Lesson 1-5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Having gained the right to ____________________, African Americans quickly began to organize politically and to take part in governing the South.

• vote

• citizenship

• gather

• marry

Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction offered a general ____________________, or pardon, to Southerners who abided by certain conditions.

• parole

• penalty

• acquittal

• amnesty

The ____________________ Proclamation, by its very existence, transformed the conflict over preserving the Union into a war of liberation.

• Electoral

• Emancipation

• Gettysburg

• Freedom

The ____________________ Amendment banned slavery in the United States.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

In 1860 approximately what percentage of the nation’s factories were located in Northern states?

• 30

• 50

• 90

• 100

Lacking sufficient money from taxes or bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print paper money to pay its bills, causing rapid

• trading alliances.

• building of banks.

• use of credit.

• inflation in the South.

It was clear that a large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat at

• the First Battle of Bull Run.

• Fort Donelson.

• Antietam.

• New Orleans.

What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two?

• Gettysburg

• Fredericksburg

• Vicksburg

• Chancellorsville

In addition to ending the enslavement of millions of African Americans, the North’s victory in the Civil War also saved the Union and strengthened the power of the federal government over the

• military.

• church.

• South.

• states.