The Civil War and Reconstruction
What was the Union plan to...constrict...the Confederacy called?
A. The Boa Plan
B. The Anaconda Plan
C. The Big Snake Plan
B. The Anaconda Plan
Which president’s election was a major cause of the Civil War
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Chester A. Arthur
B. Abraham Lincoln
After the Civil War, what economic circumstances trapped African Americans and severely limited their new freedom?
A. Growth of new industries in the South
B. Ku Klux Klan
C. Sharecropping
C. Sharecropping
“The consummation which we celebrate is of great practical importance. It adds, instantaneously, nearly a quarter of a million voters.... This act is the completion of one of the greatest reforms ever accomplished by any nation. The revolution has been vast, rapid, grand. The despised chattel of 1860 is the respected voter of today.”
- Henry O. Wagoner, Jr., 1870
16. Which Reconstruction amendment is praised by Mr. Wagoner in this quote?
A. 13th amendment
B. 14th amendment
C. 15th amendment
C. 15th amendment
The 14th Amendment “naturalized” all former slaves in the United States. What does “naturalized” mean in this context?
A. To be made citizens
B. To be freed from slavery
C. To gain natural rights
A. To be made citizens
Which government agency was partially responsible for the Black literacy rates quadrupling from the end of the Civil War to 1890
A. The Internal Revenue Service
B. The Freedmen's Bureau
C. The Department of War
B. The Freedmen's Bureau
How did the sharecropping system affect many African Americans?
A. It kept them from attending school.
B. It kept them in debt peonage to landowners.
C. It kept them from reuniting after the war.
B. It kept them in debt peonage to landowners.
What is one major reason the Confederacy had success at the BEGINNING of the Civil War
A. Experienced leadership
B. Large stockpiles of food and guns
C. Superior fashion
A. Experienced leadership
Which condition in society was primarily responsible for the change in urban population?
A. Absence of agricultural employment in Southern Communities
B. Lack of political representation in Southern Communities
C. Availability of jobs in Northern cities
C. Availability of jobs in Northern cities
What was the primary reason for the Southern White population's hostility to freemen and women?
A. JealouslyB. Fear
C. Stupidity
B. Fear
What were the racist rules put in place by many Southern cities and towns directly following the end of the Civil War?
A. Negro Laws
B. Black Codes
C. Rules of Darkness
B. Black Codes
Why did John Brown lead a raid on Harper’s Ferry?
A. He wanted to start a Civil War
B. He wanted to go for a boat ride with his sons
C. He wanted to give weapons to slaves for an uprising
C. He wanted to give weapons to slaves for an uprising
Racial terrorism, injustice, and lack of opportunity led to what event?
A. The Great Migration (North)
B. The Black Wave
C. The westward Expansion
A. The Great Migration (North)
The Union won the Civil War because they had…
A. … better uniforms, better food, and a better attitude
B. … more people, more industry, more money, and a stronger transportation network
C. … better leadership, more land, and diversity
B. … more people, more industry, more money, and a stronger transportation network
How many African Americans were elected to the United States Congress from Southern states between 1870 and 1877?
A. 17
B. 2
C. 10
A. 17
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
A. Bleeding Kansas
B. Expansion into new territories
C. The moral and economic crisis of slavery
C. The moral and economic crisis of slavery
What year was the first African American elected to the United States Congress?
A. 1865
B. 1868
C. 1932
B. 1868
“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
18. Congress proposed this amendment in response to what Reconstruction problem?
A. the passage of Black Codes throughout the South
B. the rise in violence toward the newly emancipated slaves
C. the attempts by Radical Republicans to limit African American voting rights
A. The passage of Black Codes throughout the South
What skill became such a huge thing for the freed Black Community that
"...you will see children and in many cases grown negroes, sitting in the sun alongside their cabins studying."
A. Math
B. Science
C. Reading
C. Reading
This term was used to mean “breaking away from the Union”
A. Secession
B. Separation
C. Stagnation
A. Secession
Which Civil War General said this:
“I confess, without shame, I am sick and tired of fighting—its glory is all moonshine; even success, the most brilliant, is over dead and mangled bodies..."
A. "Stone" Jackson
B. William T. Sherman
C. Ulysses S. Grant
B. William T. Sherman
What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to anyone born in the United States?
a. the right to vote
b. the obligation to perform military service
c. equal protection under the law
c. equal protection under the law
“The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.”
–Thaddeus Stevens, 1865
What do Radical Republicans, led by Thaddeus Stevens, feel should be done with the reintegration of the Southern states into the Union?
A. They need to be forced into compliance with federal government demands
B. They should no longer have any federal representation in Congress
C. They should be forced to rewrite state constitutions to include black freedoms
A. They need to be forced into compliance with federal government demands
A. The right to a trial by a jury of peers
B. The right to pay income tax
C. The right to vote regardless of race
C. The right to vote regardless of race
Who said the following:
“The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.”
A. John Smith
B. William Jones
C. Thaddeus Stevens
C. Thaddeus Stevens