SOL Civil War & Reconstruction Era

Question 1

Which event most directly triggered the secession of Southern states from the Union in 1860–1861?

Accepted Answer

The election of Abraham Lincoln as president

Answer

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'

Answer

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

Question 2

Which Confederate general surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, in April 1865?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Answer

Stonewall Jackson

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James Longstreet

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P.G.T. Beauregard

Question 3

What did President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, declare?

Accepted Answer

That enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion were declared free

Answer

That all enslaved people in the United States were immediately and permanently free

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That the Confederate states must rejoin the Union or face total invasion

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That Congress must pass a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery

Question 4

Which 1863 battle is most often considered the turning point of the Civil War, halting the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's second invasion of the North?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer

Battle of Antietam

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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Battle of Vicksburg

Question 5

Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1865, formally abolished slavery throughout the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Answer

14th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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12th Amendment

Question 6

Which Virginia city served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for most of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Richmond

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Fredericksburg

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Norfolk

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Alexandria

Question 7

What was General Winfield Scott's 'Anaconda Plan,' the Union's initial strategic concept at the start of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A naval blockade of Southern ports and Union control of the Mississippi River to strangle the Confederacy

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A rapid strike to capture Richmond and end the war in weeks

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A plan to recruit formerly enslaved people into the Union army

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An invasion of the Confederacy through the Appalachian Mountains