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1 Civil War & Reconstruction Test Review

2 Name the 5 causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism Slavery State’s Rights Election of 1860 Secession of Southern States

3 Define sectionalism Each region of the country focuses more on their own interests than the interests of the nation as a whole

4 What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to highlight the horrors of slavery

5 What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
To help slaves escape from the South

6 Why did john brown lead a raid on harper’s ferry?
He wanted to inspire a slave revolt

7 What was President Lincoln’s number one goal after winning the election of 1860?
Preserve the Union

8 List the years of the Civil War

9 What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina

10 Who was the president of the Confederacy
Who was the president of the Confederacy? Who was the #1 general of the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee

11 Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter

12 Where was the first land battle of the Virginia armies?
1st Bull Run

13 What were the advantages of the North in the Civil War?
Population Economy Stronger Army/Navy

14 What battle had the single bloodiest day American history?
Antietam

15 Name 2 ways that President Lincoln violated the Constitution during his Presidency.
Suspended Habeas Corpus Declared War without approval from Congress

16 What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freedom of slaves in the Confederate states only

17 What battle/campaign had the largest negative effect on the Confederate morale?
Atlanta Sherman’s March to the Sea

18 What were the border states ? Why were they important to the civil war?
They were the states in between the Union and Confederacy They were slave states that joined the Union and provided additional land, troops and supplies

19 What battle was the greatest victory of Robert E
What battle was the greatest victory of Robert E. Lee & the Confederate army? Chancellorsville

20 What 2 battles were the turning point for the war for the Union?
Gettysburg Vicksburg

21 What battle was the last major battle of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House

22 What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

23 What were the 2 requirements for a Confederate state to rejoin the Union?
10% of voters pledge loyalty to the Union Accept ban of slavery

24 Why did the radical republicans oppose lincoln’s plan?
They did not think the Lincoln’s plan was harsh enough and forgave all Southerners who promised allegiance to United States

25 What was the 13th Amendment?
Slavery illegal in the U.S.

26 Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth

27 Name 3 ways Southerners tried to prevent blacks from voting in the South.
Literacy Test Poll Tax Grandfather Clause

28 What group of people (other than Southerners) was angry about the passing of the 15th Amendment? Why? Women- They still did not have a right to vote

29 What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Court case that determined “separate but equal” is fair. Separate facilities for blacks and whites.

30 What was 40 Acres and a Mule?
Government would give former slaves 40 acres and a mule in order for them to start their life free from slavery Never happened

31 What were 2 ways southerners showed their hatred for the Former slaves in the south?
Jim Crow Laws Ku Klux Klan (KKK)


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