STAAR Blitz 5.2

Union captured the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in half

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Location where Confederacy surrendered to the Union, ended the Civil War

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Deadliest single-day battle of the war, showed Union could stand against the Confederacy

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Turning point of the Civil War, ended any further advancement of the Confederacy

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

The best selection to complete 5 is -

• provide suffrage to African American men

• establish Freedmen’s Bureaus in the South

• abolish the practice of slavery

The best selection to complete 6 is -

• land grants

• military drafts

• poll taxes

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into three topics. Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

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

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food
• By expanding the region’s dependence on corn production
• By making landowners buy supplies from the government
• By keeping renters in debt to landlords