Civil War/Reconstruction

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union.

• It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

• that slavery diminished the national character

• that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

• that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

• that slavery should be abolished by executive order

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

• The nation was divided over slavery.

• Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.

• There was little support for abolitionists in the North.

• Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner

Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except

• spying on the enemy.

• working in factories.

• fighting on the battlefield.

• treating wounded soldiers.

Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?

• wounds

• disease

• frostbite

• starvation

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

• A. Lee succeeded in capturing a city in the North.

• B. The South suffered many losses while the North had few.

• C. The loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North.

• D. The outcome convinced European nations to aid the Confederacy.

What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• A. The Confederate troops deserted.

• B. The Union controlled all Southern ports.

• C. The Union gained control of the Mississippi River.

• D. The Confederacy enlisted more troops than ever before.

All of these were included in President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan except

• A. cancellation of war debts.

• B. new state constitutions for Confederate states.

• C. ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• D. guarantee of voting rights for freedmen.