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WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
Whose Reconstruction plan was based on forgiveness and offered a quick and peaceful reunification of the North and South following the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans (Congressional Plan)
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Lincoln's Plan
d)
Northern Plan
3.
The era of Radical Reconstruction can be seen as a FAILURE because ...?
a)
Slaves were never set free legally.
b)
The governemtn failed to protect former slaves from having their rights violated
c)
Freed slaves were given plantations but didn't know how to run them.
d)
None of the above
4.
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
5.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
a)
Amnesty
b)
Reconstruction
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
6.
Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people. African Americans could not own guns, meet after sunset, could be jailed if they were unemployed.
a)
Liberty Law
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Amendments
d)
Black Codes
7.
A change in a bill or law
a)
Impeach
b)
Amendment
c)
A Big Change
d)
Modification
8.
Passed in 1865, the amendment outlawed slavery
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
9.
This amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
10.
1870 constitutional amendment declaring that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
11.
Insulting nickname for a Northerner who went South after the Civil War
a)
Yankee
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Blues
d)
Yank
12.
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
13.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
14.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
15.
What was the Northern economy based upon?
a)
Industry and Manufacturing
b)
Agriculture and Forestry
c)
Farming and Ranching
d)
Police and Outlaws
16.
Why were typical Confederate soldiers better trained than the Union soldiers?
a)
Because the South had more schools.
b)
Because the lifestyle in the South taugh them to hunt, ride horses and survive off the land.
c)
Because most people in the South lived in large cities.
d)
Because most people in the South were college graduates.
17.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
19.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
20.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
21.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
22.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
23.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
24.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
25.
Former slaves
a)
Black Codes
b)
Juneteenth
c)
Freedmen
d)
Amendments
26.
The Thirteenth Amendment...
a)
Enfranchised all American men
b)
Prohibited presidents from serving more than 2 terms
c)
Granted citizenship to all Americans regardless of race
d)
Prohibited Slavery
27.
Food, clothing and education were provided to former slaves by?
a)
Thirteenth Amendment
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
Congressional Reconstruction Act
28.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Construct means to...
a)
bind
b)
change
c)
break
d)
build
30.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
31.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
32.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
33.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
34.
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
35.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
36.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
37.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
38.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
39.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
40.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
41.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
42.
What kind of city is New Orleans, which makes it important to both the North and the South?
a)
Port City
b)
Southern Capital
c)
Border City
d)
Army Headquarters
43.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
44.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
45.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
46.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
47.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
48.
Is the Confederacy the North or South?
a)
North
b)
South
49.
Is the Union the North or South?
a)
North
b)
South
50.
What state was the first to secede (break away) from the United States on December 20, 1860?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Mississippi
51.
Match the person with their correct role during the Civil War.
a)
Jefferson Davis- President of the Confederacy
b)
Ulysses S. Grant- Commander of Confederate Army
c)
Robert E. Lee- Commander of the Union Army
d)
Stonewall Jackson- Vice President of the Confederacy
52.
Who were the majority of soldiers on both sides?
a)
Freed African Americans
b)
Upper white class senators
c)
Poor and middle class farmers
d)
German and Irish immigrants
53.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
54.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
55.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
56.
Who gave the Gettsyburg address speech?
a)
Katelyn BOSS
b)
Ulysess S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Victoria Alexander
57.
When did the civil war end?
a)
1945
b)
2013
c)
1864
d)
1865
58.
When did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1860
c)
1754
d)
1987
59.
A technological advancement during the Civil War which made the firing of guns much more accurate was
a)
smoothbore muskets
b)
paper cartridges
c)
rifling the barrels
d)
sabers
60.
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Make the citizens like him
b)
surrender to the Confederacy
c)
remind Americans of why the Civil War was being fought
d)
declare and end to the Civil War
61.
How long did the Civil War last?
a)
2 years
b)
8 years
c)
1 year
d)
4 years
62.
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
North
b)
South
63.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
64.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
65.
___ believed in total war and led the March to Sea from Atlanta to Savannah.
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
66.
___ wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which exposed the cruelties of war, and won many people over to the abolitionists' side.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Tom Beecher
67.
Former slaves
a)
Black Codes
b)
Juneteenth
c)
Freedmen
d)
Amendments
68.
What group gained control of Congress after Lincoln's assassination?
a)
Southern Democrats
b)
Former Confederates
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Communists
69.
Who was the first African American to serve in the US senate?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Barack Obama
70.
The white terrorist group that attacked Blacks and white republicans to restore Democratic control in the South was the--
a)
Kappa Kappa Kappa
b)
Redeemers
c)
Pure Race Fraternity
d)
Ku Klux Klan
71.
How did the 14th amendment overrule the Dred Scott decision?
a)
It abolished slavery
b)
It said slaves could vote
c)
It protected African Americans as equal citizens
d)
It said that African Americans could move north
72.
Who came from the North to take advantage of Southerners during Reconstruction?
a)
Military officers
b)
Freedmen
c)
Southern soldiers
d)
Carpetbaggers
73.
Which group of people could not hold public office during Reconstruction?
a)
African Americans
b)
Freedmen
c)
Southern military leaders
d)
Northern abolitionists
74.
Who was president after the death of Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Andrew Jackson
75.
What did Southern States, like South Carolina, still depend on for their economy after the Civil War?
a)
Foreign investment
b)
Scalawag Labor
c)
Agriculture
d)
Manufacturing
76.
Which term means that a president frees someone from a punishment?
a)
nullify
b)
freedman
c)
pardon
77.
What was the term used for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
carpetbaggers
c)
scalawags
78.
The ______ were a group of Northerners who thought that President Johnson was not being strict enough with the South.
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
scalawag
c)
carpetbagger
79.
The _____ tried to hinder (stop) the voting rights of freedmen.
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
freedmen
c)
Radical Republicans
80.
Frederick Douglass is known for
a)
fighting for women's rights
b)
coming from the South
c)
helping Chinese immigrants
d)
being an abolitionist
81.
Union ______________kept Confederate ships from getting into seaports.
a)
malice
b)
blockade
c)
draft
d)
Anaconda Plan
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