Civil War and Reconstruction Test

Religious revival leading to new churches, desires to help others, and many social reform movements

• Enlightenment
• Second Great Awakening
• The Era of Good Feelings
• Transcendentalism

Led an unsuccessful raid on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia and was executed for treason

• William Bradford
• John Brown
• John Marshall
• James Brown

What triggered/started the Civil War?

• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive Slave Law
• The Battle of Fort Sumter
• Compromise of 1850

Popular Sovereignty means

• allowing the people to decide
• proslavery Missourians traveling in armed groups to vote in the Kansas election
• a conflict between citizens of the same country
• all citizens are required to help catch runaways

How did the seceding states justify their right to leave the Union?

• They believed their states rights had been violated by the federal government, nullifying the contract between the states and the Union.
• They claimed they were being discriminated against and the Union no longer addressed their issues.
• They didn't need to justify it, the states are not obligated to remain part of the Union.
• Because the North was preventing their economic prosperity they had no choice but to secede from the Union.

Who was the author of the anti-slavery novel pictured?

• Harriet Tubman
• Angelina Grimke
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sojourner Truth

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

• radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
• a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
• a pro-slavery Senator
• a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

Why did Lincoln wait until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• He was hoping the South would finally come to its senses and give up the fight.
• He wanted Grant to lead the troops.
• He wanted a Union victory so as not to seem to desperate to make a political move.
• He didn't have the support of England until much later.

Although it was considered brutal by the South, it showed that Union victory was in sight and helped President Lincoln win re-election. What was it? 

• Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus 
• The Battle of Bull Run 
• Sherman’s victory at Atlanta and “march to the sea” 
• The siege of Vicksburg 

From earliest to latest, which chronology of events is correct?

•  South Carolina secession; John Brown’s raid; Kansas-Nebraska Act; Missouri Compromise
•  John Brown’s raid; South Carolina secession; Missouri Compromise; Kansas-Nebraska Act
•  Missouri Compromise; Kansas-Nebraska Act; John Brown’s raid; South Carolina secession
•  Kansas-Nebraska Act; Missouri Compromise; South Carolina secession; John Brown’s raid