Unit 5 Civil War

What was the Union's Anaconda Plan?

• to build railroads surrounding the Confederacy to better supply Union troops on the front lines

• to land Union troops at several points on the Confederate coast to surround Confederate armies

• to prevent supplies from reaching the South from overseas and cut off Confederate supply routes

• to send supplies and weapons by sea to Texas in order to bolster forces fighting in the western theater

How did the government of Georgia help delay the outbreak of the Civil War?

• by accepting the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by approving the Compromise of 1850 through the Georgia Platform and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by approving the Kansas-Nebraska Act through the Georgia Platform and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by accepting the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case and convincing other Southern states to do the same

Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It granted US citizenship to all freedmen and freedwomen.

• It granted all freedmen and freedwomen the right to vote.

• It outlawed the practice of slavery in the United States

• It freed all slaves in states rebelling against the Union

Based on your knowledge of Social Studies, what was the goal of Sherman's March to the Sea?

• to provide employment to freedmen and freedwomen living in the South

• to find and imprison the leaders of the Confederate government

• to cut off Confederate supply lines and disrupt the Southern economy

• to help freedmen and freedwomen find safe passage to Union territory

What was one outcome of the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat Henry McNeal Turner?

• It showed that the Democratic Party did not fear federal intervention in the state's affairs

• It symbolized the Republican Party's reluctance to work with the Freedmen's Bureau

• It sent a message that while African Americans could vote, they could not serve in political office.

• It caused many African Americans to shift their support from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party

What were Southern states required to do before applying for readmission to the Union following the Civil War?

• pay reparations to all African Americans in their territory

• arrest and imprison all Confederate officers and politicians

• ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

• adopt laws banning discrimination against African Americans

A man from the US government gave rations to elderly and sick people in the South after the Civil War. Which group did the man work for?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the American Red Cross

• the Tennessee Valley Authority

• the Underground Railroad

What were among the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau, a federal agency created following the Civil War? Select all that apply

• to provide food to the poor in the South

• to arrest Ku Klux Klan members in the South

• to establish schools and hospitals for freedmen

• to help elect African Americans to state legislatures

• to settle legal disputes between African Americans and whites

The ____________ resulted from President Andrew Jackson's attempt to balance trade between the North and the South through a tariff on imported goods

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• spoils system

• nullification controversy

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• raise taxes on the rich

• end government corruption

• nationalize major industries

• prevent the spread of slavery