1. Unit 5 CRCT Review The Civil War
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2. The Civil War
1. During Reconstruction of the South, Georgia at first refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment passed by Congress. What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
A. It abolished slavery
B. It gave blacks citizenship
C. It gave blacks the right to vote
D. It gave blacks the right to own property

3. B. It gave blacks citizenship
Answer
B. It gave blacks citizenship

4. The Civil War
2. Why was the Freedmen's Bureau established by Congress during Southern Reconstruction?
A. To help moderate Republicans support Black Codes
B. To help veterans of the Civil War adjust to civilian life
C. To help Democrats defeat Radical Republicans
D. To help former slaves obtain food, shelter, clothing, and education

5. D. To help former slaves obtain food, shelter, clothing, and education
Answer
D. To help former slaves obtain food, shelter, clothing, and education

6. • Henry McNeal Turner
• Tunis Campbell
 3. Which of the following phrases BEST describes the men listed above?
A. Powerful Democrats during Reconstruction
B. Respected carpetbaggers during Reconstruction
C. African-American legislators during Reconstruction
D. Plantation owners during Reconstruction

7. C. African-American legislators during Reconstruction
Answer
C. African-American legislators during Reconstruction

8. 1. Which is a correct statement about the 1857 Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision?
A. The decision pleased both the North and South.
B. Abolitionists considered the decision a great victory.
C. Slaves were classified as property without human rights.
D. Expansion of slavery into new territories was declared illegal.

9. C. Slaves were classified as property without human rights.
Answer
C. Slaves were classified as property without human rights.

10. The Civil War
5. Which of the following amendments prohibited denial of the right to vote because of race, but not gender?
A. Fourteenth Amendment
B. Twelfth Amendment
C. Thirteenth Amendment
D. Fifteenth Amendment

11. Answer
D. Fifteenth Amendment

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13. The Civil War
1. Sharecropping was a farming system that started after Reconstruction. White landowners would lease plots of land to black farmers (sharecroppers). The farmers would work the land and produce crops for the landowners. The landowner would take the crops to market for a profit. Some people called this system a "new form of slavery." Why was sharecropping called a “new form of slavery?”
A. It changed the system so black farmers were in control of white landowners.
B. It made both black farmers and white landowners slaves to the market.
C. It made both black farmers and white landowners dependent on machines.
D. It kept the black farmers poor and dependent on white landowners.

14. D. It kept the black farmers poor and dependent on white landowners.
Answer
D. It kept the black farmers poor and dependent on white landowners.

15. The Civil War
2. Why did Southerners favor secession rather than accept Abraham Lincoln as president?
A. Lincoln did not receive a majority of popular votes.
B. Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
C. Lincoln said he would emancipate all slaves if elected.
D. Lincoln wanted settlers in territories to vote on slavery.

16. B. Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
Answer
B. Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery.

17. The Civil War
3. Why did federal troops occupy Georgia for a third time in 1869?
A. The General Assembly refused to write a new state constitution.
B. The General Assembly refused to set up and provide funding for public schools.
C. Georgia's legislature would not ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
D. Black legislators were expelled from the General Assembly and the Ku Klux Klan had grown stronger.

18. Answer
D. Black legislators were expelled from the General Assembly and the Ku Klux Klan had grown stronger.

19. The Civil War
4. Henry McNeal Turner was expelled from his seat in the Georgia state legislature because
A. He did not win the election fairly and honestly
B. He did not have the knowledge to be a legislator
C. He did not live in the district from which he was elected
D. He did not have the right to hold political office according to the constitution

20. Answer
D. He did not have the right to hold political office according to the constitution

21. The Civil War
5. What were the stages of Reconstruction in the South following the Civil War?
A. Military, constitutional, and judicial
B. Political, economic, social, and cultural
C. Presidential, congressional, and military
D. Loyalty, slavery, and political

22. C. Presidential, congressional, and military
Answer
C. Presidential, congressional, and military

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24. The Civil War
1. What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
A. It abolished slavery
B. It made blacks citizens
C. It gave blacks the right to vote
D. It gave blacks the right to own property

25. Answer
A. It abolished slavery

26. 2. After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
A. Vicksburg
B. Gettysburg
C. Bull Run
D. Antietam

27. Answer
D. Antietam

28. 3. Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
A. Alcatraz
B. Andersonville
C. Atlanta
D. Savannah

29. Answer
B. Andersonville

30. 4. Union forces attacked civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to
A. Retaliate for lives lost in the battle for Atlanta
B. Force Georgia troops to return home and defend Georgia
C. End civilian support by destroying key targets that aided the war effort
D. Punish the South for seceding from the Union and forming the Confederacy

31. Answer
C. End civilian support by destroying key targets that aided the war effort

32. 5. Which general led Union forces in the Atlanta Campaign, which resulted in the burning of the city?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Robert E. Lee
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. William T. Sherman

33. Answer
D. William T. Sherman

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35. The Civil War
1. The South needed to keep its ports open during the war
A. To maintain its navy for attacks on northern seaports
B. To maintain the only major transportation resource in the South
C. To ship and sell its cotton in Europe in exchange for supplies and arms
D. To protect privateers who were making millions in profits from the war

36. Answer
C. To ship and sell its cotton in Europe in exchange for supplies and arms

37. The Civil War
5. Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?
A. It was a railroad center.
B. It was a major recruiting center for the South
C. It was located halfway between tow state capitals
D. It had a number of factories that produced war supplies

38. A. It was a railroad center.
Answer
A. It was a railroad center.

39. The Civil War
3. What contributed to a lack of success of the Union blockade?
A. The South had a superior navy
B. Blockade runners slipped through the blockade
C. Great Britain found other ways to trade with the South.
D. The Union did not have enough ships to enforce the blockade

40. B. Blockade runners slipped through the blockade
Answer
B. Blockade runners slipped through the blockade

41. The Civil War
4. Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
A. Antietam
B. Gettysburg
C. Chickamauga
D. Atlanta Campaign

42. Answer
A. Antietam

43. The Civil War
5. How was the Emancipation Proclamation a concession to the South?
A. All slaves would be freed
B. Only male slaves would be freed
C. The South could keep their slaves if they stopped fighting
D. The slaves could decide if they wanted to remain on the plantations

44. C. The South could keep their slaves if they stopped fighting
Answer
C. The South could keep their slaves if they stopped fighting

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46. The Civil War
1. What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
A. One of the bloodiest battles in the war, it significantly turned the war in the Union’s favor
B. It was the first battle fought on Southern soil
C. It was the first battle in which black troops, fighting on the Union side, were able to participate in the war
D. The bloodiest battle in the war, it turned the war to the Confederate’s favor.

47. Answer
A. One of the bloodiest battles in the war, it significantly turned the war in the Union’s favor

48. The Civil War
3. The early 1800’s belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law was known as
A. Antebellum
B. Justification
C. Nullification
D. Ratification

49. Answer
C. Nullification

50. The Civil War 3. What was the “Georgia Platform”?
A. It was a statement supporting states’ right.
B. It was a statement supporting popular sovereignty.
C. It was a statement supporting the Compromise of 1850.
D. It was a statement supporting slavery throughout the United States.

51. C. It was a statement supporting the Compromise of 1850.
Answer
C. It was a statement supporting the Compromise of

52. The Civil War
4. Under the agreement listed in the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri entered the Union (United States) as a slave state while which of the following states came in as a free state?
A. Michigan
B. Kentucky
C. Rhode Island
D. Maine

53. Answer
D. Maine

54. The Civil War
5. All of the following statements were facts associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act except
A. Gave citizens in both territories the right to vote for or against slavery
B. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
C. Only Nebraskans were allowed to vote for or against slavery during the 1st year
D. A dispute broke out and many people were killed

55. Answer
C. Only Nebraskans were allowed to vote for or against slavery during the 1st year

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57. The Civil War
1. Which of the following statements about the election of 1860 is true?
A. Breckinridge wanted slavery to end in the South
B. Lincoln promised to allow slavery in the western territories
C. Douglas wanted states to have the choice to decide on slavery
D. Jackson wanted northern and southern states to end slavery immediately

58. C. Douglas wanted states to have the choice to decide on slavery
Answer
C. Douglas wanted states to have the choice to decide on slavery

59. The Civil War
2. After Lincoln’s election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
A. Henry Clay
B. Thomas Cobb
C. Alexander Stephens
D. Robert Toombs

60. Answer
C. Alexander Stephens

61. The Civil War 3. Which was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
A. The idea of states’ rights
B. South did not want to become dependent on the North for trade or goods
C. National debate over slavery
D. The idea of federalism

62. D. The idea of federalism
Answer
D. The idea of federalism

63. The Civil War
4. Under the Compromise of 1850, which of the following states entered the union as a free state?
A. California
B. Montana
C. Maine
D. Missouri

64. Answer
A. California

65. The Civil War
5. Which was NOT a fact associated with Georgia’s famous prison that opened during the Civil War?
A. It only housed Union prisoners
B. It was the scene of a prison riot that resulted in 10,000 dead Confederate soldiers
C. It housed more prisoners than any other prison camp at that time
D. It was overcrowded and provided soldiers with poor food

66. Answer
B. It was the scene of a prison riot that resulted in 10,000 dead Confederate soldiers