STAAR Review: Day 10 Civil War & Reconstruction

Match the following

• Battle of Vicksburg

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

• Appomattox Court House

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

• Battle of Gettysburg

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

• Battle of Antietam

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

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

• Confederate general during the Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Laws that limited the freedom of former slaves

Match the following

• Gettysburg Address

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

• Freedmen’s Bureau

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

• Fifteenth Amendment

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

• Reconstruction

• Granted African American men suffrage

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

• Knowledge of terrain where most battles were fought

• Numerous factories for producing weapons and ammo

• Strong military leadership

• Extensive railroads system for moving troops and supplies

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