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