Mr. K.'s Practice Summative

_____ caused the civil war.

(a)   won the presidential election of 1860.

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• John C. Breckenridge

• Abraham Lincoln

Why did the Southern states secede?

• The south wanted to buy Cuba from Spain

• Displeasure in Supreme Court decisions

• Fear of immigration

• Lincoln won the election

What years were the Reconstruction Era?

• 1865-1877

• 1850 - 1900

• 1863-1881

• 1877-1890

What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?

• Southern Republicans

• Democratic Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• None of the above

Pres. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan could be described as...

• ...punishing to the South

• ...favorable to the South

• ...fair to the South

• ...none of the above

Many freed slaves continued working on plantations because...

• they were comfortable with the work

• they feared change

• they were loyal to their owners

• they did not own land

Constitutional amendments 13-15 were designed to...

• ...provide equality for Blacks

• ...reconstruct life in the South

• ...push America into a new era

• ...all of the above

Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce were African-American______

• Governors

• House Reps.

• Senators

• Sheriffs

What legislation opened the door for the KKK and domestic terrorism to be used against Black citizens?

• Compromise of 1877

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Southern States Compromise