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WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction Exam
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
A person who fought to end slavery in the U.S. was known as a what?
Federalist
Abolitionist
Communist
Socialist
The first state to secede from the U.S. was what state?
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the main Union General during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln was affiliated with which political party?
Independence Party
Democratic Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
What amendment grants voting rights to all?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
a famous day of battle that happened in Maryland was which battle?
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Who was the Confederate General during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
The Civil War began in what year?
1865
1862
1861
1855
The Amendment that abolished slavery was?
10th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
This General lead a "March to the Sea." This destroyed the infrastructure of states like North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
Albert Sydney Johnson
The final land battle of the Civil War was fought at?
Brownsville
Galveston
Laredo
Palmito Ranch
To withdraw from is also known as what?
States Rights
Draft
Secede
Unionist
in the 1860s, most Republicans were also what?
Abolitionist
Confederates
Southern
Secessionist
This was a famous abolitionist who raided a federal arsenal in order to start a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
This amendment gave citizenship rights to African Americans.
2nd
14th
13th
15th
Southern states like Texas funded the war effort by trading what?
Oil
Cotton
Corn
Wheat
The Civil War ended in what year?
1865
1861
1863
1855
Historians estimate how many people died in the Civil War?
620,000
over 1 million
320,000
45 million
All of the major battles were fought on which side of the Mississippi?
South
North
West
East
Who won the Battle at Gettysburg?
Union
Confederate
The Kansas-Nebraska Act violated what act?
The Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Gettysburg Address
The Unionst wore what color uniforms?
White
Grey
Green
Blue
The Confederate soldiers wore what color uniforms?
Grey
Green
White
Blue
Where did the Confederacy surrender?
Austin, Texas
Washington D.C.
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
The capital of the Confederate States of America was where?
Washington D.C.
Fort Sill, OK
New Orleans, LA
Richmond, VA
How many states broke away to form the Confederate States of America?
12
9
1
11
Did Sam Houston believe that Texas should secede form the Union?
Yes
No
Northern States that allowed slavery were known as what?
Friendly States
Border States
Southern States
Which side won the Civil War?
Mexico
the Union (USA)
The Confederacy
Great Britain
Name of Executive Order that freed the slaves in Confederate States?
Gettysburg Address
Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
Emancipation Proclamation
Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Jefferson Davis
Albert Sidney Johnson
Andrew Johnson
William T. Sherman
The Era of Reconstruction refers to what?
The period before the Civil War
The period after the Civil War
What was the goal of the Freedman's Bureau?
Provide social services to recently freedman
a College for freed slaves
A new system of slavery
How many military districts was the South broken up into?
5
6
none
2
What is the importance of John B. Magruder?
President of the Confederacy
Commander of the Union Army
Person in charge of Confederate troops at Galveston
Leader of the Texas infantry
Laws that were put in place to limit the rights of African Americans were known as what?
Amendments
Confederate Laws
Black Codes
Constitution Laws
These types of politicians believed that Congress should control Reconstruction.
Radical Republicans
Democrats
Whigs
Union Laborist
The era after the Civil War is known as what?
Cattle Era
Antebellum
Military Zoning
Reconstruction
Southerns were traditionally members of what political party?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
National Unionist Party
Whigs
Northerners who came to the South to work on Reconstruction were known as what?
Scalawags
Traitors
Carpetbaggers
Yankees
