Q2. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?Ulysses S. GrantRobert E. LeeAbraham LincolnJefferson Davis
Q3. Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?Battle of VicksburgBattle of GettysburgBattle of AntietamBattle of Shiloh
Q4. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?Robert E. LeeJefferson DavisUlysses S. GrantAbraham Lincoln
Q5. What was the main reason behind the secession of Southern states?Desire for states' rightsEconomic differencesSlaveryPolitical disagreements
Q6. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?Lee Harvey OswaldJohn Wilkes BoothGavrilo PrincipCharles J. Guiteau
Q7. Who became the President of the United States after Lincoln's assassination?Abraham LincolnAndrew JacksonUlysses S. GrantAndrew Johnson
Q8. What was the period of rebuilding and reconstruction following the Civil War called?Redemption EraReconstruction EraReformation EraRevolutionary Era
Q9. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?15th Amendment13th Amendment16th Amendment14th Amendment
Q10. Who was the President of the United States during the Reconstruction Era?James BuchananAbraham LincolnAndrew JohnsonUlysses S. Grant
Q11. What was the name of the organization created to protect the rights of former slaves during Reconstruction?Underground RailroadFreedmen's BureauKu Klux KlanConfederate States Army
Q12. What was the outcome of the 1876 presidential election?Samuel Tilden won the presidencyThe election was declared invalidRutherford B. Hayes won the presidencyThere was a tie in the electoral college
Q14. What was the purpose of Black Codes enacted by Southern states?To encourage African American suffrageTo promote racial equalityTo restrict the rights of African AmericansTo provide economic opportunities for African Americans
Q15. Which amendment granted citizenship to all individuals born or naturalized in the United States?15th Amendment14th Amendment16th Amendment13th Amendment
Q16. Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote?13th Amendment15th Amendment16th Amendment14th Amendment
Q17. Who became the first African American to serve in the United States Senate?Frederick DouglassBooker T. WashingtonSojourner TruthHiram Rhodes Revels
Q18. What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws?To repeal Black CodesTo promote racial equalityTo protect the voting rights of African AmericansTo establish separate but unequal treatment for African Americans
Q19. Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice when the Plessy v. Ferguson case was decided?Melville FullerJohn MarshallRoger B. TaneyEarl Warren
Q20. Which amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?16th Amendment13th Amendment15th Amendment14th Amendment
Q21. Who was the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives?Booker T. WashingtonHiram Rhodes RevelsFrederick DouglassRobert Smalls
Q23. What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?To provide education and assistance to former slavesTo oversee the redistribution of land to former slavesTo enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1866To settle disputes between Southern states
Q24. What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?The South gained control of the presidencyAfrican Americans were granted full voting rightsThe North gained control of the presidencyFederal troops were withdrawn from the South
Q25. Which amendment granted equal protection under the law to all individuals within the United States?14th Amendment16th Amendment13th Amendment15th Amendment