STAAR Review: Day 10 Civil War & Reconstruction

Match the following

• Appomattox Court House

• Turning point of the Civil War; ended any further advancement of the Confederacy

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Location where Confederacy surrendered to the Union; ended the Civil War

• Battle of Antietam

• Union captured the Mississippi River; divided the Confederacy in half

• Battle of Gettysburg

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

The best selection for 5 is -

• provide suffrage to African American men

• establish the Freedmen’s Bureau

• abolish the practice of slavery

The best selection for 6 is -

• land grants

• military drafts

• poll taxes

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following 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

Match the following

• Reconstruction

• Freed slaves in the Confederacy

• Black codes

• Began after the Civil War; South was economically and politically ruined

• Robert E. Lee

• Laws that limited the freedom of former slaves

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Confederate general during the Civil War

Match the following

• Gettysburg Address

• Granted African American men suffrage

• Freedmen’s Bureau

• Began after the Civil War; South was economically and politically ruined

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Helped freedmen adjust to life in the South; established schools

• Reconstruction

• Lincoln reflected on the fight to save the Union and provide equality for all

Determine if the description was an advantage for the Union or Confederacy during the Civil War.

Groups:

(a) Advantages of the Union

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(b) Advantages of the Confederacy

• Extensive railroads system for moving troops and supplies

• Strong military leadership

• Knowledge of terrain where most battles were fought

• Numerous factories for producing weapons and ammo

Which of the following were impacts of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?

Select THREE correct answers.

• Former Union officers took over southern state governments.

• Millions of African Americans were permanently freed from slavery.

• Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living.

• President Lincoln was elected to a third term in office.

• Abolitionists had finally achieved their goal.

Which amendment declared under law that African Americans had all the rights of a citizen?

• 13^th Amendment

• 14^th Amendment

• 15^th Amendment

• 19^th Amendment