2023-Civil War Through Reconstruction Assessment PDF

2023-Civil War through Reconstruction assessment Questions - 55 All cell phones and other materials need to be put away for test...

2023-Civil War through Reconstruction assessment Questions - 55 All cell phones and other materials need to be put away for testing. - Q.1) Within the last paragraph of the message, Davis explained the position or view of A. The Confederacy. B. The West. C. Union states. D. Southern states. Q.2) The position taken in the first paragraph most closely reflected A. John Bell's views from the Election of 1860. B. John Adams' view on the Marbury case. C. the position taken by John Marshall in the McCulloch case. D. the justification used by South Carolina in the nullification crisis. Q.3) In the first paragraph, the use of sovereignty means A. being able to make independent political decisions. B. being controlled by an outside political force. C. being overseen by a federal government. D. being fully accountable to another political group. Q.4) The term (or years of service) for the position which the speaking politician held, ended in A. 1865. B. 1861. C. 1863. D. 1862. - Q.5) Despite his support for __________________ Douglas seemed to be forcing slavery upon the people of a territory in this cartoon. A. isolationism. B. popular sovereignty C. stop and frisk D. southern nullification. Q.6) Notice how the person (with the forced open mouth) is identified in the bold lettering under the cartoon. The group to which he belonged eventually found a home as part of the __________ Party. A. Republican B. American C. Northern Nativist D. Southern Democratic "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws of the United States, and who has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the first January, eighteen hundred and. sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands, upon which said person may have filed a preemption claim, or which may, at the time the application is made, be subject to preemption at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre; or eighty acres or less of such unappropriated lands, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to be located in a body, in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, and after the same shall have been surveyed: Provided, That any person owning and residing on land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other land lying contiguous to his or her said land, which shall not, with the land so already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres." - Federal legislation, 19th century Q.7) This legislation was most likely the A. Second Morrill Act B. Pacific Railway Act C. Homestead Act D. First Morrill Act Q.8) This legislation was most likely passed by Congress in the A. 1880's. B. 1860's. C. 1850's. D. 1840's. "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." -Source: 19th century presidential document  Q.9) It is most likely that this passage came from the A. Presidential instructions suspending habeas corpus. B. Official Emancipation C. First Morrill Act. Proclamation. D. Second Morrill Act. Q.10) This document was intentionally issued in the immediate aftermath of A. Antietam. B. Gettysburg. C. Bull Run. D. Petersburg. - Q.11) This document differed from the preamble of US Constitution by referencing A. the purposes of B. the intentions behind the government. government. C. the idea of liberty for the American D. the Christian God. people. Q.12) This document most clearly articulated A. populism. B. progressivism. C. states' rights. D. egalitarianism. - Q.13) The area of the map with the WIDE diagonal lines (aka plenty of space between them) were associated with _________________ in the Compromise of 1850. A. nullification. B. secession controversies. C. popular sovereignty. D. states' rights. Q.14) Beyond the map, the Compromise included a section on A. large scale tariff B. industrial production. reductions. C. disenfranchisement D. fugitive slaves. Source: 19th century poem Q.15) This poem was written in the aftermath of the A. Brown raid on Antietam. B. Brown raid on Harper's Ferry. C. Brown raid on Gettysburg. D. Brown raid on Harrisburg. Q.16) Within the poem, "Shenandoah" has a connection to A. Virginia. B. Florida. C. North Carolina. D. Georgia. - Q.17) This recent political cartoon seems to highlight the fact that A. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address always received respect and acclaim. B. that people wished to hear Andrew Johnson speak at Gettysburg rather than President Lincoln. C. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was revered from the moment Lincoln stepped down from the podium. D. the significance of the Gettysburg address was realized long after the speech was delivered. Q.18) The battle which preceded this speech was sometimes referred to as the A. low tide of the Union. B. neutral ground of the Europeans. C. emancipation ground of the D. high tide of the abolitionists. Confederacy.  Q.19) After the battle of Gettysburg, A. there were at least two more Civil War battles fought on Northern soil. B. Britain and France renewed plans to recognize the Confederacy. C. there was never another major Eastern Civil War battle fought on Union soil. D. the war dragged on for almost five more years. When reflecting upon Reconstruction, the North Carolina governor of the era noted that "nobody can anticipate the action of revolutions." Q.20) This quote made it clear that A. revolutions are clear cut and easy to follow. B. revolutions have a well known and predictable conclusion. C. revolutions have highly predictable stages. D. revolutions are plagued by unpredictability. Q.21) An outcome of the Reconstruction period which proves the point behind the quote is A. the reliable support of abolitionists for ending slavery. B. the dedication of former Whigs to internal improvements. C. the faltering Republican commitment to equality by the 1870's. D. the minimal use of rifles from the Mexican War through the Civil War. Within this 1864 political cartoon, the bottom slogan on the left reads "Union and Liberty" while the one on the right says "Union and Slavery." Q.22) Within this election propaganda, the person on the left side of the left panel is A. Lincoln while McClellan is featured on the right side. B. Douglas while Lincoln is featured on the right side. C. Bell while Douglas is featured on the right side. D. Breckinridge while Bell is featured on the right side. Q.23) In the election contest depicted here, the Democratic candidate ran against the _________ ticket. A. Confederate. B. Constitutional Union. C. Union. D. Whig. - Q.24) In this 1864 political cartoon, Lincoln expressed support for his confident, tenacious and ferocious Union "bull dog" A. Robert Lee. B. Andrew Johnson. C. Stonewall Jackson. D. Ulysses Grant. Q.25) The ferocious Union "bull dog" spent the end of the war focused on fighting in the _______theater. A. Western B. Northeastern C. Eastern D. Southwestern "Americans faced an overwhelming task after the Civil War and emancipation: how to understand the tangled relationship between two profound ideas - healing and justice... [T]hese two aims never developed in historical balance. One might conclude that this imbalance between outcomes of sectional healing and racial justice was simply America's inevitable historical condition... But theories of inevitability... are rarely satisfying... The sectional reunion after so horrible a civil war was a political triumph by the late nineteenth century, but it could not have been achieved without the resubjugation of many of those people whom the war had freed from centuries of bondage. This is the tragedy lingering on the margins and infesting the heart of American history from Appomattox to World War I." - David Blight, historian, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, 2001  Q.26) A change immediately following the Civil War aimed at achieving the racial "justice" inferred from the passage was the A. campaign by the federal government to eliminate poverty. B. integration of the United State C. creation of the Civil War army. amendments. D. creation of the 19th amendment. Q.27) Which of the following best characterized the "sectional reunion" Blight described? A. The federal government deployed many troops into the South and established aid for former slaves. B. Gilded Age financial policies encouraged economic growth in the North and South. C. White laborers in the North and African American farmers in the South joined together in the Populist movement. D. A political compromise which led to the abandonment of Republican Reconstruction. -  Q.28) This ticket had to have been printed A. before Lincoln's B. during the initial Presidential assassination. Reconstruction. C. after the beginning of Military Reconstruction. D. before the presidential veto of the Freeman's Bureau bill. Q.29) The activity described in this ticket would lead to A. the removal of a president from office. B. the group missing conviction by one C. the official end of vote. Reconstruction. D. the release of Tunis Campbell from prison. -  Q.30) These types of agreements put freed people into exploitive situations as they were laboring as A. land owners. B. metal workers. C. sharecroppers. D. skilled artisans. Q.31) When considering the impact of these types of agreements, most historians would conclude that A. the South became a devastated land of suffering Confederates. B. resettlement to the North resolved all the concerns of exploited people. C. transcontinental transportation supported the lives of exploited people. D. the North won the war but the South won the peace. Q.32) Many of these types of agreements would have been worked out between freed people and A. former abolitionists. B. former slave owners. C. new Southern industrialists. D. Western land owners. -  Q.33) Within this 1860 piece politicians are depicting all of the following political groups with the EXCEPTION of the A. Republicans. B. Constitutional Union. C. Nativist candidates. D. Northern Democrats. Q.34) Which of the following politicians was depicted in the political cartoon? A. Frederick Douglass B. Abe Lincoln C. John Fremont D. Martin Van Buren Q.35) It is likely that this political cartoon depicted the circumstances surrounding the presidential election of 1860 involving __________ major political parties. A. one B. four C. two D. three I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. - Abraham Lincoln letter, 19th century Q.36) Within this document Lincoln indicated his official stand on the policy of slavery which was maintained until A. 1860. B. 1863. C. 1870. D. 1859.  Q.37) In the piece, the "Union" referred to A. solely states impacted by the Emancipation Proclamation. B. solely the border states including Maryland. C. the entire United States of America during the time period. D. territory occupied by Union troops in Virginia. - Q.38) It is logical that this cartoon must have been published after A. 1870. B. 1860. C. 1880. D. 1890. Q.39) This political cartoon featured Abraham Lincoln plus Jefferson Davis who was the A. commander of all Union B. the emperor of France. forces. C. the British ambassador during the entirety of the 1860's. D. president of the Confederate States of America. Q.40) The major point of the visual was that Lincoln A. rapidly dispatched Union troops which overtook Richmond within 1862. B. attempted to make sure thar Generals such as George McClellan slowed down in their advances on the Southern forces. C. debated with Robert E. lee so as to demonstrate that a "house divided against itself cannot stand." D. dealt with the frustration of attempting to suppress the Confederate rebellion. - Q.41) It is apparent that the gentleman on the right side of the cartoon must have represented A. Japan or China. B. Egypt and South Africa. C. India and Pakistan. D. Britain or France. Q.42) The fellow with the whip signifying the blockade must have been depicting the A. Confederate navy. B. Union navy. C. Union army. D. Confederate army. Q.43) The harvested cotton being detained was logically trying to leave A. a Northern port. B. a Southern port. C. a British port. D. a French port. - Q.44) This map conveys details associated with a compromise passed by Congress in A. 1800. B. 1820. C. 1810. D. 1840. Q.45) The compromise referenced by the map included the admission of A. Vermont as a free state. B. Rhode Island as a free state. C. Maine as a free state. D. Connecticut as a free state. Q.46) According to the compromise featured in the map, the only slave state from Louisiana territory which could be above the designated line of latitude was A. Illinois. B. Arkansas. C. Kentucky. D. Missouri. - Q.47) This map's bold numbers demonstrate that this graphic depicted the Military Reconstruction directed by A. Abraham Lincoln. B. the US Congress. C. Andrew Johnson. D. the Freedman's Bureau. Q.48) It is likely that the second number on the states represented when the _______________came into power within their borders. A. Unionists B. Carpetbaggers C. Redeemers D. Scalawags Q.49) Tennessee was a different color from the rest of the former Confederate states due to the efforts of A. Ulysses Grant. B. George McClellan. C. Abe Lincoln. D. Andrew Johnson.  "He was one of the first Georgians to attempt to create a truly color-blind society after the Civil War... He purchased more than 1,200 acres in McIntosh County, established an association of black landowners and built an unprecedented political base in coastal Georgia that protected freedmen from white backlash. He served in the state legislature until the end of Reconstruction despite threats and physical violence." - Historical Society website article, 2022. Q.50) The historical figure discussed in the quote was probably A. Frederick Douglass. B. William Garrison. C. Tunis Campbell. D. Henry Brown. Q.51) The personality described in the text had to end most of his reform efforts when the influence of the ___________was restored. A. Unionists. B. Redeemers C. Free Soilers. D. Whigs. -  Q.52) It is likely that this book focused primarily upon the __________________ period. A. antebellum B. wartime C. new republic D. postbellum Q.53) It is fair to expect that a significant part of this text would have dealt with Campbell's involvement with Georgia's A. borderlands with North B. connection to modern day Carolina. Bermuda. C. forest management D. resettlement of the sea practices. islands. Q.54) It is likely that the person on the cover of the book was engaged in A. linen or cloth B. blacksmithing or the wheelwright manufacture. trade. C. sharecropping or tenant D. iron or metal work at a blast farming. furnace. Q.55) Within this document, Lincoln dealt with an issue which he faced A. during his second term. B. during his first term. C. during his House career. D. during a lame duck period.