Quiz Me! - Documents: Civil War/Reconstruction Test your knowledge about documents in the Civil War/Reconstruction era. 1 / 10 Identify the source of the following quote: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Andrew Johnson’s First Inaugural Address Sam Houston’s Letter to Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 2 / 10 In which speech did Abraham Lincoln conclude, “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” Second Inaugural Address Cooper Union Address First Inaugural Address Gettysburg Address 3 / 10 Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? NONE of the above ALL of the above It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights It was written by Jefferson Davis It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg 4 / 10 When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… freed all slaves believed he had constitutional authority to do so encouraged Britain to abolish slavery did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief 5 / 10 What allowed individuals to claim 160 acres of non-occupied land by paying a nominal fee and living on the land for 5 years? Missouri Compromise Omaha Platform Homestead Act Kansas-Nebraska Act 6 / 10 What was a result of the Homestead Act? The United States expanded The population of the Great Plains grew NONE of the above ALL of the above Native Americans were pushed off their lands 7 / 10 In what speech did Abraham Lincoln state, “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? His First Inaugural Address The Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address His Second Inaugural Address 8 / 10 The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was largely based on what document? The U.S. Constitution The South Carolina Exposition and Protest The English Bill of Rights The Magna Carta 9 / 10 What was Lincoln’s goal at the time of his Second Inaugural Address? To free the slaves To unify the country To answer his critics To humiliate the south 10 / 10 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Your score is Restart quiz
