Civil War and Reconstruction Flashcards
Which argument did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern States?
1) Slavery was not profitable
2) The government was a union of people and not of states.
3(The Southern States did not permit their people to vote on secession.
4) As the Commander in Chief, he had the duty to defend the United States against foreign invasion.
2) The government was a union of people and not of states.
he abolitionist movement, the women’s suffrage movement, and the 1960’s civil rights movement are all examples of reform efforts that
1) succeeded without causing major controversy
2) developed significant popular support
3) achieved their goals without government action
4) failed to affect the nation as a whole
2) developed significant popular support
Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War?
As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
1) President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North.
2) President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
3) To keep the support of Great Britain and France,
4) President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.
2) President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
A major result of the Civil War was that the
1) economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy
A major result of the Civil War was that the
economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy
Federal Government’s power over the States was strengthened
members of Congress from Southern States gained control of the legislative branch
nation’s industrial development came to a standstill
3) members of Congress from Southern States gained control of the legislative branch
4) nation’s industrial development came to a standstill
Federal Government’s power over the States was strengthened
Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because
1) the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality
2) economic conditions and interests in each region varied
3) only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
4) early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas
economic conditions and interests in each region varied
Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
1) enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
2) Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
preserve the Union
end slavery throughout the entire country
encourage sectionalism
3) end slavery throughout the entire country
4) encourage sectionalism
Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
preserve the Union
end slavery throughout the entire country
encourage sectionalism
he rulings of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and Korematsu v. United States (1944) all demonstrate that the Supreme Court has
1) continued to extend voting rights to minorities
2) protected itself from internal dissent
3) sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities
4) often imposed restrictions on free speech during wartime
3) sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities
Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because
1) the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states
2) Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
3) Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
4) geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations
4) geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations
Which phrase best completes the title for the partial outline shown below? I. Reasons for the ______________________ A. Increasing sectionalism B. Disagreements over states’ rights issues C. Breakdown of compromise D. Election of 1860
1) Start of the Revolutionary War
2) Adoption of the Bill of Rights
3) Failure of the Whiskey Rebellion
4) Secession of Southern States from the Union
4)Secession of Southern States from the Union
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” -Abraham Lincoln, 1858 According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
1) slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
2)the Southern states should be allowed to secede
to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery
3) the Southern states should be allowed to secede
4) Sectional differences could lead to war
Sectional differences could lead to war
