Civil War quiz

Who am I? I was the commander of the Army of Virginia. My right hand man was Stonewall Jackson. I surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

the main disagreement between the North and the South was states'rights, which would lead to the Civil War. What is one of the issues that they disagreed about?

• States' rights to own businesses

• States' rights to vote

• States' rights to bear arms

• States' rights to regulate or abolish slavery

I was the 16th president.

My life ended 'dramatically.'

• Robert E. Lee

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

What invention resulted in southern plantation owners needing more slaves?

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Crop Rotation

• Tractor

Look at the picture showing the event that ended the Civil War. Then answer the question that follows

What are the two men doing in the picture?

• Abraham Lincoln surrendering to Jefferson Davis after the Battle of Gettysburg

• Ulysses S. Grant surrendering to Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Gettysburg

• . Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House

• Jefferson Davis surrendering to Abraham Lincoln at Appomattox Court House

What did the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee in the United States?

• that the right to vote cannot be denied based on skin color

• that all citizens must be treated equally under the law

• that the right to vote cannot be denied based on skin color

• that all laws must be approved by a majority of citizens

Why did many Southern legislatures pass Jim Crow laws after the Civil War?

• to make sure segregated facilities were of equal quality

• to restrict the rights of African American citizens

• to help African Americans exercise their voting rights

• to protect sharecroppers from unfair labor practices

Look at picture of Sherman's March to the Sea. Then answer the question that follows.

Based on the picture, what was a main goal of Sherman's March to the Sea?

• destroying Confederate railroads

• repairing roads damaged by war

• planting crops in order to feed soldiers

• building railroads for the Union Army

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws passed in many southern states, including Georgia, in the decades following the Reconstruction era?

• to allow African Americans to run for office

• to integrate public schools

• to enforce racial segregation

• to protect the voting rights of African Americans

Why did the sharecropping system expand in the South after the Civil War?

• Owners of large farms did not have enough labor while many former slaves did not have jobs.

• Former slaveholders were forced to let former slaves use their land as a form of punishment.

• The Reconstruction governments forced plantation owners to give their land to former slaves.

• The federal government gave small pieces of land to soldiers who served in the Civil War.