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Civil War & Reconstruction

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This General earned the nickname "Stonewall" when he refused to run under enemy fire

a)

Gen. Jackson

b)

Gen. Lee

c)

Gen. Sherman

d)

Gen. Grant

2.

Document that said slaves in rebelling territories were free. Gave Union a moral purpose for the war

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

3.

The goal of the Anaconda Plan was to:

a)

Blockade the coast and cut the enemy in half

b)

Fight a defensive war to wear the other side out

c)

Use their agricultural product to convince Europe to help

d)

Destroy the enemy's ability to fight by destroying their infrastructure

4.

Pick one of the disadvantages that the South faced going into the war.

a)

Fewer factories

b)

Fewer people

c)

Fewer military leaders

d)

Fewer supplies

5.

What was Lincoln's stated goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

To end slavery in America

b)

To make sure the South paid the Protective Tariff

c)

To keep the Union together

d)

To preserve State's Rights

6.

South Carolina attacked this fort when Lincoln refused to take troops out starting the Civil War

a)

1st Battle of Bull Run

b)

2nd Battle of Bull run

c)

Antietam

d)

Fort Sumter

7.

Brutal day of fighting. Over 21,000 casualties. North claimed victory and released Emancipation Proclamation after this battle.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

1st Battle of Bull Run

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Antietam

8.

The President of the Confederate States of America was:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

9.

Union troops ran from this battle, getting tangled up with spectators who had come to watch the "show"

a)

Gettysburg

b)

1st Battle of Bull Run

c)

Antietam

d)

Fort Sumter

10.

Worst 3 days of war. Over 50,000 casualties. Lee lost so many soldiers there was no way for him to win after this.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Antietam

d)

Vicksburg

11.

Grant captured this city after a 6 week siege. This completed the Anaconda Plan because it cut the South in half

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Fort Sumter

12.

This group was the 1st African American regiment. Proved their bravery at Ft. Wagner and other battles

a)

64th Texans

b)

54th Massachusetts

c)

2nd Texans

d)

25th Massachusetts

13.

Union effort to stop Southern people from being able to help their soldiers by destroying all their supplies

a)

Siege of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of the Ironclads

d)

March to the Sea

14.

This Amendment ended slavery in America for all time

a)

10th

b)

15th

c)

21st

d)

13th

15.

This Amendment said that if you are born in the US, you are a citizen. Which was the opposite of what was said during the Dred Scott case.

a)

15th

b)

21st

c)

14th

d)

13th

16.

This Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all African American men

a)

15th

b)

21st

c)

13th

d)

14th

17.

In this speech Lincoln praised the men who fought and died and told the audience that we must continue the fight to honor them

a)

Vicksburg Speech

b)

2nd Inaugural Address

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

1st Inaugural Address

18.

In this speech, Lincoln said we must forgive the South and that freed slaves should be given equality and the vote

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Vicksburg Speech

c)

1st Inaugural Address

d)

2nd Inaugural Address

19.

The town where Lee surrendered to Grant

a)

Appomattox Courthouse, VA

b)

Gettysburg, PA

c)

Richmond, VA

d)

Atlanta, GA

20.

This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln which changed the focus of Reconstruction

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Wilkes Booth

21.

Time period when the US was having to focus on helping the South recover from the war

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Colonial Era

c)

Reconstruction Era

d)

Industrialization Era

22.

Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction

a)

10% of the state citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery

b)

Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery

c)

States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship

d)

10% of the Southern States had to swear Oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union

23.

Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction

a)

10% of the state's citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery

b)

States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship

c)

Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery.

d)

10% of the Southern states had to swear Oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union

24.

Radical Republicans Plan for Reconstruction

a)

10% of the state's citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery

b)

Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery

c)

10% of the Southern States had to swear oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union

d)

States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship

25.

Law set up to encourage American Indians to become more Americanized. Threatened to take their land if they didn't cooperate.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Morrill Land Grant Act

d)

Reconstruction Acts

26.

Law that encouraged people to move west by giving them 160 acres for free if they stayed on it for 5 years and improved the land

a)

Morrill Land Grant Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Reconstruction Acts

d)

Homestead Act

27.

Law set up to encourage colleges to teach agriculture to farmers moving west. Free land for the colleges

a)

Morrill Land Grant Act

b)

Reconstruction Acts

c)

Dawes Act

d)

Homestead Act

28.

Derogatory name for someone from the North who came to make money while helping the South rebuild

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbagger

c)

Freedman

d)

Ku Klux Klan

29.

Derogatory name for someone from the South who helped people from the North

a)

Scalawag

b)

Carpetbagger

c)

Freedman

d)

Ku Klux Klan

30.

Name for people who were no longer slaves

a)

Scalawag

b)

Carpetbagger

c)

Freedman

d)

Ku Klux Klan

31.

Group of people who used violence to intimidate freed slaves to keep them from exercising their new rights

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Ku Klux Klan

32.

Organization that helped African Americans find work, get an education and helped with anything else needed

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Ku Klux Klan

33.

First African American Senator. Elected by state of Mississippi.

a)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

Jefferson Davis

34.

System that tied freed slaves to the land. They "rented" land to farm, bought supplies from owner and then paid everything back at end of year. Usually kept them in debt to owner.

a)

Carpetbagging

b)

Black Codes

c)

Corrupt Bargain

d)

Sharecropping

35.

Laws that were passed in the South to stop the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments from having any impact.

a)

Segregation Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Sharecropping Laws

d)

16th Amendment

36.

Deal that allowed Republican Hayes to become President in 1876 if Federal troops were withdrawn from the South ending Reconstruction

a)

Reconstruction Acts

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Corrupt Bargain

d)

The Jim Crow Laws

37.

Time period when South enforced segregation and Black Codes

a)

Jim Crow Era

b)

Reconstruction Era

c)

Civil War Era

d)

Industrialization Era