Civil War and Reconstruction

Issues that divided the United States in the 1850's were ____.

• War with Mexico
• Industrial Revolution
• Slavery and States' Rights
• Railroads and Ships

What was the Southern economy based upon?

• Mining
• Tourism
• Whaling
• Agriculture

The Republican Party was formed in 1854 for what sole purpose?

• To continue slavery.
• To stop the spread of slavery.
• To abolish slavery.
• To make slaves free citizens.

What act started the Civil War?

• Union (U.S.) soldiers would not allow Confederate troops to seize Ft. Sumpter, South Carolina.
• U.S. troops fired upon the Texas and Virginia militias at Bull Run, Virginia.
• Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had a fist fight on a street in Washington, D.C.
• Because several tribes of Indians attacked Richmond, Virginia.

When the Civil War ended, who was the main General of the Union Forces?

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George S. Patton
• Chester E. Nimitz

After the Civil War, the Confederate States had to go through required political, economic and social changes to rejoin the Union.  What were these changes called?

• Constitution
• Reconstruction
• Incrimination
• Secession

What holiday is celebrated as Freedom Day by African-Americans in Texas?

• Cinco de Mayo
• Juneteenth
• Yamboree
• Dia de los muertos

Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?

• the Missouri Compromise
• Bleeding Kansas
• the Gettysburg Address
• Reconstruction

Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.

• freed slaves in the Confederate states
• ended slavery in the entire country
• freed slaves in the border states
• ended the Civil War

What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?

• Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
• the election of Lincoln as President
• The Missouri Compromise
• the annexation of Texas