WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Issues that divided the United States in the 1850's were ____.
a)
War with Mexico
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Slavery and States' Rights
d)
Railroads and Ships
2.
What act started the Civil War?
a)
Union (U.S.) soldiers would not allow Confederate troops to seize Ft. Sumpter, South Carolina.
b)
U.S. troops fired upon the Texas and Virginia militias at Bull Run, Virginia.
c)
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had a fist fight on a street in Washington, D.C.
d)
Because several tribes of Indians attacked Richmond, Virginia.
3.
Why did the Union think the Civil War would not last very long?
a)
The Union had more soldiers.
b)
The Union had more firearms.
c)
The Union had more money.
d)
All of these answers are correct.
4.
When the Civil War ended, who was the main General of Confederate Forces?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
William T. Sherman
d)
Thomas "Stone Wall" Jackson
5.
Who assisted freed slaves with education, jobs and housing?
a)
Southern Coalition
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Hopes Closet
d)
Sister Mary's Mission
6.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
7.
Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
a)
integrate freedmen into American society
b)
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
c)
expand educational opportunities
d)
limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
8.
After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?
a)
creation of military districts
b)
establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau
c)
use of the sharecropping system
d)
ratification of the 14th amendment
9.
Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to
a)
limit the movement of African Americans
b)
restrict the voting rights of African Americans
c)
improve the social status of African Americans
d)
expand educational opportunities for African Americans
10.
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
a)
grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
b)
allow women to become full citizens
c)
guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
d)
extend constitutional rights to new territories
11.
President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included
a)
restoring the social conditions that existed before the war began
b)
conducting trials for former Confederate leaders
c)
destroying the economic and social power of the Southern planters
d)
reuniting the nation as quickly as possible
12.
A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to
a)
prohibit the secession of states
b)
uphold the legality of the Black Codes
c)
continue the presidential plan for Reconstruction
d)
guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves
13.
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans by
a)
granting voting rights
b)
expanding civil rights
c)
upholding racial segregation
d)
guaranteeing equal wages
14.
After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to
a)
diversify agricultural production
b)
provide a labor supply to plantation owners
c)
give forty acres of land to freedmen
d)
guarantee economic equality for African Americans
15.
Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws were enacted in Southern states as a means to
a)
provide an education for formerly enslaved persons
b)
protect the voting rights of formerly enslaved persons
c)
enforce racial segregation
d)
ensure equal protection under the law
16.
Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Atlanta
17.
Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?
a)
Let's not be too hard on the South; they've suffered enough.
b)
Let's be fair and balanced in dealing with the South.
c)
"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."
d)
We can never trust southerners to run their states fairly ever again.
18.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
GA House of representatives
c)
GA Senate
d)
There was no agency to help them.
19.
A secret society of ex-Confederates who used intimidation to return political power to white men
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Radical Republicans
20.
Insulting nickname for a Northerner who went South after the Civil War
a)
Yankee
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Blues
d)
Yank
21.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Gave African American men the right to vote
b)
Ended slavery
c)
Equal Rights
d)
Ended the Civil War
22.
Bloodiest Single Day of the War and led to the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Shiloh
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Petersburg
d)
Antietam
23.
Sherman's March to the Sea played a vital role in the success of the Union Army because....?
a)
It depleted what little infrastructure the South had left
b)
Gave the Union access to thousands of miles of railroads
c)
Gave Union access to all Southern factories
d)
Demoralized the South and made Southerners understand what "total war" was
24.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
a)
Shiloh
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Donelson
d)
First Battle of Bull Run
25.
The first real battle of the Civil War was?
a)
Siege of Vicksburg
b)
First Battle of Bull Run
c)
Shiloh
d)
Antietam
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