The Civil War and Reconstruction

Based on your knowledge of social studies, what would a picture of two men sitting at a table signing something show?

• Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

• Jefferson Davis surrendering to Abraham Lincoln at Appomattox Court House.

• Ulysses S. Grant surrendering to Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Gettysburg.

• Abraham Lincoln surrendering to Jefferson Davis after the Battle of Gettysburg.

What made the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?

• It ended the Confederacy's advance into the North.

• It was the beginning of Sherman's March to the Sea.

• The Confederacy captured a major port on the Atlantic Coast.

• The Union gained control of the South's largest railroad station.

How were the Civil War's effects on the North and South different or similar?

• Railroads were destroyed in the North and South and BOTH struggled to recover.

• Reuniting the divided country helped both the North and South quickly recover.

• The North struggled to recover, while the South recovered quickly.

• The South struggled to recover, while the North recovered quickly.

Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?

• Other countries would not trade with the Southern states.

• Most of the fighting during the war took place in the South.

• Slavery continued to be legal in the North but not in the South.

• The federal government made the Southern states pay for the war.

refers to the period of time after the Civil War when the Southern States were brought back into the Union?

• American Revolution

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Westward Expansion

• Reconstruction

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

___________ refers to the period of time after the Civil War when the Southern States were brought back into the Union?

• A. American Revolution

• B. Freedmen's Bureau

• C. Westward Expansion

• D. Reconstruction

​ issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John F. Kennedy

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

Who gave the Gettysburg Address speech?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant