Civil War and Reconstruction Era Review

What movement did more people support after reading the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• the abolition movement

• the free speech movement

• the environmental movement

• the women's rights movement

Before the Civil War, southern states believed in “states’ rights.” What does “states’ rights” mean?

• A. A state has to follow all federal laws.

• B. A state can ignore any federal law it does not like.

• C. A state has to free all enslaved people in their state.

• D. A state can enslave people as long as they count them in the census.

What were enslaved people forced to work long hours planting and harvesting in the South?

• apples

• cash crops

• gold

• wheat

What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It helped the Confederacy win the war.

• It made the goal of the war to end slavery.

• It led to more people being enslaved in the Confederacy.

In his Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln said that enslaved people living in states that left the _____ were free.

• Confederacy

• South

• Texas Annexation

• Union

What is celebrated each year on Juneteenth?

• The Union victory at Gettysburg

• The Confederate Victory at Ft. Sumter

• The end of slavery in the United States

• The end of Sherman’s March to the Sea

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

• The Confederate Army got stronger from this battle.

• The Union Army never won another battle in the war.

• The Confederate Army never recovered from this battle.

• The Union Army lost too many soldiers to continue fighting.

The Battle of Gettysburg was the furthest ________ the Confederate Army fought in the Civil War.

• east

• north

• south

• west

Why did General William T. Sherman capture Atlanta during the Civil War?

• to help the Confederacy win some battles

• to encourage people to support the Confederacy

• to take control of plantations and take the cash crops

• to stop factories from making weapons for the Confederacy

How did Sherman's March to the Sea end?

• With the capture of Savannah, Georgia by Union forces

• With the defeat of Sherman by Confederate forces

• With a peace treaty between the North and South

• With the destruction of Atlanta by Confederate troops