Civil War and Reconstruction Review

What was the significance of the Fifteen Amendment?

• Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

• Permitted Congress to levy an income tax

• Guaranteed African American men the right to vote

• Established the election of U.S. Senators by popular votes

The Union established blockades in Galveston during the Civil War. What exactly did these blockades do?

• They blocked the ports so the Confederacy could not receive supplies.

• They created pathways so ships could enter easily.

• They allowed Confederate soldiers to board the Union ships.

Who won the battle of Galveston?

• The Union

• The Confederates

Who won the Battle of Sabine Pass?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

Governor Sam Houston was Governor of Texas right before Texas Seceded. Was he in favor of secession?

• Yes - he was in favor of secession

• No - he was not in favor of secession

This president was a well known abolitionist and signed the emancipation proclamation.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Quincy Adams

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It abolished trade with foreign countries.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It abolished travel between the states.

Why did African Americans in Texas choose to fight for the Union Army?

• They had achieved freedom and could do so
• They did not want to fight alongside their former owners
• A Union victory would result in a quicker end to slavery
• The Union Army paid them

Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery.  These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs.  This is called....

• sectionalism
• nationalism
• patriotism
• sectarianism

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
• secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan