Civil War & Reconstruction

When was the Civil War fought?

• 1855-1861
• 1860-1877
• 1861-1865
• 1863-1868

How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?

• As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue
• Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished
• Slavery was considered a historical tradition and should be maintained
• Controversial, slavery was considered a political problem the government should solve

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics: the division of the South into military districts, ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments.
Which era in U.S. history is the focus of the article?

• The Jacksonian Era
• The Federalist Era
• The antebellum era
• The Reconstruction Era

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significantbecause he was the first African American to -

• win an election as a member of the Democratic Party
• win a majority of the popular vote in Mississsippi
• serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
• run for public office in the South

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery were reunited
• Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-

• providing them with voting rights
• guaranteeing them freedom of speech
• providing them with access to the court system
• guaranteeing their permanent freedom fro slavery

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
• limit the impact of the 13th amendment

First major battle with large casualties. It was a Union victory in Tennessee moving them closer to controlling the Mississippi River

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

people killed or wounded

• Yankees

• Rebels

• resistance

• casualties

• entrenched

The first and only President of the Confederacy

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln