Unit 5 Civil War and Reconstruction Review

Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What is states' rights?

• the idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government

• the federal government's plan to restore the south to the union after the civil war

• a nation at war within itself

• to withdraw from something, such as a nation

Which of the following statements accurately describes the public's reaction to Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Northerners viewed the book as nothing more than abolitionist exaggerations.

• Southerners felt the book did not accurately describe slavery.

• Abolitionists believed the book harmed their cause and tried to have it banned.

• The book was largely ignored by the public until after Reconstruction.

During the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign took place as a result of which turn of events?

• a Union Victory in Florida

• a Union defeat in Alabama

• a Union victory in Tennessee

• a Union defeat in South Carolina

What was the MAIN reason that the South built more factories following the Civil War?

• European demand for American cotton decreased.

• A lot of Southern farmland was destroyed during the war.

• Northern demands for manufactured goods increased dramatically

• Reconstruction laws banned former slaveholders from owning farms.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. [N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law[.]

What constitutional amendment, or amendments, are these statements part of?

• Both statements are found in the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Both statements are found in the Fourteenth Amendment.

• Statement 1 is found in the Fourteenth Amendment and statement 2 is found in the Fifteenth Amendment.

• Statement 1 is found in the Thirteenth Amendment and statement 2 is found in the Fourteenth Amendment.

After the Civil War, sharecropping in the United States was MOST helpful to

• landowners

• former slaves

• farm workers

• veterans

What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?

• to provide equal rights to citizens

• to secure voting rights

• to outlaw poll taxes

• to end slavery

The British North American colonies economically specialized in order to take advantage of their

• democratic government

• location between 2 oceans

• natural resources

• relationships with American Indians

What was the goal of the Freedman's Bureau?

• to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment

• to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee

• to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South

• to provide housing and medical care to former slaves