Civil War Review

What Union Army and Navy victory opened the door to the unopposed invasion of Nashville?

• Fort Donelson

• Shiloh

• Stone's River

• Fort Pillow

What Confederate cavalry colonel led about 700 men and horses out of Fort Donelson prior to its surrender across flooded Lick Creek?

• Matthew Maury

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• Ulysses Grant

• Sam Watkins

What was the last southern state to secede from the Union?

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Mississippi

• Alabama

Which of the following policies and laws DID NOT limit African American rights?

• Black Codes

• 14th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• 1870 TN Constitution

Which battle IN TENNESSEE had the highest percentage of casualties of any battle in the Civil War?

• Battle of Stones River

• Battle of Franklin

• Battle of Nashville

• Battle of Fort Henry

After which battle was the Civil War essentially over in Tennessee as the Union troops had taken control of the state?

• Battle of Fort Donelson

• Battle of Stones River

• Battle of Franklin

• Battle of Nashville

Which of the following was the first African American elected to serve in the state legislature?

• Thomas Sykes

• R.L. Knowles

• Samson Keeble

Under what unpopular governor was the Ku Klux Klan created?

• William Brownlow

• Isham Harris

• Austin Peay

• Alf Taylor

What organization is described by the following:

- Provided food, clothes, and water to those in need

- Taught people how to read and write

- Tried to reunite families who had been separated by the Civil War

• Reconstruction Bureau

• Union Army

• the Freedmen’s Bureau

• The KKK

The Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 outlined some important issues in regards to how the newly freed slaves were going to be handled. Which one of these issues were NOT a part of this document?

• Poll Taxes

• Segregation

• Presidential Campaigns

• Educational Funds