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Question #1
When the Civil War ended, President Lincoln
A.   was confident that the transition to a peaceful nation would be relatively simple.
B.   believed Democrats would support Republican peace policies.
C.   gave no specifics about postwar plans, but seemed to support black suffrage.
D.   was confident that he would hold the office of president as long as he wanted it.
Question #2
What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?
A.   A Confederate victory forced Union commanders to question whether they could win the war.
B.   Weeks of battle and horrendous casualties produced only a stalemate.
C.   Union victory at Vicksburg gave Grant the advantage he sought in the western theater of war.
D.   The Confederates forced the Union army out of the deep South.
Question #3
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln
A.   reassured the South that he had no intention to interfere with slavery where it existed.
B.   declared that he did not have the power to execute the law in states that had seceded.
C.   promised he would not allow the South to fire the first shot in a civil war.
D.   threatened to declare war if any more southern states seceded from the Union.
Question #4
Habeas Corpus guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is the right of individuals to
A.   practice the religion of his or her choice.
B.   be charged with a crime if arrested.
C.   bear arms.
D.   a speedy trial.
Question #5
The Confederate capital was located in Charleston, South Carolina
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
What was General William T. Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?
A.   He planned to have his men confiscate Georgians' cotton and sell it to England.
B.   He planned to recruit former plantation slaves for the Union army.
C.   He orchestrated a scorched-earth military campaign aimed at destroying the will of the southern people.
D.   He intended to infect Confederate camps with typhoid fever.
Question #7
What did northern newspapers say after the Battle of Shiloh?
A.   Despite being a Union victory the newspapers ridiculed General Grant and said he was a drunk.
B.   They reported a Confederate victory and proclaimed the South had control of the Mississippi River.
C.   They reported a Confederate victory and predicted that the Union would not take New Orleans.
D.   The newspapers praised the Union victory and were convinced that General Grant was going to win the war for the Union.
Question #8
Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government, Confederate leaders
A.   forced every state to issue resolutions in opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation.
B.   denied the right of West Virginians to create their own state.
C.   continued their staunch support of states' rights critic Jefferson Davis.
D.   expanded their power by drafting soldiers into the Confederate army.
Question #9
Why did the “twenty-Negro law” enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?
A.   It targeted for military service every slaveholder with at least twenty slaves.
B.   It forced every slaveholder with at least forty slaves to turn over twenty of them for use by the government.
C.   It paid slaveholders scarce government funds for every twenty slaves they owned or supervised.
D.   It exempted any man who owned more than twenty slaves from military service.
Question #10
The 33 hour bombardment of Fort Sumter Major Anderson surrendered to Confederate General Beauregard.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
In Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, what did a Confederate state need to do to qualify for readmission into the Union?
A.   The state legislature had to guarantee the right to vote to all former slaves.
B.   High-ranking Confederate officials had to renounce their allegiance to the government in Richmond.
C.   Fifty percent of the voting population needed to pledge allegiance to the United States before forming a new government.
D.   Ten percent of the voting population needed to take an oath of allegiance before forming a new government.
Question #12
Due to massive land redistribution, the majority of freedmen and freedwomen prospered during Reconstruction.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
As part of Andrew Johnson’s presidential plan for Reconstruction he
A.   he allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.
B.   he bribed a Republican senator to support his Reconstruction policies.
C.   offered amnesty and restoration of property (except slaves) to anyone who took a loyalty oath to the United States.
D.   he sought to work with Congressional leadership in developing a joint plan for Reconstruction.
Question #14
What was the result of the impeachment trial of President Johnson?
A.   He was found guilty of the misuse and abuse of constitutional powers.
B.   He no longer interfered in Reconstruction.
C.   A not guilty verdict made him more powerful than ever.
D.   The Court found him guilty of violating the Tenure of Office Act.
Question #15
Southern Black Codes
A.   pleased northerners because they saw that the rule of law was returning to the South.
B.   were denounced by President Johnson and declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
C.   allowed former slaves to testify in court against whites.
D.   were state laws that controlled the lives of the black population.
Question #16
What was the result of the election of 1874?
A.   Republicans maintained slight majorities in both houses of Congress.
B.   Democrats won a majority of seats in the Senate.
C.   Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives.
D.   Democrats won a majority in Congress and took most state governorships.
Question #17
The purpose of the southern states passing black codes in 1865 was to
A.   extend to blacks the same rights that whites enjoyed.
B.   subordinate blacks to whites.
C.   extend civil rights, although limited, to freedmen.
D.   provide blacks with economic opportunities.
Question #18
After Ulysses S. Grant, the former Union general, was elected president in 1868, he
A.   became known for his anticorruption activities.
B.   proved a decisive leader.
C.   surrounded himself with skilled politicians.
D.   vowed to work for the security of all citizens.
Question #19
Special Field Order No. 15 protected southern white's from having their land confiscated by the Federal government.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
Who made up the majority of the Republican party in the South in the late 1800s?
A.   Carpetbaggers
B.   Owners of small businesses
C.   Scalawags
D.   African Americans

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