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US HISTORY HIGH SCHOOL EOC EXAM NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Ulysses S. Grant
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
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union
should be held together by force
William T. Sherman
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
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
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
Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war
, 2
Dred Scott
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
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
17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice President and succeeded
Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential
writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Buffalo Soldiers
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
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
Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
, 3
White Extremist Groups
-KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
-The White League
-Red Shirts
-Pale Faces
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the U.S. in 1865
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal
protection of the laws regardless of race
15th Amendment
Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous
condition of servitude
carpetbagger
Northerners who traveled south just to make money off the Reconstruction. They
were called this because their suitcases were usually made from carpet.
Suffrage
the right to vote
Jim Crow Laws
The "separate but equal" segregation laws state and local laws enacted in the
Southern and border states of the United States and enforced between 1876 and
1965
Black Codes
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
US HISTORY HIGH SCHOOL EOC EXAM NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Ulysses S. Grant
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
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union
should be held together by force
William T. Sherman
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
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
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
Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war
, 2
Dred Scott
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
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
17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice President and succeeded
Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential
writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Buffalo Soldiers
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
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
Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
, 3
White Extremist Groups
-KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
-The White League
-Red Shirts
-Pale Faces
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the U.S. in 1865
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal
protection of the laws regardless of race
15th Amendment
Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous
condition of servitude
carpetbagger
Northerners who traveled south just to make money off the Reconstruction. They
were called this because their suitcases were usually made from carpet.
Suffrage
the right to vote
Jim Crow Laws
The "separate but equal" segregation laws state and local laws enacted in the
Southern and border states of the United States and enforced between 1876 and
1965
Black Codes
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
