Civil War & Reconstruction Test Corrections Quiz!

Why did the South start to grow more Corn and Wheat during the Civil War and less cotton?

• Corn and Wheat were cheaper to grow.

• The Confederacy had a higher demand for cotton during the Civil War.

• The Confederacy needed the food to feed their soldiers.

• The Confederacy would sell their Corn and Wheat to the Union for more money.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It ended trade with foreign countries.

• It abolished [ended] slavery in the United States.

• It forbade travel between the states.

• It gave all freedmen the right to vote.

What happened at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865?

• General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.

• Union General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered the Union to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

• The final battle of the Civil War was fought, ending in a Union Victory.

• The final battle of the Civil War was fought, ending in a Confederate Victory.

What was "Reconstruction"?

• The era of time when the North and South were fighting over the issue of slavery.

• The time period after the war when the South was rebuilt brought back in to the Union.

• The name of the law that President Lincoln created to free all of the slaves in America.

• The name of the series of events that caused the Civil War.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use their political power and VOTE whether or not they would allow slavery in their state. What was this power called?

• Sectionalism

• State's Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secession

Showing loyalty to a certain region or section rather than the whole country is known as:

• States' Rights

• Secede

• Sharecropper

• Sectionalism

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect to both Freedmen and Escaped Slaves?

• It ruled that neither could vote in Southern States.

• It stated that they could work in the North only with special permission.

• Both Freedmen & Escaped Slaves could be captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

• It did not affect Freedmen & Escaped Slaves.

What happened when Governor Sam Houston refused to let Texas join the Confederacy?

• Texas removed him as Governor and replaced him with someone loyal to the Confederacy.

• Texas respected his decision and decided to join the Union against the Confederacy.

• The Confederacy considered his refusal a betrayal and attacked Texas.

• Sam Houston asked President Lincoln to send in the National Guard to force Texas to stay in the Union.

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected as President in 1860?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Western Territories

• Great Britain

What happened to President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 in Washington D.C.?

• He was assassinated [killed] by Southerner John Wilkes Booth.

• The South officially apologized to him before the entire Congress.

• He was assassinated [killed] by Northerner Edwin Booth.

• He went to see a play with his wife and had a lovely time! Nothing bad happened...