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The Civil War and Reconstruction Practice Test 2
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The Civil War and Reconstruction Practice Test 2
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1. What was Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery at the start of the Civil War?
2. The capture of Mobile Bay was a significant loss for the Confederacy because
3. When Lee surrendered, Jefferson Davis tried to
4. Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s initial justification for the Civil War?
5. One disadvantage the South had at the beginning of the Civil War was
6. Why were Southerners suspicious of Northerners who moved South after the war and became part of Reconstruction governments?
7. The Copperheads were
8. Who benefited the most financially from the war?
9. Which of the following was a provision of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan?
10. Who was given command of Union forces in the West when Grant took command of the Army of the Potomac?
11. What was the first major battle of the Civil War to be fought on northern soil?
12. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in which states?
13. Which of the following statements is true about the South during Reconstruction?
14. During the mid-1800s, immigration to the United States
15. In their plans for Reconstruction, both Presidents Lincoln and Johnson sought to
16. The Civil War was different from earlier wars because
17. Who commanded the Union forces during the Battle of Fredericksburg?
18. The Kansas-Nebraska Act had a serious effect on the survival of which political party?
19. Irish immigration sparked a wave of anti-Catholic sentiment, including the founding of which political party?
20. Which of the following is a true statement about the Confederacy’s diplomatic successes?
21. How did the Militia Act of 1862 affect enslaved African Americans?
22. The demise of the Republican Party in the South
23. Which of the following was a moral argument that Southerners used to justify slavery?
24. Which of the following correctly states the situation in the Confederacy by the end of 1863?
25. The Fourteenth Amendment