Retest of SA: Civil War and Reconstruction Test

Type your name in the box below. Why did the Southern states have trouble recovering after the Civil War?Select all that apply. Many Southern farms and plantations were destroyed. Southern plantation owners had mainly used slave labor. The Union Army destroyed railroads and bridges in the South. European countries refused to buy cotton from Southern states. Most Southern men had been employed by the Confederate Army. The federal government refused to provide aid to needy Southerners. Why was Jefferson Davis a popular choice for president of the Confederate States of America? He was a famous hero of the American Revolution. He was a famous hero of the Mexican-American War. He was well known because he helped write the US Constitution. He was well known because he helped lead a raid on Harpers Ferry. What made the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War? The Union victory convinced Great Britain to support the Union. The Confederate victory convinced France to support the Confederacy. The Confederate victory allowed the Confederacy to capture Union territory. The Union victory forced the Confederacy to stop advancing into Union territory. Who was William T. Sherman? a general in the Union Army during the Civil War a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War a member of the US Senate during the Civil War a member of the Confederate Senate during the Civil War What was the goal of Sherman's March to the Sea? freeing slaves in the Southern states recruiting people to join the Union Army destroying Southern railroads and war supplies retreating to the North before the Union lost more men Why did Robert E. Lee take up arms against the United States of America even though he considered himself a patriot? Lee was a Union general to the Confederate States of America. Lee valued his loyalty to the State of Virginia more than the issue of slavery. Lee was a dishonest person and was not loyal to any country or state. Lee worked as a spy for the United States while pretending to fight against it. What did Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation do when it took effect? It freed all slaves in the United States. It freed all slaves in the Confederacy. It granted freed slaves the right to vote. It gave freed slaves a plot of land to farm. What factors prevented the Freedmen's Bureau from accomplishing its goals?Select all that apply. the redirection of resources to the settlement of the West the passage of Jim Crow laws in Southern states refusal of American Indians to leave their homelands a federal prohibition on the practice of sharecropping lack of constitutional protections for former slaves violence directed toward African Americans in the South What did the Fourteenth Amendment establish in the United States? that the practice of slavery was illegal that the right to vote was held by all men that states could not limit the rights of citizens that states had the right to secede from the Union Why did US states enact Jim Crow laws? to provide job opportunities for struggling families to provide food and medical care for those in need to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights to prevent local governments from oppressing their citizens John Brown angered many Southerners because he threatened to change their way of life. How did his actions do so? He destroyed railroads that farmers used to ship their crops. He burned the cotton crops that farmers sold to make a living. He wanted to free the slaves, who did much of the work in the South. He attacked the British, who bought most of the cotton grown in the South. How did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin help cause the Civil War? By increasing the discrimination against African Americans in the North By increasing the demands for the government to end slavery in all states By causing the federal government to increase taxes in Southern states By convincing Southerners they should not buy goods made in the North Read the statement from a US senator. Then answer the question that follows.“Mr. President, the cause of this great [conflict] in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which we now fear, originates chiefly from questions growing out of the . . . rights of the different States and the unfortunate subject of slavery.”The senator was describing the causes of which war? The Civil War The First Seminole War The Revolutionary War The War of 1812 During the 1850’s, demands for the federal government to respect the rights of states caused which of these difficulties? Challenges to the federal government by Southern states Challenges to the federal government by Northern states Conflicts witnin the Northern states over the meaning of the Constitution Conflicts within the Southern states over the meaning of the Constitution Which difference between the North and South helped cause the Civil War? There were more slaves in the South, and wealthy slave owners believed their way of life would be destroyed if the federal government outlawed slavery. There were more factories in the South, and many factory workers believed their way of life would be destroyed if the federal government raised taxes. There were more shipping companies in the South, and boat builders believed they would not have enough business if the federal government outlawed foreign trade. There were more American Indians in the South, and many farmers believed they would not have enough labor if the federal government forced the American Indians to move Map Label each letter with one of the following man-made features.New York CityBostonPhiladelphiaWashington, D.C.GettysburgErie Canal Erie Canal Boston New York City Philadelphia Gettysburg Washington, D.C.