The Civil War and Reconstruction Study Guide

What Confederate capital was only about 100 miles from Washington, D.C.?

• Richmond, Virginia

• Lexington, Kentucky

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Baltimore, Maryland

What battle was named after a small church near Pittsburg Landing, TN?

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Atlanta

What Pennsylvania battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 51,000 dead?

• Bull Run 1

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• New Orleans

What state was the focus of General Sherman's "March to the Sea?"

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Maryland

What was the first Civil War land battle in Virginia that resulted in Thomas Jackson getting the nickname of "Stonewall?"

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

• Chancellorsville

What was the name given to the Confederate ships that tried to break through the Union's naval defense?

• schooners

• clipper ships

• sail boats

• blockade runners

What Mississippi battle lasted nearly eight months with Grant finally starving out the Confederacy by blocking off the Mississippi River?

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Vicksburg

What did President Abraham Lincoln sign on January 1, 1863 that was intended to free slaves in Confederate states but not in the border states?

• Free Slave Bill

• 14th Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

After the Civil War, the period of rebuilding the South and re-admitting the southern states back into the U.S. was called​ ​ (a)   .

• Reconstruction
• Reorganization
• Rebuilding
• Reformation

Who was accused of assassinating President Abraham Lincoln?

• Wade Davis

• Dr. Samuel Mudd

• John Wilkes Booth

• William Peterson