4 million people released from enslavement at the end of the Civil War
The party was formed in 1854 to help in the fight against slavery.
a. Democratic
b. Republicans
c. Nationalist
d. Reformed
b. Republicans
Abolitionist who was born into slavery and fled to England after writing a book about his experiences.
a. Harriet Tubman
b. William Lloyd Garrison
c. John Brown
d. Frederick Douglass
d. Frederick Douglass
One of the major battles in NC.
a. Battle of Bentonville
b. Battle of Gettysburg
c. Battle of Bull Run
d. Battle of Shiloh
a. Battle of Bentonville
The amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.
a. 13th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 16th
a. 13th
One of the main goals of the Freedman's Bureau.
a. To help newly enslaved people with food, jobs, land purchases and education
b. To help feed the impoverished southern states
c. To examine racial inequalities in the north and the south
d. To establish public schools in western territories
a. To help newly enslaved people with food, jobs, land purchases and education
What invention increased the demand for labor, and thus, slaves?
a. Steamboat
b. Railroads
c. Telegraph
d. Cotton Gin
d. Cotton Gin
Delivered the "Ain't I a Woman" speech at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
a. William Lloyd Garrison
b. John Brown
c. Harriet Tubman
d. Sojourner Truth
d. Sojourner Truth
Why did NC get involved in the Civil War?
They didn't want to fight their neighbors.
The supreme court case established "Separate but Equal."
a. Scott v. Sanford
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Marbury v. Madison
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
One of the ways President Johnson was lenient on Southern states upon reentry to the Union.
a. He was actually very tough on them
b. He offered a pardon to Southern whites and restored slavery
c. He did not require them to pay for any part of the war
d. He offered a pardon to Southern whites and restored all of their rights and property, with the exception of slaves
d. He offered a pardon to Southern whites and restored all of their rights and property, with the exception of slaves