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WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery.
a)
Harriet's Cabin
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
State's Rights
2.
This man led a raid at Harper's Ferry to show people they could use violence to try and end slavery.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
3.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
4.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
5.
The North used what for their economy?
a)
Plantations
b)
Factories
c)
Slaves
d)
Farming
6.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
7.
Abolish means to....
a)
separate
b)
get rid of
c)
make more of
d)
bring together
8.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit.
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
9.
This person was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
10.
When the war was over, who had the most damage and a really hard time to go back home to?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
11.
What compromise abandons the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Tariff Compromise
12.
What was the "final straw" for the Southern slave states that immediately led to South Carolina seceding from the Union?
a)
The Election of 1860
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Compromise of 1850
13.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
14.
1857: Dred Scott v Stanford
a)
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves could sue for their freedom if they lived in free territories.
b)
The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to free their slaves in free territories.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and could not sue for their freedom.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were allowed to run away using the Underground railroad.
15.
What pro-slavery event ruled that slaves were property and not citizens?
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Free-Soil Party
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
16.
Under the Missouri Compromise this state enters as a free state.
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kansas
d)
Nebraska
17.
Under the Kansas Nebraska Act how would slavery be decided?
a)
By Congress
b)
By the Governor
c)
By Popular Sovereignty
d)
By the President
18.
Prior to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stated that he wanted to
a)
Abolish slavery
b)
Restrict the expansion of slavery
c)
Allow slavery to expand to new territories
d)
Ignore the issue of slavery
19.
A period of time when the U.S. was rebuilding after the Civil War?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
segregation
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
impeachment
20.
A charge of misconduct against a holder of public office?
a)
segregation
b)
impeachment
c)
black codes
d)
reconstruction
21.
Which amendment says Slavery and Involuntary Servitude are not legal
a)
2nd Amendment
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
22.
This practice was common in the South it created separate but equal facilities?
a)
segregation
b)
impeachment
c)
sharecropping
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
23.
This was created to help former slaves adapt to their new freedom after the civil war ended?
a)
reconstruction
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Black COdes
24.
I was the President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Rutherford B. Hayes
d)
Jim Crow
25.
I won the controversial election of 1876?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
26.
What says you can not deny voting rights to someone because of their race?
a)
13th ammendment
b)
14th ammendment
c)
15th ammendment
d)
2nd ammendment
27.
These were laws made in the Southern states after the civil war to control African Americans?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
segregation
d)
sharecropping
28.
What says that anyone born in the United States is a full citizen of the country?
a)
13th Ammendment
b)
14th Ammendment
c)
15th Ammendment
d)
2nd Ammendment
29.
What was started because people were upset with the expansion of African American rights after the Civil War?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Ku Lux Klan
30.
What is farming to pay off your "debts"?
a)
segregation
b)
sharecropping
c)
impeachment
d)
reconstruction
31.
Voters had to _______________ in order to vote.
a)
own land
b)
pass a voting test
32.
Jim Crow laws effected all the following groups EXCEPT for...
a)
African Americans
b)
White Virginians
c)
American Indians
33.
________ is the unfair difference in the way people are treated.
a)
discrimination
b)
prejudice
c)
segregation
d)
separation
34.
In order to vote an African American male had to do all of the following EXCEPT for:
a)
take a voting test
b)
pay a poll tax
c)
own their own land.
35.
During Reconstruction, a goal of the U.S. Congress was to
a)
enforce the Black Codes (laws) in the South
b)
bring the Southern states back into the Union
36.
What had to be paid for a person could vote?
a)
government tax
b)
tariff
c)
poll tax
37.
One of the U.S. Congress' goals during Reconstruction was to
a)
keep the Southern States separated from the Union
b)
rebuild the South and the country
38.
What was the farming system called in which freedmen and poor whites rented land, mules, and tools from a landowner?
a)
plantation owner
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
sharecropping
39.
What laws prevented African Americans from Equal Rights during Reconstruction
a)
Civil Rights Acts
b)
Black Codes
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Slave Code laws
40.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
41.
Why was Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?
a)
The war wasn't finished yet
b)
He became Secretary of State
c)
He was assassinated
d)
He lost the war
42.
Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
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