Study Guide; Unit 7 Test: Civil War & Reconstruction



Study Guide; Unit 7 Test: Civil War & Reconstruction

1. Which of the following most accurately describes Stephen Douglas’ idea of popular sovereignty?

2. All of the following figured prominently in the debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the

3. Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Whig party in the 1850’s?

a.

4. Which of the following was a political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856?

5. Why did the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scot case outraged public opinion in the North?

6. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increase sectional tension?

7. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

8. What was John Brown’s primary purpose in attacking Harper’s Ferry?

9. In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican Party?

10. All of the following statements about the 1860 election are accurate EXCEPT which one?

11. Which of the following was NOT a wartime advantage of the North?

a.

12. All of the following were part of the initial Union strategy to win the Civil War EXCEPT which one?

a.

13. The Confederate government was able to achieve which of the following goals?

a. Why was President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves in the first year of the war?

14. Which of the following best describes an immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

15. Which of the following was one of Lee’s major reasons for invading northern territory in 1863?

a.

16. Which of the following was NOT an economic impact of the Civil War?

17. Which of the following accurately describes northern politics during the Civil War?

18. All of the following were factors of defeat for the South EXCEPT which one?

19. What was one of the long-term political consequences of northern victory?

20. What was the purpose of Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans for reconstruction?

21. Why did a number of southern states pass black codes in 1865?

22. Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Freedman’s Bureau?

23. Which of the following was NOT provided for African Americans by Congressional Reconstruction?

a.

24. Why was President Johnson impeached?

a. An analysis of the election of 1868 would result in which conclusion?

25. All of the following were accomplishments of the Radical Republicans EXCEPT which one?

26. Which statement is true about most African Americans in the South at the end of reconstruction?

27. What did the “redeemers” support in the South?

28. Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?

29. Which of the following was a consequence of the shift to sharecropping and the crop lien system?

30. Which of the following was a serious constitutional question after the Civil War?

31. All of the following elements of the Radical Republican program were implemented during Reconstruction EXCEPT which one?

32. Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

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