Civil War Review

What was a possible risk a soldier faced if he survived being wounded in a Civil War battle?

• dying from disease

• being forgotten

• losing his pay

• being dishonorably discharged

In their “total war” strategy, what did Union forces attack?

• enslaved people

• political leaders

• military and civilian targets

• Confederate monuments

Where did Lee finally surrender to Grant?

• Appomattox Court House

• Washington, D.C.

• Richmond

• Petersburg

What was the system called when a landowner lends materials to a person who would plant crops and then pay back the landowner with a portion of the crops harvested?

• carpetbagging

• sharecropping

• barter farming

• crop rotation

How did the Civil War affect states’ rights?

• The authority of the federal government was more powerful than the state governments.

• States gained more power in deciding their own laws.

• The balance of power between federal and states governments did not change.

• States lost all rights of self-determination.

By the end of the Civil War,

• many Confederate leaders had been put on trial for treason.

• African Americans had gained full citizenship.

• the South’s economy had been destroyed.

• Congress had no plans to rebuild the nation.

One of President Lincoln’s first major goals for Reconstruction was to

• reunite the nation.

• reorganize the South’s land.

• give African Americans full citizenship.

• punish southern states for seceding.

Which of the following guaranteed full citizenship status and rights to every person born in the United States?

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

How was the Thirteenth Amendment different from the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The Emancipation Proclamation was only for the border states.

• The Thirteenth Amendment was only for the Confederate states.

• The Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves in the United States.

• There was no difference between the Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation.

As a result of the power struggle between President Andrew Johnson and Congress

• Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

• Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act.

• Johnson refused to enforce the Reconstruction Acts.

• Johnson was impeached.