Civil War / Reconstruction Test

Who was commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

What battle was a major turning point in the Civil War. It was a Union victory that caused the South to never invade the North again.

• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Fort Sumter
• Palmito Ranch

Who was the commander of the Union Army that won many battles & Robert E. Lee had to surrender to him?

• John Regan
• Francis Lubbock
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln

Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, that helped people understand the horrors of slavery in the South?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Harriet Tubman
• Grace Bedell
• Abraham Lincoln

What is it called when the people decide by voting?  Example: Kansas-Nebraska Act, the people decided on slavery by popular vote.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Provisional Government

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave citizenship rights to African-Americans?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave voting rights to African-American men?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

What battle split the Confederacy in two?  It was the last major battle & the Union kept control of the Mississippi River the rest of the war.

• Fort Sumter
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Palmito Ranch

Who tried to sue his owner for his freedom?  The Supreme Court ruled that blacks were not citizens of the U.S. & regarded as property.

• Harriet Tubman
• Dred Scott
• Frederick Douglass
• John Bell Hood