Civil War And Reconstruction Practice Test (Basic Level) Question Preview (ID: 34181)
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People who opposed slavery were known as
a) abolitionist
b) confederates
c) secessionists
d) sharecroppers
What is the right of a state not to follow a federal law?
a) nullification
b) segregation
c) abolitionism
d) secession
What does popular sovereignty describe
a) The right of the states to vote on laws
b) abolitionism
c) right of the federal government to nullify laws
d) to vote to end the war
If you believed in the doctrine of nullification you would have been most supportive of
a) states rights
b) abolition
c) crop diversification
d) a strong federal government
What do the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 have in common
a) decided the legality of slavery
b) concerned with religion
c) written to end the Civil War
d) written by Alexander Stephens
Which of the following people went to supreme court in regards to freedom?
a) Dred Scott
b) Alexander Hamilton
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Andrew Johnson
Which inspired African Americans to fight in the Civil War?
a) Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
b) The South fired on Fort Sumter
c) The Fugitive Slave Act
d) The adoption of the Georgia Platform
Which Civil War battle occurred in Georgia?
a) Chickamaugua
b) Kettle Creek
c) Antietam
d) Gettysburg
What is the significance of Antietam?
a) The Confederate advance on Washington was stopped.
b) Sherman's March to the Sea was a surprising victory.
c) A naval blockade was formed around Georgia.
d) The Union troops were defeated with heavy losses.
Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?
a) They believed it would decrease violence
b) They decided it was a states' rights issue
c) They allowed it if accommodations were separate but equal
d) They decided the Black Codes were legal.
How were landowners compensated by sharecroppers?
a) Sharecroppers paid landowners a portion of the profits.
b) Sharecroppers collected rent from landowners
c) Sharecroppers let landowners use their equipment.
d) Sharecroppers and landowners worked for no profit
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