Quiz Me! - Documents: Civil War/Reconstruction Test your knowledge about documents in the Civil War/Reconstruction era. 1 / 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 Gettysburg Address First Inaugural Address Cooper Union Address 2 / 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? Omaha Platform Homestead Act Kansas-Nebraska Act Missouri Compromise 3 / 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 Gettysburg Address Andrew Johnson’s First Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Sam Houston’s Letter to Andrew Johnson 4 / 10 Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? It was written by Jefferson Davis ALL of the above It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights NONE of the above It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg 5 / 10 What was one key difference between the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the Confederate States of America? Four clauses of the Confederate Constitution protected the institution of slavery The Confederate Constitution did not establish an executive branch The U.S. Constitution did not include any clauses that dealt with slavery The U.S. Constitution stated slavery would end by 1875 6 / 10 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? The Gettysburg Address Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Emancipation Proclamation 7 / 10 When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… freed all slaves encouraged Britain to abolish slavery believed he had constitutional authority to do so did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief 8 / 10 What was a result of the Homestead Act? The population of the Great Plains grew Native Americans were pushed off their lands NONE of the above The United States expanded ALL of the above 9 / 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”? The Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address His Second Inaugural Address His First Inaugural Address 10 / 10 What was Lincoln’s goal at the time of his Second Inaugural Address? To free the slaves To humiliate the south To unify the country To answer his critics Your score is Restart quiz
