U.S. History High School EOC Exam
Study Guide 2025 Questions and
Answers
Causes of the Civil War - ANSWER✔✔-• Slavery
• States' rights
• Territorial claims
• Abolitionist movement
• Regional differences
Consequences of the Civil War - ANSWER✔✔-• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
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,• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
Dred Scott - ANSWER✔✔-A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and
Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long
residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he
had no rights.
Abraham Lincoln - ANSWER✔✔-16th President of the United States saved the Union during the
Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Andrew Johnson - ANSWER✔✔-17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice President
and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis - ANSWER✔✔-President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and
became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Ulysses S. Grant - ANSWER✔✔-an American general and the eighteenth President of the United
States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American
Civil War.
Robert E. Lee - ANSWER✔✔-Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe
the Union should be held together by force
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, William T. Sherman - ANSWER✔✔-general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south,
union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland
and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in
the North (1820-1913)
Sojourner Truth - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery
and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
Radical Republicans - ANSWER✔✔-Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern
states after civil war
Buffalo Soldiers - ANSWER✔✔-Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars
against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson - ANSWER✔✔-when the Radical Republicans tried Andrew
Johnson for impeachment because he wanted to fire Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. The
Radical Republicans passed a law called the Tenure of Office Act saying that a President cannot fire
a worker "just because". President Johnson stayed in office by one vote.
Black Legislators - ANSWER✔✔-Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
White Extremist Groups - ANSWER✔✔--KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
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Study Guide 2025 Questions and
Answers
Causes of the Civil War - ANSWER✔✔-• Slavery
• States' rights
• Territorial claims
• Abolitionist movement
• Regional differences
Consequences of the Civil War - ANSWER✔✔-• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
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,• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
Dred Scott - ANSWER✔✔-A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and
Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long
residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he
had no rights.
Abraham Lincoln - ANSWER✔✔-16th President of the United States saved the Union during the
Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Andrew Johnson - ANSWER✔✔-17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice President
and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis - ANSWER✔✔-President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and
became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Ulysses S. Grant - ANSWER✔✔-an American general and the eighteenth President of the United
States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American
Civil War.
Robert E. Lee - ANSWER✔✔-Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe
the Union should be held together by force
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, William T. Sherman - ANSWER✔✔-general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south,
union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland
and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in
the North (1820-1913)
Sojourner Truth - ANSWER✔✔-United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery
and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
Radical Republicans - ANSWER✔✔-Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern
states after civil war
Buffalo Soldiers - ANSWER✔✔-Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars
against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson - ANSWER✔✔-when the Radical Republicans tried Andrew
Johnson for impeachment because he wanted to fire Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. The
Radical Republicans passed a law called the Tenure of Office Act saying that a President cannot fire
a worker "just because". President Johnson stayed in office by one vote.
Black Legislators - ANSWER✔✔-Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
White Extremist Groups - ANSWER✔✔--KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
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