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Chapter 6 Civil War and Reconstruction
  1. Enslaved persons resisted slavery in all the following ways EXCEPT __________.
   a) breaking tools
   b) escaping through the Underground Railroad
   c) refusing to learn to read and write
   d) leading revolts
  2. Northern politicians primarily opposed slavery's extension westward because __________.
   a) the availability of slave labor in the west would threaten Northern jobs
   b) they were morally opposed to it
   c) they worried that Southern political agendas would dominate if the new territories were slave states
   d) they supported states' rights to oppose slavery
  3. One of the basic proposals included in Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 was that __________.
   a) the law would require federal marshals to assist in recapturing those who had escaped from slavery
   b) the territorial governments of Kansas and Nebraska would let the people decide the slavery issue
   c) California would be admitted to the Union as a slave state
   d) slavery would be prohibited in the District of Columbia
  4. The South's greatest asset in its war against the Union was __________.
   a) its sophisticated transportation system
   b) its trade ties with Britain
   c) its enslaved population
   d) its military skills and experience
  5. Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 is TRUE?
   a) It abolished slavery in all Union states.
   b) It freed enslaved persons only in areas that the Confederacy controlled.
   c) It abolished slavery in both Union and Confederate states.
   d) It freed enslaved persons in Union-occupied areas of the South.
  6. Which of the following does NOT describe the aims of the legislation passed by the Radical Reconstruction during Reconstruction?
   a) to punish the former Confederate states
   b) to increase Republican power in the South
   c) to create conditions that would promote economic development in the South
   d) to enable Southerners to dominate the South politically
  7. When Johnson vetoed the Reconstruction Acts, __________.
   a) he promoted African Americans' efforts to obtain equality
   b) Congress exercised its constitutional authority to reconstruct the states
   c) he incited terrorist organizations
   d) the acts became invalid
  8. The primary goal of the Freedmen's Bureau was to provide __________ to African Americans.
   a) food
   b) legal assistance
   c) educational resources
   d) financial aid


 

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