Practice Test

Question 1

Why did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

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to outline the rights granted to all male citizens of the United States

Question 2

Which statement best describes the military strategy of total war?

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All military and civilian resources are attacked.

Question 3

Who created the Freedmen’s Bureau in the 1860s?

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Congress

Question 4

As support began to weaken for Reconstruction in the South, the Republican party

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split and formed the new Liberal Republican Party.

Question 5

As Union soldiers marched into Richmond in 1865, General Lee’s army

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had only 35,000 men and no food.

Question 6

Which of these was an advantage for the South at the start of the Civil War?

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a well-led army

Question 7

The Mississippi River was a key factor during the Civil War because

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it divided the South’s territory in half.

Question 8

During the Civil War, the capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson helped the Union to control

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Kentucky and Tennessee.

Question 9

At the first Democratic Party convention of 1860, fifty Southern delegates

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refused to vote and left the convention.

Question 10

As the Civil War progressed, women in both the North and the South

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took over men’s jobs and supported the war effort.

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