Reconstruction

A three minute speech given by President Lincoln at the site of the Gettysburg battle that inspired the Union. p.406

• Gettysburg Address
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Impeachment
• Assassination

The Gettysburg Address is a famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln.  What was the purpose of Lincoln's speech? page 406

• to show his pride in his country
• to inspire soldiers after a terrible battle
• to announce the beginning of the Civil War
• to announce the end of the Civil War

On what day was Lincoln assassinated? page 406

• April 30, 1865
• January 10, 1864
• April 14, 1865
• April 4, 1865

How was Lincoln assassinated? page 406

• He was stabbed
• he was strangled
• he died in a house fire
• He was shot with a small gun in the back of the head

In which theater did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln take place? page 406.

• Ford's Theater
• Kennedy Center Performing Arts Theater
• Strathmore Theater
• Warner Theater

The murder of a political or government leader p.407

• Assassination
• Impeachment
• Segregation
• Sharecropping

Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________. p.407

• Lee Harvey Oswald
• John Wilkes Booth
• Mark David Chapman
• Sirhan Sirhan

What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation? page 407

• Bricklayer
• Actor
• Clerk
• Soldier

This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War? page 408

• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Reconstruction
• WWI
• Freedmen's Bureau 

After Abraham Lincoln's assassination, who took over the presidency and continued Reconstruction? page 408

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Andrew Johnson
• Rutherford B. Hayes