1: Robert E!. Lee surrendered because
his troops were trapped by General Grant's army
he realized that the South had been wrong to secede
Lincoln visited him and asked him to stop fighting
he was seriously wounded
he had lost at Gettysburg
2: As the Civil War/War Between the States began, the North had all of the following advantages EXCEPT:
a larger population
more railroads
more industrial capacity
superior military leadership
more gold
3: General Grant planned to end the war by:
leading a slave rebellion in the South!.
persuading southern civilians to support the North
fighting a total war to ruin the South's ability to fight
waiting until the South was tired of the war and then offering terms for surrender
none of the above
4: In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln stated that his main goal was:
to maintain a nation devoted to equality
to punish the Confederacy
convince the Confederates to abolish slavery
to negotiate a compromise peace
all of the above
5: Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the battle of the Merrimac and the Monitor!?
The Merrimac was renamed the Virginia
The Confederate ship destroyed several Union wooden ships on the first day!.
After this battle, wooden ships in battle were obsolete
The Union ship won a decisive victory
After this battle, the Union was able to resume its blockade of Southern ports
6: Which Union victory gave Lincoln the right moment to make the Emancipation Proclamation!?
Chancellorsville
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Second Bull Run
Antietam
7: Which of the following statements about women's roles during the Civil War/War Between the States is NOT true!?
They worked in jobs that had not been open to women before the war!.
Some women were employed in the armies as cooks and laundresses!.
Both armies drafted women into the service near the end of the war when there were not enough soldiers!.
Some women disguised themselves as men to serve in the army and to be close to their husbands!.
Women served as spies for both sides!.
8: Which of the following statements about the election of 1864 is TRUE!?
The Democrats nominated a popular southern leader to oppose Lincoln!.
Lincoln barely won and did not get much support from the soldiers serving in the field!.
The Democrats nominated a popular Union general to oppose Lincoln
The Democrat candidate proposed a more vigorous campaign to win the war
Lincoln ran unopposed!.
9: Which of the following battles meant that the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River!?
Mobile Bay
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
10: Which of the following battles did NOT take place in Virginia!?
Spotsylvania
Chancellorsville
First Bull Run
Vicksburg
Fredericksburg
11: Which battle marks the farthest north that the Confederate army got and so is called "the high water mark of the Confederacy"!?
Antietam
First Bull Run
Perryville
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
12: Which Confederate victory turned sour when General Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men!?
First Bull Run
Seven Day's Battle
Second Bull Run
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
13: The Union army was able to end the siege and capture which southern city the day after Gettysburg!?
Atlanta
Nashville
Vicksburg
Petersburg
Shiloh
14: Which of the following battles did NOT take place in 1862!?
First Bull Run
Hampton Roads
Shiloh
Second Bull Run
Antietam
15: Food, clothing, and education were provided to former slaves by the:
Congressional Reconstruction Acts
Thirteenth Amendment
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Wade-Davis Bill
16: An important result of the presidential election of 1876 was the:
Democrat party regaining the presidency
end of Reconstruction
impeachment of Andrew Johnson
creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
establishment of military rule in the South
17: After Reconstruction, blacks in the South began to:
gain more seats in state legislatures
lose interest in politics and government
segregate themselves from southern whites
lose political power
vote in ever larger numbers
18: Which of the following was NOT a cause of conflict between President Johnson and the Republicans in Congress!?
The President vetoed their Civil Rights Bill
The President tried to fire the Secretary of War
the President was too lenient in allowing former Confederate officials to vote and serve in government
The President was too harsh in his treatment of the former Confederate states
The President campaigned against the Republican candidates for Congress
19: What did the 14th Amendment do!?
Prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of race
Defined citizenship
Prohibited slavery
Prohibited poll taxes
All of the above
20: The Freedmen's Bureau did all of the following EXCEPT:
provide food and clothing to former slaves
send agents to set up schools
encourage former slaves to move north
provide medical care for former slaves
all of the above
21: Which of the following is in the correct chronological order!?
Wade-Davis Bill, 15th Amendment, 1st Reconstruction Act, Grant elected
1st Reconstruction Act, Wade-Davis Bill, Grant elected, 15th Amendment
Wade-Davis Bill, 1st Reconstruction Act, 15th Amendment, Grant elected
Wade-Davis Bill, 1st Reconstruction Act, Grant elected, 15th Amendment
Wade-Davis Bill, 15th Amendment, Grant elected, 1st Reconstruction Act
22: One reason the Radical Republicans began to lose power was that:
leaders such as Stevens and Sumner opposed their policies
many northerners lost interest in changing the South
the southern states were recovering on their own
President Grant urged them to step aside
None of the above
23: Which Reconstruction plan dissolved the governments of the Confederate states and divided them into five districts!?
Lincoln's plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Johnson's plan
Military Reconstruction Acts
15th Amendment
24: Who were native white Southerners who cooperated with the Republicans during Reconstruction!?
Carpetbaggers
Radicals
Scalawags
Redeemers
None of the above
25: The 15th Amendment:
officially banned slavery throughout the country
made blacks citizens
guaranteed blacks the right to hold public office
guaranteed blacks the right to vote
guaranteed women the right to vote
26: During Reconstruction, all of the following groups took part in southern governments EXCEPT:
former Confederate officers
northerners who went South
white Southerners who supported the Republicans
freedmen
all of the above
27: President Andrew Johnson vetoed the:
Wade-Davis Bill
Civil Rights Act
14th Amendment
Black Codes
15th Amendment
28: Congress' decision to bring impeachment charges against President Johnson was most immediately provoked by his:
campaigning against the Radical Republicans in the 1866 Congressional elections
readmission of former Confederate states
dismissal of the Secretary of War
vetoing of the Freedmen's Bureau
ending of Reconstruction
29: Which of the following occurred first!?
Slaves were freed
Hayes elected
Blacks get voting rights
Johnson impeached
Reconstruction ends
30: Andrew Johnson was made President Lincoln's running mate in 1864 primarily for the political benefits that would result from his:
being a Radical Republican leader
patient and compromising manner!.
being a Democrat from a southern slave state
having been a southern slave owner
all of the above
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