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Unit 10
Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which sign would most likely have been carried by an abolitionist? | Ban Slavery Now |
| The debate over stated rights and the supremacy of the national government became increasingly important between 1820 and 1860 because of opposing views on what? | Slavery |
| A major cause of the Civil War was the issue of what? | State powers versus federal powers |
| Which is the best title for the list? -Uncle Tom's Cabin -Kansas Rocked by Bloody Conflict -John Brown's Raid Angers South | Events leading to the Civil War |
| The newspaper headline refers to "Secession"....what does "secession" mean? | Leaving the Union (United States) |
| Which book is Lincoln referring to? "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!" Lincoln to Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| According to the newspaper headlines, African American men were encouraged to do what? | Serve in the Union army |
| What do you think Douglass meant when he said, "Fire must be met with water?" | The Civil War must wipe out slavery just as water puts out a fire |
| How did the Emancipation Proclamation reflect the ideas of the Declaration of Independence? | It supported freedom for slaves |
| Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is similar to the Declaration of Independence because both do what? | Support the ideals of self-government and human rights |
| This part of the Gettysburg Address best characterizes which political idea? | Representative democracy |
| These people were important during the Civil War. Which match is INCORRECT? | Jefferson Davis-secretary of state for the Confederacy |
| Which Civil War leader is described? "There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." | Robert E Lee |
| The map indicates which of the following during the Civil War? | That the Northern region had most of the railroads and ability to transport supplies |
| Which would best complete the list of disadvantages of the South during the Civil War? -Smaller navy -Fewer railroads -??? | Lack of industries |
| Prior to the Civil War the North did what? | Was becoming a successful industrial society |
| What is one reason that the Union strategy for defeating the South included a naval blockade of the Southern ports? | To prevent Southern efforts to sell cotton in Europe in exchange for war supplies |
| The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it did what? | Gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River |
| What is the point of view expressed in the picture? African American and white soldiers shaking hands | White and African American soldiers made the same sacrifices on the battlefield |
| One goal of post-Civil War Congressional Reconstruction was to do what? | Ensure civil rights for former slaves |
| Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech indicates that his vision for after the Civil War was what? | Was for fair treatment of the South through peacemaking and rebuilding of the Union |
| The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution did what? | Abolished the institution of slavery |
| The primary purpose of the 14th Amendment was what? | Grant citizenship to African Americans |
| According to the 14th Amendment, state governments must do what? | Protect the individual rights of citizens |
| Which of the following increased because of the passage of the 15th Amendment? | Political participation of African Americans |
| The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were intended to solve problems by what? | Granting freedom, civil rights, and voting rights to African Americans |
| During Reconstruction, the function of the Freedmen's Bureau was to do what? | Provide assistance and establish schools for former slaves |
| Many Southern states passed Black Codes, which were intended to do what? "No negro or freedman shall be permitted to..." | Keep African Americans in inferior positions |
| After Reconstruction ended, Jim Crow laws continued segregation and did what? | Limited the rights of African Americans |
| What conclusion can be drawn by comparing the White school and the Black school pictures? | White student s likely received a better education than African American students |
| The box lists some reasons for the 20th century Great Migration, which involved what? -Racial violence and discrimination -Mechanization of cotton production -Demand for labor in cities | African American migrating from the South to the North |
| The Ku Klux Klan used beatings, house burnings, and lynchings in order to do what? | Prevent African Americans from voting |