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During the siege of Petersburg, General Grant

A
abandoned his strategy of total war.
B
had twice as many soldiers as Lee.
C
was driven back by the Confederates.
D
was waging war in his home state.
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Southerners had a stronger fighting spirit than Northerners because

A
they were fighting for independence.
B
they were fighting to end slavery.
C
Northerners had a smaller army.
D
Northerners did not care about the Union.
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President Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus meant that citizens

A
could be imprisoned illegally.
B
lost the right to bear arms.
C
no longer had freedom of speech.
D
were not allowed to house soldiers.
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President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

A
punished Confederates who owned large farms.
B
issued harsh penalties for Confederate military officers.
C
required all states to abolish the practice of slavery.
D
required states to repay their war debts quickly.
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Which Confederate general earned the nickname "Stonewall" for standing firm during an early Southern victory?

A
Robert E. Lee
B
Thomas Jackson
C
J.E.B. Stuart
D
Ulysses S. Grant
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In the South, many enslaved people reacted to the Emancipation Proclamation by

A
joining the Confederate military.
B
staging work slowdowns.
C
relocating to the border states.
D
offering to become Union spies.
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Which is an example of General Grant’s leadership during the Civil War?

A
He invaded Union territory at Gettysburg in 1863.
B
He successfully captured Vicksburg in early 1863.
C
He refused to retreat during the Battle of Shiloh.
D
He led the Union Navy on an attack of New Orleans.
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In 1883, several civil rights cases came before the Supreme Court that were related to

A
freedom of speech and the Ku Klux Klan.
B
land ownership for Southern sharecroppers.
C
discrimination in public facilities.
D
voting, poll taxes, and literacy tests.
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During the Civil War, Robert E. Lee decided to invade Union territory in order to

A
remove Union pressure in Virginia.
B
protect the Confederate capital.
C
make winning easier for his troops.
D
draw Union troops away from Vicksburg.
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Why did General Grant adopt the total war strategy?

A
to bring the war to a speedy end
B
to prove that he was worthy of the job
C
to seek revenge against General Lee
D
to wage a defensive campaign
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Both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln officially began their terms as president by

A
giving inaugural addresses to their nations.
B
reading from the US Constitution.
C
attending each other’s inaugural addresses.
D
declaring themselves co-presidents.
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During Reconstruction in the United States, the Freedmen’s Bureau

A
administered poll taxes and literacy tests during elections.
B
segregated white and African American students in schools.
C
negotiated labor contracts for African Americans in the South.
D
helped African Americans relocate from the South to the North.
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What was problematic about the 1876 presidential election?

A
One of Grant’s staff members ran for president, even though he’d been accused of taking bribes.
B
Tilden won the popular vote, Hayes narrowly won the electoral vote, and votes in four states were disputed.
C
The Republican Party was divided between Grant’s followers and the Liberal Republicans.
D
Hayes won the popular vote, Tilden narrowly won the electoral vote, and Florida’s voting results were disputed.
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How did Congress react to the Black Codes of the 1860s?

A
Congress passed new laws that restricted the rights of African Americans.
B
Congress asked President Johnson to take control of Reconstruction.
C
Congress took control of Reconstruction from President Johnson.
D
Congress supported President Lincoln’s plan for states’ readmittance.
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Why did the Confederacy want to control Fort Sumter?

A
Fort Sumter was located in a Union state and controlling it would make it easier to hold off Union troops.
B
Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and it protected important shipping lanes and commercial areas.
C
Fort Sumter was located on the border of a Union state and a Confederate state, which gave it a high strategic value.
D
Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and the Union wanted to use it to store weapons and other supplies.
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Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for

A
killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.
B
unlawfully taking someone's possessions.
C
forcing someone to work at gunpoint.
D
setting a sharecropper's house and fields on fire.
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After the Civil War, how did nostalgic white Southerners view the Old South?

A
They thought about the Old South with shame because of its history of slavery.
B
They held a romantic view of the Old South and believed it was mostly good.
C
They were glad the Old South was gone, and many relocated to the North.
D
They hoped that Reconstruction policies would bring the Old South back.
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Which statement best describes the result of the Battle of Antietam?

A
Neither side won, but it was a victory for the South.
B
Both sides had losses, but it was a victory for the North.
C
Confederate troops won the Battle of Antietam decisively.
D
Union troops won the Battle of Antietam decisively.
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After the Civil War, the South had to reinvent its economy because

A
plantations had been destroyed.
B
the North took over its industry.
C
sharecropping was not an option.
D
the North took over its farmland.
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Which of the following best describes the First Battle of Bull Run?

A
Union forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.
B
Union forces staged a surprise attack and beat Confederate forces.
C
Confederate forces staged a surprise attack and beat Union forces.
D
Confederate forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.

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