Benchmark unit 3 test – Flashcards

By the end of the Reconstruction era, most African-Americans in the United States

Booker T. Washington was most known for being

This amendment was created primarily for the purpose of

The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856) is often called the Supreme Court's great 'self inflicted wound' because the decision

Which of these was a characteristic of the South that contributed to its military strength in the early part of the Civil War?

The main purpose of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 was to

This law, which allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery based on popular sovereignty, unintentionally had the effect of increasing tensions between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they rushed west and had violent clashes over control of territory. It was the

The Confederate states' most important advantage entering the Civil War is generally considered to be that

In American history, the term "Reconstruction" refers to

Which of these describes a significant advantage possessed by the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?

General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

Which group was founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others in 1909 to promote equal treatment of Blacks in America?

The Constitutional amendment that prohibited denying voting rights to people based on race or color is the

The purpose of Jim Crow laws was to

Which of these BEST describes the immediate effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

Which of these BEST describes the differences between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington?

"The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress...which will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing. No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. It is important...that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is...more important that we be prepared for the exercise of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory...is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house." Booker T. Washington September 18, 1895 This speech is representative of what attitude in the earliest years of the Civil Rights Movement?

Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

"A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are." A second time the signal, "Water, water; send us water!" ran up from the distressed vessel, and was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." And a third and fourth signal for water was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heeding the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh, sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River. To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say: "Cast down your bucket where you are"— cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded." Booker T. Washington, 1895 In this passage, Washington is urging African Americans to

· repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 · was created as a means of constructing a transcontinental railroad · created two new states in the middle of the United States · let the states decide whether or not to allow slavery Which law is being described here?

Which Supreme Court case would have had the BIGGEST impact on slaves in the United States?

After the passage of the "Tariff of Abominations" in 1828, which South Carolina politician advocated "nullification" and stated that the South should ignore any law that favored the North?

What offers the BEST reasoning behind William Tecumseh Sherman's strategy of using "total war" to defeat the South?

This poster was MOST likely inspired by which government action?

Which Civil War battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River?

Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?

Which prominent Civil Rights leader would have disagreed MOST with Washington's approach to solving the problem of racial inequality in the south?

How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

In 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by African-American activist W.E.B. Dubois and a group of Jewish Americans. Why did Jewish Americans historically ally themselves politically with African Americans?