Multiple choice-- 30 points!

1.) what resulted in the formation of the republican party?

a) uniting southerners under a pro-slavery platform
b) making states more fiscally responsible
c) creating manufacturing jobs in the south
d) uniting several northern antislavery coalitions

2.) which was not a strength of the south at the beginning of the civil war?

a) military colleges
b) cotton for profitable export
c) motivation
d) miles of railroad tracks

3.) what did abraham lincoln learn as a result of the first battle of bull run?

a) the south was unprepared for war and did not have enough troops
b) the north did not need as many troops as he originally thought
c) the north was stronger than he though so the war could end faster that he had expected
d) the south was stronger than he thought so the war could take longer that he had expected

4.) how did the emancipation proclamation change the meaning of the civil war

a) the emancipation proclamation secured voting rights for black property holders in both the north and south
b) the goal of the war changed form saving the union to saving the union and eliminating slavery
c) the goal of the war changed from freeing slaves to eliminating slavery in new states and territories
d) the emancipation proclamation freed southern troops from their military commitments so they could return home

5.) why did robert e. lee decide to engage northern forces at gettysburg?

a) he felt only bold action could save the southern cause
b) he planned to recruit reinforcements in the border states along the way
c) he wanted to avoid the heat in the south
d) he thought it would give some of the southern cities time to recover

6.) what is general william tecumseh sherman best known for?

a) gaining a union victory in atlanta and marching to the sea destroying everything in his path
b) running against abraham lincoln in the election of 1864 after important victories in the border states
c) achieving two victories at bull run
d) recruiting southerners to turn against the confederacy

7.) which statement best describes the human cost of the civil war?
use the graph to answer the following question-- (picture down below)

a) there were more confederate deaths than union deaths during the civil war
b) there were more americans killed in the revolutionary war than in the civil war
c) there were nearly as many civil war deaths as in all other wars combined from 1775-1991
d) there were more civil war deaths than all other wars combined from 1775-1991

8.) there were a number of political, economic, and social challenges facing the united states after the civil war. which of the following was primarily a social challenge?

a) incorporating freed slaves into the post-civil war south
b) managing the growth and increased centralization of the federal government
c) restoring the devalued currency of the confederacy
d) rebuilding the destroyed southern infrastructure

9.) what rights were guaranteed to african americans by the fourteenth amendment to the us constitution?

a) full citizenship and equal protection under the law
b) right to form separate churches
c) right to own property and guns
d) right to travel freely

10.) who offered the greatest resistance to reconstruction?

a) the union army
b) president andrew johnson
c) radical republicans
d) sharecroppers and carpetbaggers

11.) what were the main elements of the compromise of 1877?

a) recount of the 1876 election returns and a planned withdrawal of federal troops from the south
b) a second term as president for ulysses grant and reinstatement of edward stanton as secretary of war
c) approval of rutherford hayes's election to the presidency and return to home rule for the south
d) appointments of samuel tilden as vice president and ulysses grant as secretary of war