Quiz Me! - Era: Civil War/Reconstruction Test your knowledge about the Civil War/Reconstruction era. 1 / 10 Which Civil War battle is described above? Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Antietam Battle of Vicksburg Battle of Bull Run/Manassas 2 / 10 Which explains how Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860? The Democrats split their votes between two candidates-one from the North and another from the South. Abraham Lincoln had won over a majority of the people’s votes by his eloquent campaign speeches. Abraham Lincoln outlined a logical plan to gradually end slavery in the United States. Americans were ready to end take the steps necessary to end slavery in the United States. 3 / 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? Kansas-Nebraska Act Omaha Platform Homestead Act Missouri Compromise 4 / 10 Philip Bazaar served his country in what branch of service? Army Air Force Marines Navy 5 / 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 Sam Houston’s Letter to Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 6 / 10 Why is the outcome of the presidential election of 1876 controversial? It is believed that Republican Rutherford B. Hayes won the disputed electoral votes in return for a promise to withdraw all federal troops from the South. Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden was an official in the government of the Confederate States of America. The Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but lost the 20 disputed electoral votes because he wouldn’t agree to remove federal troops from the South. Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes was defeated when a congressional committee gave 20 disputed electoral votes to the Democratic candidate, Samuel Tilden. 7 / 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.” Cooper Union Address Gettysburg Address First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address 8 / 10 A strong supporter of slavery including support for the Fugitve Slave Act and restoring the slave trade this person nonetheless gave speeches against secession by the South until the election of Abraham Lincoln. These best describe Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Jefferson Davis 9 / 10 Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached? The President did not ask Congress before replacing the Supreme Court Justice. President Johnson relieved General Grant as the Commander of the Union Army. President Johnson secretly had supported the Confederacy during the war. Congress and President Johnson differed in their views over how to treat the South. 10 / 10 After which battle did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? The Battle of Vicksburg The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Bull Run/Manassas The Battle of Antietam Your score is Restart quiz
