Second Semester Final Exam Review

Out of the three causes of the Civil War, which one is associated with showing loyalty to a certain region or section rather than the whole country?

• States' Rights

• Secede

• Sharecropper

• Sectionalism

How did the Fugitive Slave Law affect both Freedmen and Escaped Slaves?

• It ruled that neither could vote in Southern States.

• It stated that they could work in the North only with special permission.

• Both Freedmen & ecaped slaves could be captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

• It did not affect Freedmen & Escaped Slaves.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It ended trade with foreign countries.

• It abolished [ended] slavery in the United States.

• It forbade travel between the states.

• It gave all freedmen the right to vote.

What were the "Black Codes"?

• Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.

• Laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans.

• Another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.

• Secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan.

What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865?

• General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.

• Union General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered the Union to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

• The final battle of the Civil War was fought, ending in a Union Victory.

• The final battle of the Civil War was fought, ending in a Confederate Victory.

The Freedman's Bureau was created in order to:

• Settle new immigrants to the South after the Civil War.

• Restrict the movement and freedom of newly freed slaves in the South.

• Force the South to rejoin the Union after the end of the Civil War.

• Educate, help, and provide food/shelter to newly freed slaves in the South.

What was "Reconstruction"?

• The era of time when the North and South were fighting over the issue of slavery.

• The time period after the war when the South was rebuilt brought back in to the Union.

• The name of the law that President Lincoln created to free all of the slaves in America.

• The name of the series of events that caused the Civil War.

What happened to President Andrew Johnson when he challenged the Radical Republicans for control of the Reconstruction efforts?

• The Democrats were able to take control of the Senate.

• The Radical Republicans supported him in his Reconstruction plan.

• The Radical Republicans tried to impeach [remove] him from the Presidency.

• Because he fought the Radical Republicans the Reconstruction effort failed.

Based on the graph, which section of North America had more RESOURCES during the Civil War?

• The Confederacy

• The West

• The Union

• The East

What happened to President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 in Washington D.C.?

• He was assassinated [killed] by Southerner John Wilkes Booth.

• The South officially apologized to him before the entire Congress.

• He was assassinated [killed] by Northerner Edwin Booth.

• He went to see a play with his wife and had a lovely time! Nothing bad happened...