Quiz Me! - Era: Civil War and Reconstruction Test your knowledge about the Civil War and Reconstruction era! 1 / 10 Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached? President Andrew Johnson President Andrew Jackson President Ulysses S. Grant President John Quincy Adams 2 / 10 Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached? President Johnson secretly had supported the Confederacy during the war. The President did not ask Congress before replacing the Supreme Court Justice. Congress and President Johnson differed in their views over how to treat the South. President Johnson relieved General Grant as the Commander of the Union Army. 3 / 10 When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… freed all slaves encouraged Britain to abolish slavery believed he had constitutional authority to do so did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief 4 / 10 Which explains how Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860? The Democrats split their votes between two candidates - one from the North and another from the South. 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. Abraham Lincoln had won over a majority of the people’s votes by his eloquent campaign speeches. 5 / 10 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Gettysburg Address The Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Emancipation Proclamation 6 / 10 Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights ALL of the above It was written by Jefferson Davis NONE of the above It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg 7 / 10 In 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 First Inaugural Address The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation His Second Inaugural Address 8 / 10 What was the significance of the Election of 1860? Lincoln was elected for a second term and none of the Southern states participated. Many people refused to vote for Lincoln because of his views during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 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. 9 / 10 Abraham 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 10 / 10 This former lawyer lost a Senate race in 1858 but was elected President of the United States in 1860. Ulysses S. Grant Abraham LIncoln Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. Hayes Your score is Try another 10!
