Quiz Me! - Era: Civil War and ReconstructionTest your knowledge about the Civil War and Reconstruction era! 1 / 10Abraham Lincoln delivered this short but powerful address which invoked the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in 1863. That address was the - 1st Inaugural Address Gettysburg Address Emancipation Proclamation 2nd Inaugural Address 2 / 10Which explains how Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860? Abraham Lincoln outlined a logical plan to gradually end slavery in the United States. Americans were ready to take the steps necessary to end slavery in the United States. The Democrats split their votes between two candidates - one from the North and another from the South. Abraham Lincoln had won over a majority of the people’s votes by his eloquent campaign speeches. 3 / 10This former lawyer lost a Senate race in 1858 but was elected President of the United States in 1860. Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Abraham LIncoln Rutherford B. Hayes 4 / 10Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights It was written by Jefferson Davis ALL of the above NONE of the above 5 / 10What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation 6 / 10What was the significance of the Election of 1860? Lincoln won the election with only 40% of the vote and South Carolina seceded. Lincoln’s position on the Kansas-Nebraska Act made him very unpopular in the Northern states. Many people refused to vote for Lincoln because of his views during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Lincoln was elected for a second term and none of the Southern states participated. 7 / 10Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached? President Andrew Jackson President Andrew Johnson President Ulysses S. Grant President John Quincy Adams 8 / 10In what speech did Abraham Lincoln state, “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? His Second Inaugural Address The Gettysburg Address His First Inaugural Address The Emancipation Proclamation 9 / 10Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached? President Johnson relieved General Grant as the Commander of the Union Army. President Johnson secretly had supported the Confederacy during the war. Congress and President Johnson differed in their views over how to treat the South. The President did not ask Congress before replacing the Supreme Court Justice. 10 / 10When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… encouraged Britain to abolish slavery did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief believed he had constitutional authority to do so freed all slaves Your score is Try another 10!
