WorksheetsCIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
Across which span of years was the Civil War fought?
a)
A. 1855-1861
b)
B. 1860-1877
c)
C. 1861-1865
d)
D. 1863-1868
2.
How did U.S. tariff policies contribute to sectionalism prior to the Civil War?
a)
A. Northern states benefited from the tariffs, while Southern states considered them an economic burden.
b)
B. Western states wanted tariffs to pay for improved infrastructure, while Northern states wanted to reduce the national debt.
c)
C. Northern states gained European investment in industry, while Southern plantations had to rely on trade with Latin America.
d)
D. Southern states benefited from tariffs on raw materials, while Northern and Western states disapproved of higher prices for imports.
3.
How did economic opportunities for free African Americans differ from enslaved African Americans during the early 1800s?
a)
A, Free African Americans could own property and had some rights, while enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
b)
B. Free African Americans had no rights to own property, but could operate a business, while enslaved African Americans had no rights at all.
c)
C. Free African Americans had the right to own businesses and property, while enslaved African Americans only had the right to own personal property.
d)
D. Free African Americans could own and operate their own business, while enslaved African Americans could not own but could only operate a few small types of businesses.
4.
How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?
a)
A. As a source of labor, slavery was an economic issue.
b)
B. Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished.
c)
C. Slavery was considered a historical tradition that should be maintained to keep the cultural ties to the past.
d)
D. As a source of controversy, slavery was considered a political problem the federal government should solve.
5.
What congressional action is described below?
- California becomes a free state.
- Strict fugitive slave law adopted.
- Slave trade, but not slavery, banned in District of Columbia.
- New states in the Southwest could vote to have slavery.
- Texas' debt paid in exchange for adjustment of the Texas boundary.
- California becomes a free state.
- Strict fugitive slave law adopted.
- Slave trade, but not slavery, banned in District of Columbia.
- New states in the Southwest could vote to have slavery.
- Texas' debt paid in exchange for adjustment of the Texas boundary.
a)
A. Tariff Act
b)
B. Compromise of 1850
c)
C. Missouri Compromise
d)
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
6.
Who am I???
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
- Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
- Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.
a)
A. Philip Bazaar
b)
B. Eugene Beaumont
c)
C. William Carney
d)
D. Alexander Webb
7.
How did President Lincoln's assassination affect the nation?
a)
A. Southern and Northern leaders agreed to end the Civil War.
b)
B. Southern states were more accepting of Union control during Reconstruction. .
c)
C. The loss of his leadership made overcoming the challenges the nation faced more difficult.
d)
D. Foreign powers used the political instability to try re-establishing colonies in Latin America.
8.
How did Lincoln view the act of secession from the national government?
a)
A. It was illegal.
b)
B. It was a right of the states.
c)
C. It must be a choice of the people.
d)
D. It should be done only with careful consideration.
9.
How did the Dred Scott decision affect the lives of enslaved people?
a)
A. It restricted slavery to states alone and not territories.
b)
B. It allowed enslaved people to sue for their freedom in state courts.
c)
C. In confirmed enslaved people were property and cannot bring a case to a federal court.
d)
D. It determined enslaved people could travel across state lines while seeking freedom.
10.
Which of the following is a result of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
A. The slave trade ended.
b)
B. Slavery was declared unconstitutional.
c)
C. Only slave states were admitted into the Union.
d)
D. Political power was balanced between slave and free states.
11.
How did the actions of Frederick Douglass contribute to the success of the Union during the Civil War?
a)
A. He joined the Union army and fought at Fort Sumter.
b)
B. He persuaded the Union to permit African Americans to fight in the army.
c)
C. He called upon enslaved people on Southern plantations to passively resist their slaveholders.
d)
D. He convinced Lincoln to treat Confederate prisoners of war in the same way the Confederacy treated African American soldiers.
12.
How did Reconstruction Era politically affect the country?
a)
A. Three new amendments to the Constitution were approved.
b)
B. Senators could be directly elected to the national legislature.
c)
C. Southern states rejoined the Union under their pre-war state constitutions.
d)
D. Western territories rushed to achieve statehood after slavery was outlawed.
13.
Why did many politicians consider the period of Reconstruction necessary after the Civil War?
a)
A. There was a need to repay the services of soldiers during the Civil War.
b)
B. There was a need to incorporate any Confederate loyalties into Southern state governments.
c)
C. There was a need to rebuild war-torn states as well as restore Southern state governments.
d)
D. There was a need to restrict
14.
How did many Southern state governments respond to the demands of Reconstruction?
a)
A. Several state governments re-introduced the international slave trade.
b)
B. Several state governments passed laws to limit opportunities for African Americans.
c)
C. Several state governments recalled national legislators and again proposed secession.
d)
D. Several state governments introduced Constitutional amendments to expand citizenship and voting rights to African Americans.
15.
Which of the following was a result of the Homestead Act of 1862?
a)
A, settlement of the Western territories accelerated.
b)
B. new home construction integrated better building standards and materials.
c)
C. public schools closed during the summers to allow children to work family farms.
d)
D. Southern plantation owners gave parcels of land to newly-freed African Americans.
16.
Which secret society of former Confederate soldiers used terrorism and murder to limit new opportunities for newly-freed African Americans after the Civil War?
a)
A. The Order
b)
B. Ku Klux Klan
c)
C. White Aryan Resistance
d)
D. Council of Conservative Citizens
17.
What was a result of the 14th Amendment?
a)
A. women gained the right to vote
b)
B. newly-freed enslaved people gained citizenship
c)
C. immigration to the United States rapidly increased
d)
D. the government could apply an income tax to all citizens
18.
What was a result of the 13th Amendment?
a)
A. all American citizens had the right to vote
b)
B. no slavery or involuntary servitude was permitted.
c)
C. all enslaved people were freed
d)
D. all slavery was banned, but slave owners could keep their enslaved people for involuntary servitude
19.
Why was the Dawes Act devastating to American Indian tribes?
a)
A. It limited economic opportunities of American Indians by requiring citizenship for employment.
b)
B. It allowed white settlers to acquire tribal lands with only a small fee paid to the federal government.
c)
C. It required individual American Indians to register for taxation, but did not extend citizenship or voting rights.
d)
D. It forced ownership of Indian lands among individual members, leading to a significant disruption in their tribal way of life.
20.
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended government protections of ----
a)
A. voting rights
b)
B. free speech rights
c)
C. due process rights
d)
D. the rights of the accused
21.
Which of the following describes scalawags?
a)
A. Northern Republicans who went south for profit
b)
B. Southerners who worked with the Republicans
c)
C. freedmen who voted Democratic
d)
D. freedmen who voted Republican
22.
Which act offered land grants for institutions of higher education?
a)
A. Homestead Act
b)
B. Homestead and Dawes Acts
c)
C. Morril Act
d)
D. Dawes and Morril Acts
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