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Unit 7 Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The closing of a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from coming in or out. 
a)
Blockade
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Conscription
d)
Freedmen
2.
"Emancipation Day" for enslaved people in Texas, June 19, 1865. 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Juneteenth
d)
Home front
3.
The civilian world during war time. 
a)
Blockade
b)
Home front
c)
Freedmen
d)
Reconstruction
4.
The federal government's plan to restore seceded states to the Union directly after the Civil War. 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Sectionalism
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Reconstruction
5.
A temporary government. 
a)
Provisional (Government)
b)
Reconstruction
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
6.
The forced enrollment of people into the military ("the draft"). 
a)
Nullification
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Conscription
d)
Vigilante
7.
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern Governments after the Civil War (Ex: labor contracts)
a)
Black Codes
b)
The KKK
c)
15th Amendment
d)
Segregation
8.
A formerly enslaved person. 
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Freedmen
9.
Pick a name to match this description:
Wanted to contain slavery to current "slave" states instead of abolishing it when first elected. 
a)
John Bell Hood
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis 
10.
How is the term "states' rights" connected to the "issue of slavery"?
a)
Southern states wanted to abolish slavery using the powers of individual states
b)
The North wanted to protect Southerns by passing pro-slavery legislation
c)
The South believed they had the right to decide state by state on the issue of slavery
d)
States' rights did not have to do with slavery and only pertained to tariffs placed on states 
11.
Dredd Scott v. Sandford 
a)
Decided that slaves would be freed and gain full citizenship rights
b)
Decided that slaves were now legally considered property
c)
Decided that slaves were no longer slaves when they traveled to free states
d)
Decided that freed slaves could now vote in upcoming elections
12.
The very last battle of the Civil War was called ______________ and took place after General Lee had already surrendered!
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Sabine Pass
d)
Palmito Ranch
13.
Pick the best option below to describe the changing role of women during the Civil War Era
a)
They stayed at home and took care of the children, wrote letters to their husbands, and cooked/cleaned
b)
They became nurses, made clothing and supplies, and sometimes disguised themselves as men to fight
c)
They worked in factories up North, were able to enlist legally in the Union Army, and no longer had to stay at home
14.
George Meade(Union), Robert E. Lee (Confederate), took place in Pennsylvania, bloodiest/longest battle in American History. 
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Palmito Ranch
d)
Sabine Pass
15.
George McClellan (Union), Robert E. Lee (Confederate), 12 hour period, 23,000 dead/wounded, bloodiest single-day battle. 
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Palmito Ranch
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
16.
13th Amendment
a)
Abolished Slavery
b)
African-American voting rights
c)
African-American Citizenship rights
17.
14th Amendment
a)
African-American Citizenship rights
b)
African-American voting rights
c)
Abolished slavery
18.
15th Amendment 
a)
Abolished slavery
b)
African-American voting rights
c)
African-American citizenship rights
19.
1861-1865
a)
Years of the Civil War Era
b)
Years of the Battle of Antietam
c)
Years of the Era of Reconstruction
d)
Years the Black Codes were in place
20.
Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Slaves not illegal property or "contraband" that can be seized by Union Army only in Confederate States
b)
Slavery abolished, slaves now officially free in the U.S. 
c)
Passed by Congress with a unanimous vote
d)
Issued immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg