7th Grade Civil War & Reconstruction Review

A cycle of debt was created by this new farming system that allowed African Americans to work for landowners- it force many into slave like conditions.

• Land loan system

• Sharecropping

• Black Codes

• None of the above

Which amendment granted African Americans citizenship

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

Andrew Johnson was a southerner who was Lincoln's vice-president.  He angered Congress by refusing to make radical changes to the South. When he fired Sec. of State Stanton, Congress brought charges to do this...

• Deny his reelection

• Force him to resign

• Impeach him

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of Reconstruction?

• Presidential- radical changes to the South, like hanging ex-confederates for treason

• Presidential- moderate changes to the South, like Lincoln's ten percent plan

• Congressional- major changes to the South, like Reconstruction Act of 1876

Which Side wins the Civil War?

• The Colonist

• The South - Confederacy

• The North - Union

• The British

What important battle happens in Pennsylvania in July of 1863 and becomes the turning point of the war in the eastern theatre?

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

Black Codes and ___________ were used to block African Americans from equal rights and to keep them segregate from whites.

• KKK Laws

• Harper's Weekly Articles

• Jim Crow Laws

What as the single bloodiest day of the war?

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox Courthouse

Which of the following is the CORRECT match

• 13th amendment- abolish slavery

• 14th amendment- voting rights 

• 15th amendment- citizenship

• all of the above are correct

What was the name of the government agency that was set up to help newly freed African Americans get an education, jobs, and voting rights, called?

• Goodwill Foundation

• Washington Aid Society

• Freedmen's Bureau

• None of the Above