Download 1 TEST = SLAVERY, THE CIVIL WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION

TEST = SLAVERY, THE CIVIL WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION
Name________________________________
Date_____________________ Period_____
I. Multiple Choice – Place the letter of the correct answer on the line provided.
_____1. The middle passage was…
A.
B.
C.
D.
The long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas that many Africans were forced to take.
The pathway from the South to the North that many escaped slaves made.
The voyage up and down the Mississippi River made by farmers.
None of the above.
_____2. Most Africans sold as slaves in the Americas came from which part of Africa?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Western Coast
The Eastern Coast
The Southern tip of Africa
The area around the Nile River
_____3. The trade cycle that brought goods from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, and goods from
the Americas to back to Europe was done in the shape of a…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Square.
Octagon.
Triangle.
Pentagon.
_____4. Many Africans ended up in the slave trade as a result of…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wars
Debts
Kidnapping
All of the above.
_____5. Which of the following most accurately describes the conditions on many of the slave trading ships?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They were very clean and sanitary.
They were often compact, unsanitary, cruel, and torturous.
They were very small because they were designed for short journeys.
None of the above.
_____6. Popular sovereignty was the idea…
A.
B.
C.
D.
That senators should be elected directly by the people.
That territories should be able to vote to determine whether they were to be free or slave states.
That the President of the United States should be elected directly by the people.
None of the above.
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_____7. Which of the following was NOT an abolitionist?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Frederick Douglass
John C. Calhoun
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
_____8. Which of the following best describes John C. Calhoun’s views on slavery?
A. He thought that slavery was morally evil and that it should be abolished immediately.
B. He thought that slavery was a necessary evil that needed to exist for the South to survive.
C. He thought that slavery should be contained to the South and that over time it would gradually
disappear.
D. He thought that slavery was morally good and that all society’s had one race subordinate to
another.
_____9. Which of the following best describes Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery?
A. He thought that slavery was morally evil and that it should be abolished immediately.
B. He thought that slavery was a necessary evil that needed to exist for the South to survive.
C. He thought that slavery should be contained to the South and that over time it would gradually
disappear.
D. He thought that slavery was morally good and that all society’s had one race subordinate to
another.
_____10. Which of the following best describes Frederick Douglass’s views on slavery?
A. He thought that slavery was morally evil and that it should be abolished immediately.
B. He thought that slavery was a necessary evil that needed to exist for the South to survive.
C. He thought that slavery should be contained to the South and that over time it would gradually
disappear.
D. He thought that slavery was morally good and that all society’s had one race subordinate to
another.
_____11. Which of the following did NOT solidify the North’s opposition to slavery?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Bleeding Sumner
John Brown’s Raid
_____12. In 1856 the Republican Party was created. Its primary goal was to…
A.
B.
C.
D.
End slavery.
Expand trade with Asia.
Expand trade with Europe.
Improve the infrastructure in the United States.
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_____13. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States. Soon thereafter, _____ became the
first state to secede from the Union.
A.
B.
C.
D.
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Missouri
_____14. At the beginning of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s #1 goal was…
A.
B.
C.
D.
freeing the slaves.
saving the Union.
destroying Robert E. Lee’s mansion.
None of the above.
_____15. At the beginning of the Civil War, the North had all of the following advantages EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A larger population.
More manufacturing and industry.
An extensive railroad system.
Strong, competent military leadership.
_____16. At the beginning of the Civil War, the South had all of the following advantages EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
They were fighting on their home turf.
They had a larger population.
They had brilliant military leaders.
They had a stronger motivation to fight.
_____17. In the Dred Scott decision (1857) the Supreme Court ruled that…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dred Scott should be set free because he had lived in free territory.
Dred Scott should be imprisoned for murdering his master.
Dred Scott was considered property and therefore did not have any rights to bring a lawsuit.
None of the above.
_____18. Which lady was known as one of the key conductors of the “underground railroad”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harriet Tubman
Mary Todd Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lady Gaga
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_____19. Which man was chosen to lead the Confederate Army?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
_____20. Which man was chosen to serve as President of the Confederate States of America?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Forrest Gump
_____21. During the Civil War, four states stayed loyal to the Union. Which of the following did NOT stay loyal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Delaware
Mississippi
_____22. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Freed all of the slaves in the North and South.
Freed slaves in the rebelling states.
Freed only those slaves in the border states.
Freed all Southern slaves who volunteered for the Union Army.
_____23. The Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Boosted Confederate Morale.
Nearly convinced the French to extend diplomatic recognition to the CSA.
Were the major turning point in the war.
Justified Peace Democrats’ criticism of Lincoln and the war.
_____24. Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
To restrict freedom of the press.
To enable Confederate sympathizers to be arrested without being formally charged.
To emancipate slaves in Washington DC.
To increase the size of the Army.
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_____25. All of the following are “firsts” associated with the Civil War, EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
It was the first time any state had discussed seceding from the Union.
It was the first time that Congress had passed an income tax.
It was the first time that Congress had passed a draft.
It was the first time that a sitting president had ever been murdered.
_____26. The 13th Amendment…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gave all men the right to vote.
Abolished slavery.
Defined citizenship and extended it to all men regardless of race or ethnicity.
Gave women the right to vote.
_____27. The 14th Amendment…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gave all men the right to vote.
Abolished slavery.
Defined citizenship and extended it to all men regardless of race or ethnicity.
Gave women the right to vote.
_____28. The 15th Amendment…
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gave all men the right to vote.
Abolished slavery.
Defined citizenship and extended it to all men regardless of race or ethnicity.
Gave women the right to vote.
_____29. What was Abraham Lincoln doing when he was assassinated?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He was quietly reading a book.
He was sending a text message.
He was making a phone call.
He was watching a play with his wife.
_____30. After Abraham Lincoln died Andrew Johnson became president. Johnson was not trusted by the Republicans
in Congress for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
He was a southerner.
He had been a slave holder.
He was taking a fairly “soft” approach with the South.
He tried to have Lincoln impeached when he was alive.
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_____31. Impeachment means…
A.
B.
C.
D.
A president is automatically removed from office.
Charges are brought against a president or federal judge.
A president must resign.
A president must pay a fine.
_____32. Carpetbaggers were…
A. People who tried to sell carpet to wealthy plantation owners during the Civil War.
B. Politicians and businessmen who moved to the South after the Civil War seeking economic and
political gain.
C. Northerners who were opposed to the war.
D. Political enemies of Abraham Lincoln.
_____33. Which of the following statements accurately depicts what happened to freed slaves after the Civil War?
A. Many continued to work the very same plantations that they had always worked and lived in
poverty.
B. Many went into the banking industry and became very wealthy.
C. Many fled the country to Canada seeking a better life.
D. Many went to work for the railroads earning a huge salary.
_____34. The Jim Crow South refers to…
A.
B.
C.
D.
The system of sharecropping that existed after the American Revolution.
The system of segregation that was put in place after Reconstruction collapsed.
The political system that did not allow poor whites to vote for president.
None of the above.
_____35. Which of the following was NOT a new technology that came about during the Civil War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Telegraph
Mini-ball
Ironclad ships
Nuclear bombs
_____36. Who won the Civil War?
A. The North
B. The South
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_____37. The presidential election of 1876…
A. Was resolved by a corrupt bargain that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to be elected president in
exchange for northern military troops being withdrawn from the South.
B. Allowed Abraham Lincoln to win a 2nd term as President and continue the fight against slavery.
C. Saw Ulysses S. Grant win an unprecedented 3rd term in office.
D. Saw John F. Kennedy become the youngest man to ever win a presidential election.
_____38. In the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled…
A.
B.
C.
D.
That “separate, but equal” was constitutional and that segregation could continue to exist.
That “separate, but equal” was unconstitutional and that public facilities must be desegregated.
That flag burning was constitutionally protected by free speech.
None of the above.
_____39. President Andrew Johnson survived removal from office by ____ vote(s) in the Senate.
A.
B.
C.
D.
One
Two
Three
Four
_____40. The federal government would not take any serious steps to restore and expand civil rights for Black
Americans again until…
A.
B.
C.
D.
The 1920s
The 1930s
The 1940s
The 1950s
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