Sectionalism thru Reconstruction

This map shows a part of the eastern United States.

Which location on the map was the site of a turning point in the Civil War?

Select the correct answer.

This excerpt is from a newspaper article published in Tennessee during the late 1800s.  

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, which outcome was President Johnson trying to prevent?

• The abolition of slavery within the country and in all territories under government control

• Granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all person born in the country

• The use of government resources to protect the rights of citizens to practice any religion of their choice

• Protecting the rights of individuals to bear arms and assemble in peaceful protest

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court.

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

• Both groups were able to vote in elections.

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes.

Why did Congress pass the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To include a portion of the enslaved population when determining a state's total population

• To make sure that stats of large and small populations had a voice in Congress

• To satisfy slave states by creating a system for the capture of escaped enslaved people

• To maintain an equal balance between free and slave states in Congress

Based on the map and your knowledge of U.S. history, which outcomes resulted from this compromise?

• California was admitted into the union as a free state.

• A parallel was designated as the boundary between free and slave states.

• Southern state legislatures failed to get a new fugitive-slave law passed.

• The Florida territory was purchased from Spain and admitted as a free state.

Based on the map and your knowledge of U.S. history, which outcomes resulted from this compromise?

• New territories were given the power to decide the issue of slavery.

• A parallel was designated as the boundary between free and slave states.

• Southern state legislatures failed to get a new fugitive-slave law passed.

• The Florida territory was purchased from Spain and admitted as a free state.

Which statements express a goal of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

Select TWO correct answers.

• New state constitutions must be written immediately!

• Former slaves must leave the South!

• The rights of African Americans in the south must be protected!

• Improvements of the railroads must cease until peace is achieved!

Which statement describes the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Many enslaved people read the book and used it as a guide to escape to the North.

• Many members of Congress supported an amendment making the practice of slavery illegal.

• Many plantation owners in the South decided to set enslaved people free.

• Many Northerners changed how they felt about slavery and supported abolition.

Which statement describes the role of this newspaper and its publisher?

• John Brown used the newspaper to recruit people to his antislavery cause.

• William Lloyd Garrison used the newspaper to push for the emancipation of all enslaved people.

• Frederick Douglass used the newspaper to help end the practice of slavery.

• Harriet Tubman used the newspaper to recruit people to assist escaped enslaved people.

Which breakthrough did Hiram Rhodes Revels accomplish during Reconstruction?

• He became the first African American to publish literature.

• He became the first African American to build wealth as a carpetbagger.

• He became the first African American to win a seat in the U.S. Congress.

• He became the first African American soldier to serve in an integrated Union Army unit.