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WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
What was the last battle of the Civil War that took place on May 13, 1865 near Brownsville, TX.? This was about a month after Robert E. Lee surrendered.
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Sabine Pass
c)
Battle of Vicksburg
d)
Battle of Palmito Ranch
3.
What was the first battle of the Civil War? It took place in South Carolina & it was a Confederate Victory.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Sabine Pass
4.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Robert E. Lee
5.
What battle was a major turning point in the Civil War. It was a Union victory that caused the South to never invade the North again.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Palmito Ranch
6.
Who was the commander of the Union Army that won many battles & Robert E. Lee had to surrender to him?
a)
John Regan
b)
Francis Lubbock
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
7.
Who was an escaped slave that wrote a best selling autobiography & got to meet with Lincoln in the White House to help persuade leaders to allow blacks to join the Army?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Robert E. Lee
8.
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, that helped people understand the horrors of slavery in the South?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Grace Bedell
d)
Abraham Lincoln
9.
What is it called when the people decide by voting? Example: Kansas-Nebraska Act, the people decided on slavery by popular vote.
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Provisional Government
10.
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave citizenship rights to African-Americans?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
11.
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave voting rights to African-American men?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
12.
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
13.
What was the forced military service for Whites aged 18-35 during the Civil War
a)
Conscription
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Freedmen
d)
Scalawag
14.
Who successfully developed the plans to retake Galveston from the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
John B. Magruder
d)
Harriet Tubman
15.
Who was a member of the Texas Secession Convention & Postmaster for the Confederacy?
a)
John Reagan
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis
16.
What battle split the Confederacy in two? It was the last major battle & the Union kept control of the Mississippi River the rest of the war.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Palmito Ranch
17.
Who was Governor of Texas in 1861 & when his term was up he joined the Confederate Army?
a)
Francis Lubbock
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Robert E. Lee
18.
What battle is Richard Dowling & the Davis Guard associated with? It was a Confederate victory against the Union in Texas.
a)
Sabine Pass
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Palmito Ranch
19.
Who tried to sue his owner for his freedom? The Supreme Court ruled that blacks were not citizens of the U.S. & regarded as property.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Bell Hood
20.
Which side had a larger population, more industrialized urban centers with more railroad & telegraph lines
a)
North (Union)
b)
South (Confederacy)
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