Unit 5

Question 1

Election of Lincoln (1860)

Answer 1

Lincoln wins without Southern support; leads to secession and war.

Question 2

Fort Sumter

Answer 2

First battle of the Civil War; Confederates attack Union fort.

Question 3

Border States

Answer 3

Slave states that stayed in the Union; key to Union success.

Question 4

North Advantages

Answer 4

More population, industry, railroads, strong navy.

Question 5

South Advantages

Answer 5

Home-field advantage, strong generals, motivated soldiers.

Question 6

North Goals

Answer 6

Preserve the Union (later end slavery).

Question 7

South Goals

Answer 7

Independence and protection of slavery.

Question 8

Suspension of Habeas Corpus

Answer 8

Lincoln limits civil liberties to protect the Union.

Question 9

“Ninety Day War”

Answer 9

Early belief the war would end quickly.

Question 10

Battle of Bull Run

Answer 10

First major battle; Union loss proves war will be long.

Question 11

Battle of Antietam

Answer 11

Bloodiest one-day battle; leads to Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 12

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 12

Frees slaves in Confederate states; changes war goal.

Question 13

“Rich Man’s War”

Answer 13

Wealthy could avoid the draft; causes resentment.

Question 14

NYC Draft Riots

Answer 14

Violent protests against the draft; targeted Black Americans.

Question 15

African American Troops

Answer 15

Strengthened Union army and advanced civil rights.

Question 16

Military Turning Points

Answer 16

Gettysburg & Vicksburg shift momentum to the Union.

Question 17

Election of 1864

Answer 17

Lincoln wins; war continues.

Question 18

Copperheads

Answer 18

Northern Democrats who opposed the war.

Question 19

Total War

Answer 19

Destroy enemy resources to break morale (Sherman).

Question 20

Homestead Act

Answer 20

Free land encouraged westward settlement.

Question 21

Railroad Act

Answer 21

Built transcontinental railroad.

Question 22

Morrill Land Grant Act

Answer 22

Created public colleges.

Question 23

Banking Act

Answer 23

Established national currency.

Question 24

Reasons for Northern Victory

Answer 24

Industry, manpower, leadership, resources.

Question 25

13th Amendment

Answer 25

Abolished slavery.

Question 26

14th Amendment

Answer 26

Citizenship and equal protection.

Question 27

15th Amendment

Answer 27

Black men gain right to vote.

Question 28

Ten Percent Plan

Answer 28

Easy Reconstruction plan by Lincoln.

Question 29

Wade-Davis Bill

Answer 29

Harsher Reconstruction plan; vetoed.

Question 30

Lincoln’s Assassination

Answer 30

Weakens Reconstruction leadership.

Question 31

Andrew Johnson

Answer 31

Lenient toward South; opposed civil rights.

Question 32

Black Codes

Answer 32

Laws limiting freedmen’s rights.

Question 33

Freedmen’s Bureau

Answer 33

Helped former slaves with food, education, jobs.

Question 34

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Answer 34

Granted citizenship to African Americans.

Question 35

Radical Reconstruction

Answer 35

Military control of South; protected Black rights.

Question 36

Tenure of Office Act

Answer 36

Limited president’s power; led to impeachment.

Question 37

Impeachment of Johnson

Answer 37

Tried but not removed from office.

Question 38

Carpetbaggers

Answer 38

Northerners who moved South.

Question 39

Scalawags

Answer 39

Southern Republicans.

Question 40

Sharecropping

Answer 40

Farming system that trapped freedmen in debt.

Question 41

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 41

Violent group opposing Reconstruction.

Question 42

Grant’s Civil Rights Policies

Answer 42

Used troops and laws to protect Black voters.

Question 43

Election of 1876

Answer 43

Disputed election leads to compromise.

Question 44

Compromise of 1877

Answer 44

Ends Reconstruction; troops leave South.

Question 45

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 45

Segregation laws in the South.

Question 46

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 46

“Separate but equal” upheld.

Question 47

Voting Restrictions

Answer 47

Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses.