18. Which is true of the Battle of Gettysburg?
(Points: 3)
It resulted in a Confederate victory thanks to Pickett's charge.
It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and a major defeat for the Confederacy.
It lasted several months and cost almost as many lives as the Second Bull Run.
It immediately led to the elimination of slavery in the border states.
19. What was Abraham Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address?
(Points: 3)
The world would probably not remember what happened at Gettysburg.
Both democracy and the United States would last.
The Civil War was a true test of patriotism.
It had been a long time since the Declaration of Independence.
20. Who led his men on a march of looting and burning from Atlanta to Savannah and the sea?
(Points: 3)
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
John Bell Hood
William Tecumseh Sherman
21. Who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse in April 1865 to end the Civil War? (Points: 3)
Lee surrendered to Grant.
Grant surrendered to Lee.
Davis surrendered to Lincoln.
Sherman surrendered to Jackson.
22. What did advanced weapons, new technologies, and total warfare lead historians to conclude about the Civil War? (Points: 3)
It used successful strategies to limit fighting.
It lasted too long.
It was the first modern war.
It served as the beginning of an industrial revolution.
23. What were Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix known for during the Civil War? (Points: 3)
working as Confederate spies
manufacturing guns
working as nurses and leaders
serving in Lincoln's cabinet
24. What did women gain during the Civil War?
(Points: 3)
a strong political voice
the right to vote
access to some occupations
large military pensions
There were a number of political, economic, and social challenges facing the United States after the Civil War. Which of the following was primarily a political challenge? (Points: 3)
the loss that emancipation created for slave owners
worthless Confederate currency that led to bartering
citizenship rights for freed slaves
collapsed southern infrastructure, including bridges, levies, and railroad tracks
27. Which of the following describes the Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction?
(Points: 3)
Group A
Group B
28. What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish? (Points: 3)
It abolished slavery.
It officially ended the Civil War.
It directed the Reconstruction of the South.
It gave African Americans the right to vote.
29. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed full citizenship and equal protection under the law to African Americans?
(Points: 3)
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
30. During Reconstruction, what caused problems for blacks?
(Points: 3)
the Ku Klux Klan and school costs
voting requirements and a military draft
Black Codes and the Ku Klux Klan
federal income taxes and Black Codes
31. Who offered the greatest resistance to Reconstruction?
(Points: 3)
sharecroppers and carpetbaggers
Radical Republicans
the Union Army
southern white landowners
32. What helped Rutherford B. Hayes become president and the South get home rule?
(Points: 3)
Federal troops won battles for both.
the Compromise of 1877
Congress passed laws allowing both.
a Supreme Court decision
33. What was one of the failures of the Reconstruction Era?
(Points: 3)
African Americans had no due process protections.
African Americans in the South were barred from owning property.
Political opportunities for African Americans disappeared after a short time.
African Americans in the South resisted public education for their children.
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