Civil War & Reconstruction

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?

• Secessionist

• Lincolnist

• Abolitionist

• Whig

This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

• Reconstruction

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secede

• Congress

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

• Uncle Tom

• Tony Stark

• Dred Scott

• Brown v Board

What was the capital of the Confederate States?

• Richmond, VA

• Poormond, PA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Tallahassee, FL

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

• More factories

• Larger population

• Better railroads

• Most of the nation's best generals

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

• Fort Benning

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Belvoire

• Fort Pierce

What were the major causes of the Civil War? (List all that apply)

• Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws

• Slavery

• Lincoln winning the election of 1860

• Westward Expansion

• All of the above

What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans.

• 12th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Sharecropping and Tenant Farming is:

• A policy that gave Freed Slaves who helped the North during the war 40 acres and a mule

• A system of farming that left freed slaves and poor whites in debt to wealthy land owners and tied to the land

• A system from the Freedmen's Bureau to allow economically disadvantaged people in the south the opportunity to own land

• Allowing Freed Slaves the ability to work land without having to buy it or pay for their supplies to help them get ahead after Slavery ended