Question 1

President Lincoln believed that

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no state should secede the Union.

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the South should be punished for its conduct.

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each state has the right to choose whether to belong to the Union.

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the country will survive if states choose to secede.

Question 2

What does it mean to secede?

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to withdraw from

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to abolish

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to accomplish something

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to make amendments to the Constitution

Question 3

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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Georgia

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Virginia

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Florida

Question 4

To focus interest on a region or state rather than the country as a whole.

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sectionalism

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secede

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emancipate

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abolish

Question 5

The northern economy was based on

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factories and industries

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agriculture and slavery

Question 6

The southern economy was based on

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agriculture and slavery

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factories and industries

Question 7

Having a larger population, and many factories and railroads were an advantage of the

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North

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South

Question 8

Having excellent military leaders, a strong fighting spirit and knowing the land were advantages of the

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South

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North

Question 9

The "best" Confederate general who encouraged the South to reconcile with the North after the war.

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Robert E. Lee

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Jefferson Davis

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 10

The "best" Union general who was given command by Lincoln who would later become a U.S. President.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee

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Andrew Johnson

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William T. Sherman

Question 11

An important resource during the Civil War - the Union gained control of it at the Battle of Vicksburg.

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the Mississippi River

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Savannah, GA

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Washington D.C.

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the city of Atlanta

Question 12

What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

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Gettysburg

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Vicksburg

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Fort Sumter

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Bull Run

Question 13

Former U.S. Senator who was elected President of the Confederacy in 1861.

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Jefferson Davis

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee

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Option 2

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William T. Sherman

Question 14

President after Lincoln who was impeached over Reconstruction differences after the Civil War.

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Andrew Johnson

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Robert E. Lee

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Jefferson Davis

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William T. Sherman

Question 15

Union general who marched to the sea and destroyed everything in his path from Atlanta to Savannah, GA.

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William T. Sherman

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee

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Jefferson Davis

Question 16

Two of the MAIN causes of the Civil War were

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sectionalism and slavery

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taxes and the economy

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sectionalism and loyalty to England

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states' rights and the economy

Question 17

The first conflict/battle of the Civil War occurred at

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Fort Sumter

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Shiloh

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Bull Run

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Vicksburg

Question 18

The Emancipation Proclamation "freed" slaves in the

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Confederate states

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northern states

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border states

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western states

Question 19

Lincoln's purpose of the Gettysburg Address was to

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dedicate the battlefield to fallen soldiers

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end the war

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free all slaves

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dedicate the war to all former slaves

Question 20

Lincoln's main message in his 2nd Inaugural Address was to encourage

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the North and South to reconcile and have "malice towards none"

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all slaves to leave their former homes and come to the North

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all people in the North to seek revenge on the South

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all people in the North to "adopt" a former slave family

Question 21

General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865 at

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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

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Fort Sumter, South Carolina

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Richmond, Virginia

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Atlanta, Georgia

Question 22

Who won the Civil War?

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the Union

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the Confederate states

Question 23

The term Reconstruction means

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to rebuild the South after the Civil War

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to rebuild the Confederate army in the south

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to reconstruct the White House afer the Civil War

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to build up industry in the North after the Civil War

Question 24

A northerner who went to the South after the Civil War who tried to take advantage of the disorganization

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carpetbagger

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congressman

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abolitionist

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scalawag

Question 25

A Southern white who supported the Union

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scalawag

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carpetbagger

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abolitionist

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congressman

Question 26

Which of the following amendments abolished  slavery?

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13th

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14th

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16th

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15th

Question 27

Which of the following amendments gave citizenship rights to African Americans?

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14th

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15th

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16th

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13th

Question 28

Which of the following amendments gave African Americans the right to vote?

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15th

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16th

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13th

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14th

Question 29

Who created the 10% Plan for Reconstruction?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Radical Republicans

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Democrats

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Confederate states

Question 30

Which of the following wanted to punish the states during Reconstruction?

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Radical Republicans

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Democrats

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Abraham Lincoln

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The Union

Question 31

Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using

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Black Codes

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the federal courts

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Freedman's Bureau

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congressional aid

Question 32

African Americans were provided with food, clothes, education, and more during Reconstruction by the

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Freedman's Bureau

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Jim Crow Laws

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15th Amendment

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Black Codes

Question 33

Which best describes the economic situation of many African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

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Slavery was replaced by the cycle of poverty through sharecropping.

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Advances in technology brought an end to agricultural work.

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Opportunities in the South outnumbered those in the North.

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Mining provided the best opportunities.

Question 34

In the Compromise of 1877, Hayes was elected President by the agreement to

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remove the last Union troops from the South.

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outlaw the Ku Klux Klan.

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allow Congree to impeach Johnson.

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support the 15th Amendment.

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