APEX U.S. HISTORY MIDTERM EXAM 2025 – COMPLETE
STUDY SET FOR APEX LEARNING | CIVIL WAR,
CONSTITUTION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND MAJOR U.S.
EVENTS | ALIGNED WITH APEX CURRICULUM
What was the Wade-Davis Bill?
Proposed Bill, requiring a majority of Southern state's voting citizens to take an oath of
allegiance to the U.S., and new state governments to ban slavery and take voting rights away
from Confederate leaders that Lincoln didn't sign.
Who were the carpetbaggers?
They moved to the South after the Civil War for political gains, financial opportunities, or to aid
former slaves.
What was the assassination plot of 1865?
Led by John Wilkes Booth, it aimed to kill key Union leaders to weaken the government and
revive the Confederacy
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Established in 1865, it provided assistance to former slaves, including food, clothing, medical
care, and hospitals.
What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?
They aimed to suppress African Americans' rights and maintain white supremacy through
intimidation and violence.
What type of damage did the Civil War cause in the South?
Railroads were destroyed, plantations were in ruins, and towns and cities needed to be rebuilt.
What was Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?
Former Confederates had to join the Union and accept the end of slavery in exchange for
forgiveness; after 10% of the state’s votes took this oath, they had to write a new constitution that
banned slavery and could join the Union.
What was the Tenure of Office Act of 1867?
It required the president to seek Senate approval before firing a senior government official
appointed by a past president.
, What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
Ended slavery and involuntary servitude nationwide.
What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
Granted citizenship to those born on U.S. soil and required states to treat people equally (equal
protection under the law).
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
Granted the right to vote to men of all races.
List three ways that Southern states restricted African American voting rights.
Grandfather clauses, literacy tests & poll taxes.
What was the Homestead Act?
Opportunity to own land and become farmers, in the Great Plains region.
Who were the Exodusters?
They migrated to the Great Plains for opportunity to own land and become farmers.
How did Black Codes limit African Americans?
They were limited to jobs like field-workers or maids and could be arrested, fined, or forced into
labor if they didn't work for whites.
What Congressional actions challenged the Black Codes?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and four Reconstruction Acts, dividing the South into military
districts and ensuring voting rights for all men.
Why was Andrew Jackson impeached?
He was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
What actions did Ulysses S. Grant take to protect civil rights?
He supported the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to protect
African Americans' civil rights and hated the KKK.
Who were the first African Americans elected to the Senate?
Hiram Rhode Revels and Blanche K Bruce from Mississippi.
What did most African American officials support?
Increased educational opportunities for freedmen and an end to racial segregation.
STUDY SET FOR APEX LEARNING | CIVIL WAR,
CONSTITUTION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND MAJOR U.S.
EVENTS | ALIGNED WITH APEX CURRICULUM
What was the Wade-Davis Bill?
Proposed Bill, requiring a majority of Southern state's voting citizens to take an oath of
allegiance to the U.S., and new state governments to ban slavery and take voting rights away
from Confederate leaders that Lincoln didn't sign.
Who were the carpetbaggers?
They moved to the South after the Civil War for political gains, financial opportunities, or to aid
former slaves.
What was the assassination plot of 1865?
Led by John Wilkes Booth, it aimed to kill key Union leaders to weaken the government and
revive the Confederacy
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Established in 1865, it provided assistance to former slaves, including food, clothing, medical
care, and hospitals.
What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?
They aimed to suppress African Americans' rights and maintain white supremacy through
intimidation and violence.
What type of damage did the Civil War cause in the South?
Railroads were destroyed, plantations were in ruins, and towns and cities needed to be rebuilt.
What was Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?
Former Confederates had to join the Union and accept the end of slavery in exchange for
forgiveness; after 10% of the state’s votes took this oath, they had to write a new constitution that
banned slavery and could join the Union.
What was the Tenure of Office Act of 1867?
It required the president to seek Senate approval before firing a senior government official
appointed by a past president.
, What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
Ended slavery and involuntary servitude nationwide.
What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
Granted citizenship to those born on U.S. soil and required states to treat people equally (equal
protection under the law).
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
Granted the right to vote to men of all races.
List three ways that Southern states restricted African American voting rights.
Grandfather clauses, literacy tests & poll taxes.
What was the Homestead Act?
Opportunity to own land and become farmers, in the Great Plains region.
Who were the Exodusters?
They migrated to the Great Plains for opportunity to own land and become farmers.
How did Black Codes limit African Americans?
They were limited to jobs like field-workers or maids and could be arrested, fined, or forced into
labor if they didn't work for whites.
What Congressional actions challenged the Black Codes?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and four Reconstruction Acts, dividing the South into military
districts and ensuring voting rights for all men.
Why was Andrew Jackson impeached?
He was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
What actions did Ulysses S. Grant take to protect civil rights?
He supported the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to protect
African Americans' civil rights and hated the KKK.
Who were the first African Americans elected to the Senate?
Hiram Rhode Revels and Blanche K Bruce from Mississippi.
What did most African American officials support?
Increased educational opportunities for freedmen and an end to racial segregation.
