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Question 1

Which radical abolitionist planned to raid the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and use the weapons to lead a slave revolt?

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Beecher Stowe

John Brown

Stephen Douglas

Question 2

The Wilmot Proviso sought to:

Ban the expansion of slavery into the territories won from Mexico.

Allow slavery in every state.

Ban slavery in every state.

Allow each state to make its own decision on whether to allow slavery.

Question 3

In the Dred Scott decision the United States Supreme court ruled that black Americans were citizens of the United States with the same rights as whites.

True

False

Question 4

The Free Soil Party's platform called for:

subsidies for farmers and settlers seeking to make a new life west of the Mississippi River.

an end to slavery in Washington, D.C., and a halt on slavery's expansion in the territories.

annexation of Mexico.

giving women and blacks the right to vote.

Question 6

Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act feared it would overturn the Missouri Compromise and open western lands for slavery.

True

False

Question 7

Under the Missouri Compromise:

Missouri was admitted to the Union as a free state and Kansas was admitted as a slave state.

Missouri was admitted to the Union as a free state and Texas was admitted as a slave state.

Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

Question 8

Who wrote the best-selling antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Frederick Douglass

Uncle Tom

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Stephen Douglas attacked Abraham Lincoln as a "Black Republican" who supported on racial equality.Links to an external site.

True

False

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?

Tough new fugitive slave laws empowered the federal government to deputize regular citizens in arresting runaways.

California was admitted to the Union as a free state.

The New Mexico Territory and the Utah Territory would be allowed to determine their own fates as slave or free states.

Slavery was eliminated in the District of Columbia

Question 11

Which Union victory prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Shiloh

First Battle of Bull Run

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 12

United States Colored Troops (USCT) endured rampant discrimination and earned less pay than white soldiers, while also facing the possibility of being murdered or sold into slavery if captured.

True

False

Question 13

The ______________________________________ abolished the institution of slavery in the District of Columbia

Second Confiscation Act

First Confiscation Act

15th Amendment

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 14

Who won the election of 1860?

John C. Breckenridge (Democrat)

Stephen Douglas (Democrat)

John Bell Hood (Constitutional Union)

Abraham Lincoln (Republican)

Question 15

The riots that occurred in New York City in July 1863 were caused by:

veterans who had not been paid

Southern spies

food shortages

fears that free blacks would soon take the jobs of whites.

Question 16

The ______________________ Act was the first effort at a draft among the northern populace during the Civil War.

First Confiscation

Enrollment

Question 17

Which Union General reasoned that runaway slaves were "contraband of war" and that he had as much a right to seize them as he did to seize enemy horses or cannons.

General George B. McClellan

General Robert E. Lee

General Ulysses Grant

General Benjamin F. Butler

Question 18

The "hard war" tactics used by generals like William Tecumseh Sherman were designed to:

demoralize southern civilians and destroy the southern economy.

ensure the Confederacy would not be recognized by European powers.

emancipate runaway slaves that came under Union control.

encourage blacks to enlist in the Union army.

Question 19

Peace Democrats -- also known as __________________________ -- were sympathetic to the Confederacy and tried to push President Lincoln to negotiate an immediate peace with the South.

Question 20

General-in-Chief Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan got it's name because, like an anaconda snake, he planned to surround and squeeze the Confederacy into submission.

True

False

Question 21

The ___________________________________ was most infamous of the terrorist and vigilante groups who used violence and intimidation as part of a web of terror throughout the South.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Radical Republicans

Redeemers

Copperheads

Question 22

New Departure Democrats who focused on business, economics, political corruption, and trade and promised to restore local rule by white Democrats were called ____________________________.

Question 23

President Johnson's Restoration Plan called for all of the following EXCEPT:

Adoption of Black Codes

Repeal of the acts of secession

Cancelling all war debts against the Union

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

Question 24

The ______________ amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.

15th

14th

16th

13th

Question 25

Black Codes removed or repealed many of the laws restricting black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

True

False

Question 26

The _____________________________________ was designed to help ease the transition from slave to free life for ex-slaves.

Freedman's Bureau

Second Reconstruction Act

Third Reconstruction Act

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 27

Under the Compromise of 1877, Democrats conceded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes on the condition that:

all remaining Federal troops would be removed from the South

federal troops would continue helping blacks register to vote.

Southern states would not be required to ratify the 13th, 14th or 15th Amendments.

the federal government would not prosecute the Ku Klux Klan for any acts of violence

Question 28

Radical Republicans pushed the nation to finally realize the Declaration of Independence's promises of equality by ensuring the right to vote for women.

True

False

Question 29

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 provided for all of the following EXCEPT:

Prohibited discrimination in jury selection

Protected all Americans access to public facilities regardless of race (Restaurants, Theaters, trains, other forms of public transportation)

Made it a crime for any individual to deny full & equal use of public conveyances and public places.

Authorized the military to enroll eligible black voters

Question 30

The _________________ Amendment prohibited discrimination in voting rights on the basis of race, color, or previous status (i.e. slavery).

13th

14th

16th

15th