Download Civil War and Reconstruction Unit Exam Mr. Beward Multiple Choice

Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit Exam
Mr. Beward
Multiple Choice (30 questions, 60 points)—Please provide the BEST answer for each of the
following questions:
1. The "Black Codes" passed in the South early in the Reconstruction era were designed to
A. restrict the rights of former slaves
B. guarantee a minimum wage for former slaves
C. force former slaves to move to cities and work in industry
D. offer financial assistance to African Americans who had fought for the Confederacy
during the Civil War
2.
Which of the following men was not a presidential candidate in the Election of 1860?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Stephen Douglas
C. John C. Breckinridge
D. George McClellan
3.
Who was involved in Bleeding Kansas and the raid on Harper’s Ferry Virginia?
A. John Brown
B. Benjamin Wade
C. Charles Sumner
D. Edmund Ross
4.
What is the basic meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment?
A. Provide civil rights to all blacks
B. Give all men the right to vote
C. Prohibit slavery
D. Provide due process of law to all
5.
What is the basic meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment?
A. Provide civil rights to all blacks
B. Give all men the right to vote
C. Prohibit slavery
D. Provide due process of law to all
6.
What is the basic meaning of the Fifteenth Amendment?
A. Provide civil rights to all blacks
B. Give all men the right to vote
C. Prohibit slavery
D. Provide due process of law to all
7.
Who was the former leader of the Union army who challenged Abraham Lincoln in the 1864
Presidential election?
A.
B.
C.
D.
George Gordon Meade
Winfred Scott
John Hooker
George McClellan
8.
What were the battles considered the turning points of the Civil War?
A. Gettysburg and Antietam
B. Bull Run and Appomattox Court House
C. Gettysburg and Vicksburg
D. Vicksburg and Atlanta
9.
What is the basic meaning of the Anaconda Plan?
A. Defeat the South by destroying its capability to fight
B. Defeat the South in a quick, efficient war
C. Defeat the North by destroying its will to fight
D. Defeat the South in a quick, efficient war
10. What was the South’s basic plan for winning the Civil War?
A. Fighting a swift and offensive war
B. Win the war by fighting not to lose
C. Fighting a completely defensive war
D. Attracting the help of foreign countries to win the war
11. What battle convinced both sides that the Civil War would be long and devastating?
A. Bull Run
B. Gettysburg
C. Chancellorsville
D. Fort Sumter
12. What battle convinced Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. Antietam
B. Atlanta
C. Bull Run
D. Gettysburg
13. Which of the following battles highlighted the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant?
A. Shiloh
B. Vicksburg
C. Appomattox Court House
D. All of the above
14. What was the most important innovation of the Civil War?
A. The Gatling Gun
B. The rifled smooth-bore musket
C. Aerial Reconnaissance
D. Naval mines and torpedoes
15. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
A. John C. Calhoun
B. John C. Breckinridge
C. John Bell
D. Jefferson Davis
16. Which of the following was NOT part of Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
A. A loyalty oath taken by 10% of voters in the 1860 Presidential election
B. A promise to support the abolition of slavery
C. Forgiveness for most Southerners
D. None of the above
17. What was the essential difference between the Johnson and Lincoln Reconstruction plans?
A. Johnson’s plan demanded that all wealthy Southern planters take a loyalty oath
B. Lincoln’s plan demanded execution of all Southern leaders
C. Johnson’s plan demanded punishment for the South for the Civil War
D. Lincoln’s plan forced Southern states to wait ten years before a return to the Union
18. What US naval ship destroyed the entire Southern fleet during the Civil War?
A. USS Arizona
B. USS Connecticut
C. USS Monitor
D. USS Merrimac
19. Which of the following was not an advantage held by the North at the start of the Civil War?
A. The North held a 2 to 1 manpower advantage over the South
B. The North had more than double the railway miles that the South had
C. The North had a group of military leaders that were willing to fight
D. The North controlled 80% of American manufacturing
20. Which of the following is typical of the Black Codes passed in the South at the start of
Reconstruction?
A. Blacks in Southern cities did not have a curfew
B. Blacks in Southern cities were not allowed to carry weapons’
C. Blacks in the South could vote without penalty
D. Blacks received financial support to start new businesses
21. Which of the following were parts of the Radical Republican approach to Reconstruction?
A. The South was divided into five military districts
B. Southern Democrats were barred from office
C. The South was forced to ratify the Reconstruction Amendments
D. All of the above
22. What was the first great financial crisis in American history?
A. Panic of 1873
B. Credit Mobilier scandal
C. Grant stock scandal
D. Lincoln stock purchase
23. What political figure was in line to become President if the Senate removed Andrew
Johnson after his 1868 impeachment trial?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Charles Sumner
C. Preston Brooks
D. Benjamin Wade
24. What act by President Andrew Johnson caused the Radical Republicans to attempt his
removal via impeachment trial?
A. Violation of the Tenure of Office Act
B. Veto of the Wade-Davis Bill
C. Caning of Ohio Senator John Sherman
D. Refusal to sign the Fourteenth Amendment
25. How did the Republican Party react to the political fallout caused by the Johnson
impeachment trial?
A. By running Ulysses Grant for President in the 1868 Presidential election
B. By filing criminal charges against President Andrew Johnson
C. By passing tougher Reconstruction rules for the South
D. By appealing to white Southern voters
26. What Republican senator became President in the bargain that ended Reconstruction?
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Rutherford B. Hayes
C. Charles Sumner
D. Andrew Johnson
27. What was the main idea of the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court case?
A. That blacks who moved from slave state to free state were free men
B. That most blacks were still considered property
C. That slavery was forever abolished
D. That secession of the southern states was not allowed
28. What traditional weapons of war were devalued during the Civil War?
A. Bayonets and knives
B. Naval mines and torpedoes
C. Artillery and cavalry
D. Bayonets and mines
29. How many states had been readmitted to the Union by the end of the Civil War as a result of
Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3
30. What battle represents the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
A. Manassas
B. Vicksburg
C. Antietam
D. Gettysburg
Constructed Responses (write 2 of 3, 20 points each, 40 total points)—Please write a wellconsidered answer to TWO of the following prompts. Please make sure that you demonstrate
knowledge of the subject.
1. Compare and contrast the three major approaches to Reconstruction. Did Reconstruction
create significant change in the period after the Civil War? Explain your position.
2. Assess the leadership of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War? How did his leadership
affect the outcome of the Civil War? Explain your view.
3. Many historians consider the Civil War the world’s first modern war. Assess the validity
of this statement.