Staar Civil War Reconstruction

Which U.S. President was impeached for his actions during Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• Hannibal Hamlin

• James K. Polk

• Ulysses S. Grant

Where did the Civil War end? [hint: this is where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant]

• Washington D.C.

• San Antonio, Texas

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Which of these was the BIGGEST issue that divided the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

• cotton imports

• the treatment of Native Americans

• slavery

• the growing national debt

Midway through the war, President Abraham Lincoln issued a message of freedom for slaves in the south. This message weakened the Southern economy and gave the Union soldiers a moral reason to keep fighting. It was known as -

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Northwest Ordinance

• the Nullification Crisis

• the Compromise of 1850

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It ended trade with foreign countries.

• It forbade travel between the states.

• It abolished [ended] slavery in the United States.

• It gave all freedmen the right to vote.

What were the "Black Codes"?

• Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.

• Another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.

• Laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans.

• Secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan.

The Freedman's Bureau was created in order to:

• Settle new immigrants to the South after the Civil War.

• Force the South to rejoin the Union after the end of the Civil War.

• Restrict the movement and freedom of newly freed slaves in the South.

• Educate, help, and provide food/shelter to newly freed slaves in the South.

What was "Reconstruction"?

• The era of time when the North and South were fighting over the issue of slavery.

• The name of the law that President Lincoln created to free all of the slaves in America.

• The time period after the war when the South was rebuilt brought back in to the Union.

• The name of the series of events that caused the Civil War.

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

• The end of slavery in Texas.

• The beginning of Reconstruction in Texas.

• The beginning of summer in Texas.

• The end of the Civil War in Texas.

What happened to President Andrew Johnson when he challenged the Radical Republicans for control of the Reconstruction efforts?

• The Democrats were able to take control of the Senate.

• The Radical Republicans tried to impeach [remove] him from the Presidency.

• The Radical Republicans supported him in his Reconstruction plan.

• Because he fought the Radical Republicans the Reconstruction effort failed.