Multiple choice-- 30 points!

1.) what resulted in the formation of the republican party?

a) uniting southerners under a pro-slavery platform
b) making states more fiscally responsible
c) creating manufacturing jobs in the south
d) uniting several northern antislavery coalitions

2.) which was not a strength of the south at the beginning of the civil war?

a) military colleges
b) cotton for profitable export
c) motivation
d) miles of railroad tracks

3.) what did abraham lincoln learn as a result of the first battle of bull run?

a) the south was unprepared for war and did not have enough troops
b) the north did not need as many troops as he originally thought
c) the north was stronger than he though so the war could end faster that he had expected
d) the south was stronger than he thought so the war could take longer that he had expected

4.) how did the emancipation proclamation change the meaning of the civil war

a) the emancipation proclamation secured voting rights for black property holders in both the north and south
b) the goal of the war changed form saving the union to saving the union and eliminating slavery
c) the goal of the war changed from freeing slaves to eliminating slavery in new states and territories
d) the emancipation proclamation freed southern troops from their military commitments so they could return home

5.) why did robert e. lee decide to engage northern forces at gettysburg?

a) he felt only bold action could save the southern cause
b) he planned to recruit reinforcements in the border states along the way
c) he wanted to avoid the heat in the south
d) he thought it would give some of the southern cities time to recover

6.) what is general william tecumseh sherman best known for?

a) gaining a union victory in atlanta and marching to the sea destroying everything in his path
b) running against abraham lincoln in the election of 1864 after important victories in the border states
c) achieving two victories at bull run
d) recruiting southerners to turn against the confederacy

7.) which statement best describes the human cost of the civil war?
use the graph to answer the following question-- (picture down below)

a) there were more confederate deaths than union deaths during the civil war
b) there were more americans killed in the revolutionary war than in the civil war
c) there were nearly as many civil war deaths as in all other wars combined from 1775-1991
d) there were more civil war deaths than all other wars combined from 1775-1991

8.) 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 social challenge?

a) incorporating freed slaves into the post-civil war south
b) managing the growth and increased centralization of the federal government
c) restoring the devalued currency of the confederacy
d) rebuilding the destroyed southern infrastructure

9.) what rights were guaranteed to african americans by the fourteenth amendment to the us constitution?

a) full citizenship and equal protection under the law
b) right to form separate churches
c) right to own property and guns
d) right to travel freely

10.) who offered the greatest resistance to reconstruction?

a) the union army
b) president andrew johnson
c) radical republicans
d) sharecroppers and carpetbaggers

11.) what were the main elements of the compromise of 1877?

a) recount of the 1876 election returns and a planned withdrawal of federal troops from the south
b) a second term as president for ulysses grant and reinstatement of edward stanton as secretary of war
c) approval of rutherford hayes's election to the presidency and return to home rule for the south
d) appointments of samuel tilden as vice president and ulysses grant as secretary of war

Answer

1.A. Uniting southerners under a pro-slavery platform resulted in the formation of the Republican Party. The Democrats and the Whigs were divided over issues of slavery. Their struggles resulted to the rise of a new political party, The Republican Party, that was formed in 1854.The party was determined to prevent the spreading of slavery into the territories and preserve the union.

2.C. Motivation was not a strength of the south at the beginning of the civil war.The strength of the south was from military colleges, cotton for profitable export and the miles of railroad tracks.

3.D.Abraham Lincoln learnt that the south was stronger than he thought so the war could take longer than he had expected. This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. The battle convinced Lincoln and his administration that the war would be a long on and a costly affair. McDowell was relieve of his command of the union army and Maj.Gen.George B.McClellan took over to reorganize and train the troops.

4.The emancipation proclamation changed the meaning of the civil war by;B the goal of the war changed from saving the union to saving the union and eliminating slavery.Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation which declared that all person held as slaves within any state, shall rebel against the United States and thenceforward and forever free.

5.Robert e. lee decide to engage northern forces at Gettysburg because A.he felt only bold action could save the southern cause.Robert e. lee was heading for Harrisburg but Heth’s division and Buford’s cavalry encountered each other just next to Gettysburg.All units of the armies hurried to the spot.

6.General William Tecumseh Sherman is best known for A.gaining a union victory in Atlanta and marching to the sea destroying everything in his path.He was among the famous Union generals of the Civil War.He captured Atlanta in 1864 and led the famed March to the sea in 1864 where his contributions were vital for the victory of Union in the Civil War.

7.According to the graph, there were nearly as many civil war deaths as in all other wars combined from 1775-1991.

8.Incorporating freed slaves into the post-civil war south was a primary social challenge.Other social issue that greatly affected America after Civil War was Chinese migration. Chinese immigration during the civil war showed how unwilling native white citizens of America were unwilling to let another race into their country.Most worked as laborers on railroads and mines.

9.The rights that were guaranteed to African Americans by the fourteenth amendment to the US constitution were full citizenship and equal protection under the law.The amendment that was ratified in 1868 granted citizenship to all person born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves were all guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

10.Radical republicans offered the greatest resistance to reconstruction.They were led by U.S Senator Charles Sumner and U.S Representative Thaddeus Stevens.They all led the call for a war that would eliminate slavery and secessionism. The radical republicans believed that blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as the whites.

11.The main element of the compromise of 1877 was approval of Rutherford Hayes’s election to the presidency and return to home rule for the south.The compromise of 1877 resolved a dispute in 1876 presidential election between Samuel Tilden of the Democrats and the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes.It was agreed that Rutherford B. would be president in return federal troops should withdraw from South.

Answers to your questions are indicated next:

1a; 2c; 3d; 4b; 5a; 6a; 7c; 8a; 9a; 10c and 11c

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which the answer is:

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