Civil War/Reconstruction

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

• slaves in U.S. territories were free.
• slaves throughout the world were free.
• slaves in Confederate states were free.
• slaves in Union slave states were free.

Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Winfield Scott

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

• to free all remaining slaves held by Southern plantation owners

• to punish the South for daring to secede from the Union

• to weaken Southern morale and bring an end to the war by using total war

• to allow his hungry and tired troops to acquire necessary supplies

What was the original goal of the Union at the start of the Civil War?

• Ban slavery

• Restore the Union

• Separate from the United States

• Make slavery legal everywhere

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

Which reconstruction amendment was written immediately after the Civil War?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 15th
• 19th
• 14th
• 13th

Which group of people were most affected by the passing of the 14th Amendment?

• Plantation owners
• White Politicians
• African Americans
• Immigrants

Which amendment gives all people equal protection under the law?

• 14th 
• 15th
• 19th
• 13th

Lincoln believed --

• the South should form its own country and separate from the Union
• Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South
• Charity should be given to the North for their trouble fighting the Civil War
• It was important to preserve the Union and punish the South