Unit 6 Test - Civil War & Reconstruction

What caused the start of the Civil War?

• South Carolina seceding from the Union
• The North attacked Charleston
• South Carolina attacked Ft. Sumter
• President Lincoln's Election

Which of these was an advantage the North had over the South during the Civil War?

• Better leadership
• A bigger population
• Fewer slaves
• Better weapons

Where did most of the fighting during the Civil War take place?

• Virginia, Tennessee and the Mississippi River
• In the North
• In South Carolina
• In the West

Lincoln and Johnsons' reconstruction plans both required ____ of a Southern state's population to swear allegiance to return to the Unites States.

• 25%
• 10%
• 50%
• 75%

What was Congress' main goal for Reconstruction?

• Repairing the southern economy
• Protecting the rights of freed slaves
• Getting money from the southern states
• All of these
• None of these

Which military district would South Carolina be put into during Reconstriction?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

Which of these is one of the Freedman's Bureaus greatest accomplishments?

• Building over 1,000 schools in the south
• Giving land to freed slaves
• Returning land to white southerners
• Providing jobs to poor white farmers

What is sharecropping?

• Borrowing money to plant crops
• Renting land by giving part of your crop to the landowner
• A way for freed slaves to buy land
• Giving food to starving people

Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

• 9th
• 11th
• 13th
• 15th

What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution do?

• Give all citizens the right to vote
• Give women the right to vote
• Recognize African Americans as U.S. Citizens
• Free all slaves