Civil War & Reconstruction
1) The Underground Railroad was developed in the
1840’s in order to
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smuggle illegal goods into the country
help runaway slaves escape to freedom
provide a form of cheap transportation
stop illegal aliens from entering into the country
7) During the first half of the 19th century, the abolition
movement worked to:
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2) Which statement best explains President
Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War?
1. As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end
slavery in the United States.
2. President Lincoln wanted to keep the South
economically dependent on the industrial North.
3. President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to
defend and preserve the Union.
4. To keep the support of Great Britain and France,
President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.
3) Sectional differences developed in the United States
largely because
8) The need for agricultural workers in the early southern
colonies led to the
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lost Northern support for the war
broadened Union war goals to include ending slavery
strengthened the principle of state’s rights
brought a quick end to the Civil War
5) Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather
than in the North because
1. the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the
importation of slaves into the Northern states
2. Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
3. Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
4. geographic conditions in the South encouraged the
development of large plantations
6) As a result of Abraham Lincoln’s election of 1860, many
states called for:
1) another vote by the electoral college
2) congress to choose the President
3) an amendment ending slavery
4) secession from the Union
formation of labor unions
decision to industrialize
improvement in farming
use of enslaved persons from Africa
9) Which event led directly to the secession of Southern States
from the Union in 1860 and 1861?
1. adoption of a new fugitive slave law
2. passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
3. decision of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v.
Sanford
4. election of Abraham Lincoln as president
1. the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality
2. economic conditions and interests in each region varied
3. only northerners were represented at the Constitutional
Convention
4. early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas
4)By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President
Abraham Lincoln
end slavery
promote the civil service system
establish free schools
limit consumption of alcoholic beverages
"Compromise Allows Maine and Missouri to Enter Union" (1820)
"California Admitted to Union as Free State" (1850)
"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)
10) Which issue is reflected in these headlines above?
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enactment of protective tariffs
extension of slavery
voting rights for minorities
universal public education
11) Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction
were intended to
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provide legal and political rights for African Americans
end property and religious qualifications for voting
correct problems with the electoral college system
limit the number of terms of the president
12) The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts
by
17) The rulings of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford
(1857), and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) both demonstrate that the
1. the Federal Government to improve the status of
Supreme Court has
African Americans and Native American Indians
2. state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of
1. continued to extend voting rights to minorities
African Americans
2. protected itself from internal dissent
3. states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
3. sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities
4. the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out
4. often imposed restriction on free speech
Reconstruction plans
18) During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern
13) After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments,
states were attempts to
African Americans continued to experience political and
economic oppression mainly because
1. provide land to former slaves
2. punish former Confederate leaders
1. the amendments were not intended to solve their
3. repeal the Jim Crow laws
problems
4. deny equal rights to African Americans
2. many African Americans distrusted the Federal
Government
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3. Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
4. poor communications kept people from learning about
their legal rights
14) Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to
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deny African Americans the right to vote
extend suffrage to women and 18-year-old citizens
raise money for political campaigns
prevent immigrants from becoming citizens
15) The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku
Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of
1. the 14th and 15th amendments
2. the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of
Education
3. civil rights legislation passed in all states after the Civil
War
4. immigration laws such as the Gentleman’s Agreement
and the Chinese Exclusion Act
16) The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy
v. Ferguson (1896), provided for
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free land for former slaves
separate public facilities based on race
racial integration of public schools
voting rights for African-American males