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USHG Regents Review 2 (U3b-4)

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  • What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
    The new Southern Court system
    Southern government
    Organization that helped freed slaves
    Military group
  • What did the Dred Scott decision rule?
    Slavery was illegal
    Congress could ban slavery
    Enslaved people were not citizens
    Slaves could sue for freedom
  • What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction called?
    The Wade-Davis Plan
    The Ten Percent Plan
    Restoration Act
    Radical Plan
  • What were Black Codes?
    Slave codes
    Voting laws
    Plans to help freedmen
    Laws to limit rights of freedmen
  • Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
    Clashed with Congress over Reconstruction
    Started the war again
    Vetoed too many bills
    Freed slaves in all states
  • What was the goal of Radical Republicans?
    Lower taxes
    Support Lincoln
    Rebuild trade
    Punish the South and protect freedmen
  • What role did African Americans play in the Civil War?
    Many fought for the Union
    None
    Only fought in the South
    Only worked in factories
  • What was the Compromise of 1877?
    Re-elected Grant
    Ended Reconstruction
    Gave land to freedmen
    Created Black Codes
  • What was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal at the start of the Civil War?
    Punish the South
    Destroy the Confederacy
    Free all slaves
    Preserve the Union
  • How did the Civil War end?
    Lincoln resigned
    Congress ended the war before its conclusion
    The South won
    Lee surrendered at Appomattox
  • What was the purpose of Reconstruction?
    Create new colonies
    Rebuild and reunite the country
    Punish the North
    End taxes
  • Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point?
    It ended the war
    It freed all enslaved people
    It stopped a major Confederate invasion
    It led to Southern independence
  • What caused South Carolina to secede in 1860?
    The Dred Scott decision
    A tariff increase
    A slave revolt
    Lincoln’s election
  • What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
    Right to vote
    End of Reconstruction
    Equal taxes
    Citizenship and equal protection
  • Which advantage did the North have in the Civil War?
    More skilled generals
    Stronger support from Europe throughout
    Larger population and more industry
    More farmland
  • What was one lasting impact of Reconstruction?
    End of racism
    Immediate equality
    Constitutional changes for rights
    Peace in the South
  • The 15th Amendment protected
    Equal pay
    Public schooling
    Land ownership
    Voting rights for Black men
  • What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
    A civil war in Missouri
    Violent conflict over slavery in a territory
    A Native American uprising
    A protest in the North
  • What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    Freed slaves in rebelling states
    Freed all slaves
    Ended the war
    Passed the 13th Amendment
  • The main goal of the Republican Party in the 1850s was to
    Support state banks
    Protect industry
    Expand slavery
    Stop the spread of slavery
  • What was the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
    Announce victory
    Attack the Confederacy
    Call for peace
    Honor fallen soldiers and promote unity
  • Why was Lincoln re-elected in 1864?
    The South surrendered
    Slavery was over
    The war ended
    Northern victories boosted support
  • What was a scalawag?
    Confederate soldier
    Freed slave
    Southern white who supported Reconstruction
    Republican in the North
  • What was the goal of total war, used by Sherman?
    Attack only forts
    Protect civilians
    Limit destruction
    Destroy the enemy’s will to fight
  • What was a carpetbagger?
    Northerner who moved South after the war
    Freedman in government
    Union general
    Southern soldier
  • What was sharecropping?
    Owning land
    Buying land from the government
    Farming land for a share of crops
    Working only for wages
  • What happened because of/after Reconstruction ended?
    Growth of Northern cities
    New rights for freedmen
    Civil War restarted
    Rise of Jim Crow laws
  • Why was the Fugitive Slave Act controversial?
    It forced Northerners to return escaped slaves
    It gave states power over slavery
    It freed many enslaved people
    It banned slavery in new states
  • What did the 13th Amendment do?
    Gave women the vote
    Abolished slavery
    Started Reconstruction
    Ended the Civil War
  • Which strategy was part of the Union’s war plan?
    Block Southern ports
    Defend the Mississippi
    Attack Canada
    Avoid battle in the South
  • What issue most divided the North and South before the Civil War?
    Gold Standard
    Tariffs
    Slavery
    Foreign Policy
  • Why did Radical Republicans in Congress oppose Lincoln’s plan?
    Too lenient
    Too harsh
    It freed all slaves
    No tax reforms
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