Graduation Exam Ch. 6 Test

1. Where did General Lee surrender the Confederate troops?a. Appomattoxb. Vicksburg

c. Antietamd. Gettysburg

2. What act passed by Congress gave settlers 160 acres of land if they would agree to cultivate it for five years?

a. Morrill Land Grant Actb. Kansas-Nebraska Actc. Homestead Actd. Free Land Act

3. What battle resulted in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?a. Shilohb. Vicksburgc. Gettysburg

d. Antietam

Study the list below.

4. These restrictions are BEST examples of d. Black Codese. Jim Crow Lawsf. Manifest Destinyg. Reconstruction

5. What congressional solution resulted in Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidential election in 1876 thus ending Reconstruction?

a. The Missouri Compromiseb. The Compromise of 1877c. The Compromise of 1850d. The Georgia Resolution

No blacks on juries No blacks serving in elected

positions Poll taxes and literacy tests

for voting Separate facilities for blacks

6. The 15th Amendment to the Constitutiona. Abolished slavery and all “involuntary servitude” in the United States.b. Extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized” in

the United States, with the intent of extending citizenship to freed slaves. c. Prohibited the United States or any of its states from denying the right tot

vote to any citizen “on account of sex,” thereby extending voting rights to women.

d. Prohibited any state from denying any citizen the right to vote “on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.”

7. What were the laws called that attempted to control freed slaves and keep them as second-class citizens?

a. KKKb. Jim Crow Lawsc. Black Codes

d. Citizen Laws

8. After the Civil War, northerners came to the South for business and were not liked by southerners. What were these northerners called?

a. Yankeesb. Proprietorsc. Scalawagsd. Carpetbaggers

9. What was the first major battle of the Civil War?a. Shilohb. Gettysburgc. Vicksburgd. First Bull Run

10. The Morrill Land Grant Act stated a. to receive free land if people would have to agree to live on the land for

five yearsb. farm tracts of land could be leased from the governmentc. own slaves in western territories d. in order to receive thousands of acres of land each state was required to

use this land to fund at least one public university.

11. What was the name of the document where President Lincoln freed the slaves on Jan. 1, 1863?

a. Writ of Habeas Corpusb. Fugitive Slave Lawc. Emancipation Proclamationd. 15th Amendment

Study the political cartoon below.

12. This image is MOST associated witha. Northerners who opposed slavery.b. Southerners who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.c. Northerners who moved into the South following the Civil War to get rich.d. Southerners who refused to abide by Union laws.

13. What battle is considered the turning point in the Civil War because the confederacy no longer had the ability to launch an offensive into Union territory?

a. Bull Runb. Antietamc. Gettysburgd. Vicksburg

14. What were southerners called who voted Republican after the Civil War and supported Reconstruction?

a. Rednecksb. Carpetbaggersc. Scalawagsd. Suffragists

15. The Compromise of 1877 allowed a. Abraham Lincoln to become presidentb. Slave states to become free statesc. Women the right to voted. For the end of the controversy of the 1876 presidential election

16. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 by

a. John Brownb. Ulysses S. Grantc. William T. Shermand. John Wilkes Booth

17. What do the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th amendments have in common?a. They are all prohibiting something.b. They are all about raising money.c. They are all about minority rights.d. They are all election laws.

18. The 13th Amendment to the Constitutiona. abolished slavery and all “involuntary servitude” in the United States.b. extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized” in

the United States, with the intent of extending citizenship to freed slaves. c. prohibited the United States or any of its states from denying the right tot

vote to any citizen “on account of sex,” thereby extending voting rights to women.

d. prohibited any state from denying any citizen the right to vote “on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.”

19. President Lincoln wanted the Reconstruction plan to a. Punish Southerners for the Civil Warb. Allow Southern states leniency c. Allow Southern states to continue as part of the Confederate States of

Americad. Continue fighting in the Confederate states

20. The 14th Amendment to the Constitutiona. abolished slavery and all “involuntary servitude” in the United States.b. extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized” in

the United States, with the intent of extending citizenship to freed slaves. c. prohibited the United States or any of its states from denying the right tot

vote to any citizen “on account of sex,” thereby extending voting rights to women.

d. prohibited any state from denying any citizen the right to vote “on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.”

21. In 1865, which agency was established to provide educational and medical assistance to the newly freed blacks in the South?

e. Freedmen’s Bureauf. Reconstruction Committeeg. Black Codeh. Underground Railroad

22. Which of the following helped to secure the rights of blacks during the time of Reconstruction?

I. Freedman’s BureauII. Jim Crow LawsIII. Civil Rights Act of 1868IV. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

a. only I, II, and IVb. only II, II and Ivc. only I, II and Ivd. only III and IV

23. Which of the following did not contribute to the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War?

a. business leaders wanting more stable government in the Southb. the election of Rutherford B. Hayesc. the assassination of Abraham Lincolnd. the enforcement of poll taxes

24. Why was there great opposition to the draft initiated during the civil War?a. Most people thought the war was a bad idea.b. There were plenty of volunteer soldiers, so there was no need.c. People with money could pay for a substitute.d. The Quakers convinced many people to seek a peaceful resolution to the

war.

Read the following passage, and answer question 25 below.

After Reconstruction, African Americans faced a plight similar to what existed before the Civil War. The south remained primarily agricultural. African Americans were not permitted to own land, so they had to rent the land as sharecroppers from the wealthy white landowners. They lived on a bare subsistence level. In addition, they lost their voting rights through the use of poll taxes and literacy tests. White southern mobs frequently terrorized those who chose to exercise their rights.

25. Based on the passage, which of the following problem areas existed in the Post- Reconstruction South?

a. national identityb. individual rightsc. law enforcementd. low taxation