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Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a dilemma President Lincoln faced at Ft. Sumter

a)

Should he abandoned the fort immediately and leave

b)

Should he re-supply the fort and possibly incite war with the South

c)

Should the federal troops make the first strike against the South

2.

Which of the following is correct about the Battle of Ft. Sumter?

a)

The Confederacy fires first and two days later the Union surrenders the fort

b)

It make President Lincoln look weak

c)

It started on April 12, 1860

3.

What happened after Lincoln called for volunteer state militias?

a)

Many Southerners migrate North to support and join the war effort

b)

Preparation begins for a long war

c)

Four more Southern states secede as they refuse to fight against fellow Southerners

4.

What is a Border State?

a)

Southern states where slavery was illegal

b)

Southern states that only had Union fighting regiments

c)

States where slavery was legal but not economically needed

5.

Which is NOT true about the North during the Civil War?

a)

Had better military leaders than the South

b)

Had more and better railroads than the South

c)

Had numerous factories, supplies, and financial resources

6.

What was the South's greatest asset?

a)

Numerous factories and finished goods

b)

Cotton

c)

A great navy and many ships

7.

What caused most deaths during the Civil War?

a)

Battle

b)

Diseases

c)

Friendly Fire

8.

What is NOT correct about Civil War medicine?

a)

Doctors used antibiotics and blood transfusions

b)

Most battle wounds would result in amputation

c)

Mercury pills called Blue Mass were used as a cure-all drug

9.

What caused 90% of all battlefield casualties?

a)

The Minie Ball and the 1861 Springfield Rifle

b)

Heavy Artillery Shells and Mortars

c)

Gatling Gun

10.

Which item below is NOT matched correctly?

a)

Anaconda Plan-Union blockade of Confederate coast

b)

Mathew Brady-Civil War Photographer

c)

Total War-Fighting only among soldiers

11.

Which item is correct about the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

Gen. Jackson is named "Stonewall" for his courage here

b)

The North called the battle the First Manassas

c)

The Confederate "Rebel Yell" proves to be useless

12.

Why did the South win the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

They outnumbered Union forces

b)

Confederate soldiers had better leadership and experience

c)

The Union marched too far to battle and were fatigued

13.

Which Civil War general was "too cautious?"

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George Meade

c)

George McClellan

14.

What is NOT true about the Battle of Shiloh?

a)

It was a light battle with few casualties

b)

First major battle of western theatre of war

c)

Gen. Grant pushes back the Confederate Army and Gen. Johnston dies in battle

15.

Why did Lincoln get upset at Gen. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign?

a)

McClellan moves his army via boat against Lincoln's war plans

b)

McClellan took the credit for the victory which upset Lincoln

c)

McClellan had too many delays and hesitations

16.

Why did Lee attack at Antietam?

a)

To surprise the Army of the Potomac

b)

To encourage Great Britain to take the South's side in the conflict

c)

To take the war to places it had not been fought in previously

17.

What mistake did Lee make at Antietam?

a)

Lee was hesitant and delayed striking McClellan's army

b)

Lee got inaccurate information on the location of McClellan's army

c)

Lee left his battle plans wrapped in cigars at a vacant Confederate camp

18.

Why is the Battle of Antietam significant?

a)

It was the bloodiest single-day battle of the war

b)

Lee invaded the North for the first time

c)

This was McClellan's last battle

19.

What was Lincoln's stated reason for fighting the war?

a)

To end slavery

b)

To preserve the Union

c)

To end the expansion of slavery

20.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do?

a)

Free slaves in the Confederate states

b)

Give the North a moral cause to fight

c)

Allow blacks to serve in Union fighting regiments

21.

What is correct about fighting on the home front during the Civil War?

a)

The North's economy increased and the South's continued to decline

b)

Women only worked as nurses

c)

Manufacturing declined in the North

22.

What was one of the causes of draft riots in the North?

a)

Lincoln permitting blacks to serve in the Union army

b)

Lincoln suspending habeas corpus

c)

Wealthy men could hire a substitute to fight for them

23.

What is NOT correct about the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville?

a)

Lee easily defeats both Burnside and Hooker's armies

b)

The Confederate victories come at a great price as Gen. Jackson is mortally wounded

c)

Fredericksburg is considered an Union victory and Chancellorsville a Confederate victory

24.

What was the major event of Day 1 at Gettysburg?

a)

Lee meets an expected Union cavalry here

b)

Gen. Meade has Union army form a fishhook design on hills South of town

c)

Confederate forces push the Union army northwards towards Big and Little Round Tops

25.

What was the major event on Day 2 at Gettysburg?

a)

Chamberlain's regiment holds the fishhook and darkness keeps the South from taking the high ground

b)

The South runs out of ammunition

c)

Gen. Lee suffering from dysentery makes several disastrous decisions

26.

What was the major event on Day 3 at Gettysburg?

a)

Lee's retreat and Meade pursuing him back to Virginia

b)

Lee's first battle defeat

c)

Gen. Pickett's ill-fated charge

27.

What is NOT correct about the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

It was the most important or significant Union victory

b)

It was the turning point of the war

c)

It was the battle with the most overall number of casualties

28.

What did Grant's victory at Vicksburg accomplish?

a)

It increased economic pressure on the Midwest and Plains states

b)

It was the turning point of the war

c)

It split the South into east and west divisions giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union

29.

Which general below made use of "Total or Hard War?"

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George McClellan

30.

Why did Gen. Grant defeat Lee during the Virginia Campaign (e.g.-Battle of the Wilderness)?

a)

Lee pushes forward regardless of casualties and runs out of soldiers

b)

Grant is willing to suffer greater casualties to ensure winning the battles than Lee

c)

Many of Lee's men die when the Union explodes their trenches

31.

What was NOT a reason Gen. Sherman led the "March to the Sea" Campaign?

a)

To prove to President Lincoln that he was a good general

b)

To break the Southern economy, destroy its' morale, and show the power of the Union army

c)

To make the old and young and rich and poor, feel the harshness of war

32.

What occurred after Lincoln's re-election in 1864?

a)

The South negotiates an end to the war

b)

Congress passes the 13th Amendment ending slavery

c)

Richmond falls forcing Gen. Lee to leave the Confederate capital

33.

What happened at Wilmer McLean's farmhouse?

a)

Lee surrenders to Grant in Appomattox Courthouse, VA

b)

The last shots of the war occur in his kitchen

c)

John Wilkes Booth is captured

34.

Why did the South lose the Civil War?

a)

They lacked good leadership and generals

b)

They failed to get military and financial support from Europe

c)

They had no reason to fight

35.

What is NOT true about Reconstruction?

a)

Southern states were automatically re-admitted into the Union

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau was started to assist former slaves

c)

Southern states rebuilt their economies and lives

36.

What was Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan called?

a)

Radical Reconstruction

b)

10%

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

37.

Which of the following was NOT correct about Lincoln's assassination?

a)

It ended any hope of a kind and generous reconstruction

b)

It was part of an elaborate conspiracy involving several people and events

c)

His death was universally mourned in the North

38.

What is correct about President Andrew Johnson?

a)

He was good friends with the Radical Republicans

b)

He wanted a lenient Reconstruction like Lincoln

c)

He favored racial equality for all blacks

39.

What is NOT correct about the Black Codes?

a)

They were the same in all Southern states

b)

Blacks were not allowed to gather after sunset

c)

Many freedmen could only live in rural areas

40.

Which amendment gave black men voting rights?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

41.

What was the Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan?

a)

To punish the South and treat them as conquered people

b)

Former Confederate leaders should be pardoned immediately

c)

Believed the President, not Congress should oversee Reconstruction

42.

Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Andrew Johnson?

a)

Johnson vetoed the 14th Amendment

b)

Johnson refused to enforce Reconstruction laws

c)

Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act when he fired Sec. of War Stanton

43.

What constitutional amendment defined citizenship and protected due process?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

44.

What is NOT true about Johnson's impeachment?

a)

He stays in office by one vote

b)

He argues that he has committed no crime

c)

He resigns as President

45.

What is true about the majority of blacks in the South during Reconstruction?

a)

They join the Republican party

b)

They leave sharecropping

c)

They migrate north

46.

Who benefits most from sharecropping

a)

Landowner

b)

Tenant

c)

Both

47.

Why did hate groups emerge in the South during Reconstruction?

a)

To encourage immigration from white communities in Europe

b)

To prevent freed men from using their constitutional rights (e.g.-voting or serving in political office)

c)

To begin a second Civil War against the North to restore slavery

48.

What did Plessy v. Ferguson do?

a)

Stated that segregation was lawful allowing separate but equal

b)

Upheld the 15th Amendment giving voting rights to black property owning males

c)

It outlawed lynching

49.

What was NOT a part of Reconstruction?

a)

Jim Crow Laws that permitted separate but equal facilities

b)

Carpetbaggers and military rule in Southern states

c)

United States Sanitary Commission

50.

What ended Reconstruction?

a)

The Compromise of 1877

b)

Assassination of President Lincoln

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

51.

Who was the founder and director of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

Henry Whitney Bellows

b)

O.O. Howard

c)

Jefferson Davis

52.

How did the South name battles?

a)

By nearest city or town

b)

By major physical landmark

c)

By choice of commanding general

53.

What was an unfulfilled promise given to former slaves?

a)

A chicken in every pot

b)

40 Acres and a Mule

c)

A fair and decent job

54.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare free?

a)

All enslaved peoples of America

b)

All enslaved peoples in the Union

c)

All enslaved peoples living in States of rebellion

55.

What was the significance of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

It condemned the use of total war

b)

It stressed freedom and equality were for all people

c)

It helped mend hostilities between the North and South

56.

What was the new labor system established in the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Independent farming by African Americans

b)

Churches bought land and distributed it to freed slave

c)

Sharecropping based on credit

57.

In what state did the Peninsula Campaign, Wilderness Campaign, and Siege of Petersburg occur?

a)

Maryland

b)

Tennessee

c)

Virginia

58.

Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

a)

That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the Union

b)

Southern states could gradually eliminate slavery and still be admitted to the Union

c)

”Malice towards none and charity for all”

59.

Why did President Lincoln suspend habeas corpus?

a)

He feared sessionists in Maryland causing rebellion

b)

He wanted to locate, arrest, and hold Confederate leaders

c)

He wanted to test the limits of the Constitution

60.

What did NOT happen at Ford’s Theatre on the night of President Lincoln’s assassination?

a)

The play being viewed was “Our American Cousin”

b)

Booth suffers a broken leg after jumping from balcony seating

c)

Booth suffers a stabbing wound from Maj. Rathbone

61.

Which of the following was NOT a result of Antietam?

a)

A clear victory for the North

b)

Great Britain and France fail to provide financial and military support for the South

c)

The greatest number of casualties occurring in a single day of battle

62.

Which of the following is correct about the Civil War?

a)

The Union made use of the first submarine in battle

b)

It has been called the first "Modern War"

c)

Gettysburg was the first time Gen. Lee moved his army out of the South into battle

63.

What description of famous Civil War generals is NOT matched correctly?

a)

"King of Spades" Robert E. Lee

b)

"First Modern War General" William T. Sherman

c)

"Unconditonal Submission" Ulysses S. Grant

64.

Which of the following was a border state?

a)

Kentucky

b)

Tennessee

c)

West Virginia

65.

What was a reality after the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

The South would be defeated quickly and easily

b)

The war would not end in 90 days or by harvest time

c)

European battle styles would be the most effective way of fighting

66.

Where did the last battle of the Civil War occur?

a)

Georgia

b)

Texas

c)

Virginia

67.

Who were the Copperheads?

a)

Northerners opposed to the war and President Lincoln

b)

Southerners who supported the North during the war

c)

Northerners who migrated South during Reconstruction

68.

What was the Anaconda Plan?

a)

A Reconstruction plan that was rejected by the Republican party

b)

The name for Gen. Lee's northern invasion into Pennsylvania

c)

The Union naval blockade of the Southern coastline

69.

What Southern city refused to celebrate the Fourth of July for 81 years?

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

New Orleans, LA

c)

Vicksburg, MS

70.

What was the first Civil War battle captured by photo journalists?

a)

First Battle of Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Shiloh

71.

Whose home was taken during the war and today is a part of Arlington National Cemetery?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Stonewall Jackson

72.

Which of the following did Union soldiers typically eat while in the field?

a)

Spam and hard bread

b)

Beans and oatmeal

c)

Salted meat and hard tack

73.

What is Clara Barton famous for?

a)

Writing several historical fiction novels on the Civil War

b)

Starting the American Red Cross

c)

Anti-war speeches

74.

What did the Battle of the Merrimac and the Monitor show to the rest of the world?

a)

That wars could not be fought at sea

b)

Made all other navies of the world obsolete as ironclad ships had replaced wooden ships

c)

Showed the rest of the world that the South could win this war

75.

Why was capturing and destroying Atlanta important?

a)

It was the Southern center for supplies, industry, and rail lines

b)

It was the capitl of the Confederacy

c)

It supplied the livestock needed to feed the Confederate army

76.

What were the number of battle deaths at Fort Sumter?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

3

77.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Civil War?

a)

European threats

b)

States' rights

c)

Slavery

78.

Who was given the task of taking heavily fortified Ft. Wagner in South Carolina?

a)

The Army of the Potomac

b)

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers (Black Regiment)

c)

Sherman's Army of Tennessee and Georgia

79.

What Southern city fell to the Union in 1862?

a)

Atlanta

b)

New Orleans

c)

Miami

80.

Who often stated, "the Civil War was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight?"

a)

Poor Northeners who were forced to fight in a war they didn't support

b)

Poor Southerners who were forced to serve the Confederacy

c)

Wealthy Northerners who avoided the draft using a substitute

81.

How did the sharecropping system work?

a)

The sharecroppers own the land

b)

The crops are shared by all members of the family

c)

Part of the crops go to pay rent for the land, supplies, and equipment

82.

What disease would kill most Civil War troops?

a)

Dysentery

b)

Typhoid

c)

Untreated infections from wounds

83.

How many months did the Civil War last?

a)

48

b)

60

c)

120

84.

What organization was responsible for claiming and arranging proper burial for Union soldiers?

a)

American Red Cross

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

U.S. Sanitary Commission

85.

What political party did blacks join in large numbers after the Civil War?

a)

Democratic

b)

Independent

c)

Republican

86.

What does NOT apply to the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

People attended the battle thinking it would be great entertainment

b)

The South followed the Army of the Potomac back to Washington, D.C.

c)

The South called the battle the First Battle of Manassas

87.

How did Gen. Stonewall Jackson die?

a)

He was shot by friendly fire and died from an infection days later

b)

He had a heart attack and died a few hours later

c)

He died on the battlefield at the Battle of Chancellorsville

88.

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

89.

What came out of the Reconstruction era?

a)

Northern states re-building themselves after the war

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau providing fair and honest elections

c)

Southern states slowly being re-admitted to the Union after they met conditions

90.

Why did the Radical Republicans dislike President Andrew Johnson?

a)

He was a Southerner who favored a lenient reconstruction and was a Democrat

b)

His occupation of a tailor was offensive to them and he drank too much

c)

He believed in racial equality and they didn't

91.

Which of the following is an example of a Jim Crow law?

a)

Blacks could not own a handgun

b)

If a black was found not working they could be arrested and forced to work without pay

c)

Blacks must ride in a separate rail car than whites

92.

Which of the following was a successful strategy for winning the Civil War?

a)

The Union took control of the Mississippi River

b)

The Confederacy continued to receive supplies from Europe

c)

The Union pursued the Confederates back to the South after the Battle of Antietam

93.

What was the North’s one official goal at the start of the Civil War?

a)

To drive slave states out of the Union

b)

To keep the Union together

c)

To abolish slavery

94.

How did African Americans in the Union Army contribute to the war effort?

a)

They fought in major battles by 1863

b)

They fought alongside white soldiers from the beginning

c)

They served only as laborers throughout the war

95.

Why did Lincoln handle the slavery issue cautiously at the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

Because most Union states were pro-slavery

b)

Because he wanted the border states to remain with the Union

c)

Because he planned to recruit freed slaves for the Union army

96.

Which of the following summarizes army life during the Civil War?

a)

Combat was deadly, but medical facilities and treatment were advanced

b)

Combat technology had improved, but casualties were uncommon

c)

Combat was deadly, but infection and disease were greater threats

97.

Which statement accurately describes the early days of the Civil War?

a)

Gen. McClellan’s bold leadership gave the Union an early advantage

b)

Both sides realized that their hopes for a short war were unrealistic

c)

It soon became clear that the Union would win a quick victory

98.

What plan did Grant have for ending the war?

a)

Surrender to stop the bloodshed

b)

Strike the enemy hard, and quickly move on to other battle sites

c)

Destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy

99.

Which statement applies to BOTH the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville?

a)

They were both stunning Confederate victories

b)

They were both stunning Union victories

c)

Were two battles fought at sea with ironclad ships

100.

What was Gen. Sherman’s main goal using “total war” tactics against the Deep South?

a)

He wanted to destroy valuable civilian and economic resources

b)

He aimed to cripple the South’s cotton industry

c)

He wanted to help free Southern slaves held captive