Civil War Unit Assessment
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- Q1What were the contrasting views on slavery in our country?The South wanted the government to make a law making slavery illegalThe North thought the government should decide about slavery, but the South believed slavery was a states' rightThe North wanted slavery to be legal, but the South wanted it to be illegal30sEditDelete
- Q2Why was our Constitution amended during Reconstruction?To give Texas their independence and expand slaveryTo end slavery and to give the Mississippi River to SpainTo make peace with the Confederate states and allow slavery to spreadTo expand civil rights to former slaves and to come up with a plan to let Confederate states back into the union30sEditDelete
- Q3How did our government show its authority over the sates after the Civil War?The Union Army was sent down to keep an eye on the Confederate States until they could be allowed back in the Union.The Union Army was sent to England to help the kingThe Confederate Army was sent up North to make sure the slaves never made it to freedom30sEditDelete
- Q4What did the south do after Reconstruction ended?The North switched their economy to be based on plantations instead of industry.The South had an amazing economy right after the war and many freed slaves had a lot of money and great jobsThey passed the Black Codes and formed hate groups like the KKK because they were not happy that African Americans gained more rights30sEditDelete
- Q5How were women discriminated against during this time period?They fought with the South instead of the NorthThey were too weak to join the militaryThey were not paid the same as a man.They could not legally get a job30sEditDelete
- Q6How were African Americans discriminated against before the Civil War?They were forced to be slavesThey were mistreated based on their religionThey would not convert to JudaismThey gained suffrage before women30sEditDelete
- Q7How did women work together to gain equal rights?They helped pass the 15th amendment which gave women the right to voteThey went to the Seneca Falls Convention and protestedThey passed the Black Codes to protest civil rightsThe worked with Thomas Jefferson to sign the Declaration of Independence60sEditDelete
- Q8What group of people worked together to give African Americans more rights?Radical Republicans tried to give them more amendmentsThe KKK worked to give them more rightsThe black codesThe Confederate Army worked to give them more rights60sEditDelete
- Q9How were African Americans discriminated against before the Civil War?They were mistreated based on their religionThey were forced to be slavesThey were forced to move onto reservationsThey were freed60sEditDelete
- Q10What was the purpose of the Temperance Movement?To stop slaveryTo stop women from votingTo stop men from votingTo stop the sell of alcohol60sEditDelete
- Q11What was the main abolitionist group?Temperance movementSeneca Falls ConventionNational Trade UnionAmerican Anti-Slavery Society60sEditDelete
- Q12What did abolitionists want to do?To spread slaveryTo keep women from votingTo keep men from votingEnd slavery60sEditDelete
- Q13What was the purpose of Uncle Tom's Cabin?To show that the South wanted to end slaveryTo show that slavery was fair and justTo show that slavery was unjust and cruelTo show that the North wanted slavery to expand60sEditDelete
- Q14How did President Lincoln affect Union's ability to win the war?He expanded slavery with the Emancipation ProclamationHe supported the Confederacy with the Gettysburg AddressHe helped the South win the warHe renewed the Union's reason for fighting with the Gettysburg Address60sEditDelete
- Q15What invention really impacted the Civil War?small pox blanketsRailroadsguerrilla war methodsturnpikes60sEditDelete
- Q16What two border states were important to the Union winning the war?Maryland and VirginiaKentucky and MarylandOhio and KentuckyMaryland and Florida60sEditDelete
- Q17Why was the Union able to win the war?They had more factories to produce weapons and a larger populationThey had less people and fewer factoriesThey had better generals than the southThey had help from France and Spain60sEditDelete