WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
This General earned the nickname "Stonewall" when he refused to run under enemy fire
Gen. Jackson
Gen. Lee
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Grant
Document that said slaves in rebelling territories were free. Gave Union a moral purpose for the war
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The goal of the Anaconda Plan was to:
Blockade the coast and cut the enemy in half
Fight a defensive war to wear the other side out
Use their agricultural product to convince Europe to help
Destroy the enemy's ability to fight by destroying their infrastructure
Pick one of the disadvantages that the South faced going into the war.
Fewer factories
Fewer people
Fewer military leaders
Fewer supplies
What was Lincoln's stated goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
To end slavery in America
To make sure the South paid the Protective Tariff
To keep the Union together
To preserve State's Rights
South Carolina attacked this fort when Lincoln refused to take troops out starting the Civil War
1st Battle of Bull Run
2nd Battle of Bull run
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Brutal day of fighting. Over 21,000 casualties. North claimed victory and released Emancipation Proclamation after this battle.
Gettysburg
1st Battle of Bull Run
Appomattox Courthouse
Antietam
The President of the Confederate States of America was:
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Union troops ran from this battle, getting tangled up with spectators who had come to watch the "show"
Gettysburg
1st Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Worst 3 days of war. Over 50,000 casualties. Lee lost so many soldiers there was no way for him to win after this.
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Vicksburg
Grant captured this city after a 6 week siege. This completed the Anaconda Plan because it cut the South in half
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
This group was the 1st African American regiment. Proved their bravery at Ft. Wagner and other battles
64th Texans
54th Massachusetts
2nd Texans
25th Massachusetts
Union effort to stop Southern people from being able to help their soldiers by destroying all their supplies
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Ironclads
March to the Sea
This Amendment ended slavery in America for all time
10th
15th
21st
13th
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.
15th
21st
14th
13th
This Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all African American men
15th
21st
13th
14th
In this speech Lincoln praised the men who fought and died and told the audience that we must continue the fight to honor them
Vicksburg Speech
2nd Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Address
1st Inaugural Address
In this speech, Lincoln said we must forgive the South and that freed slaves should be given equality and the vote
Gettysburg Address
Vicksburg Speech
1st Inaugural Address
2nd Inaugural Address
The town where Lee surrendered to Grant
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Gettysburg, PA
Richmond, VA
Atlanta, GA
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln which changed the focus of Reconstruction
William T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
John Wilkes Booth
Time period when the US was having to focus on helping the South recover from the war
Civil War Era
Colonial Era
Reconstruction Era
Industrialization Era
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
10% of the state citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery
Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery
States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship
10% of the Southern States had to swear Oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union
Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction
10% of the state's citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery
States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship
Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery.
10% of the Southern states had to swear Oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union
Radical Republicans Plan for Reconstruction
10% of the state's citizens would swear an Oath of Allegiance to the Union and the state would write a Constitution banning slavery
Pardons would be granted to anyone taking Oath of Allegiance except to high ranking military and politicians. State had to abolish slavery
10% of the Southern States had to swear oath of Allegiance before any of them were allowed back into the Union
States would only be allowed back into Union if they passed the Civil Rights Act allowing AA men to vote and granting them citizenship
Law set up to encourage American Indians to become more Americanized. Threatened to take their land if they didn't cooperate.
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Morrill Land Grant Act
Reconstruction Acts
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
Morrill Land Grant Act
Dawes Act
Reconstruction Acts
Homestead Act
Law set up to encourage colleges to teach agriculture to farmers moving west. Free land for the colleges
Morrill Land Grant Act
Reconstruction Acts
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Derogatory name for someone from the North who came to make money while helping the South rebuild
Scalawags
Carpetbagger
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
Derogatory name for someone from the South who helped people from the North
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
Name for people who were no longer slaves
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Freedman
Ku Klux Klan
Group of people who used violence to intimidate freed slaves to keep them from exercising their new rights
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen's Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
Organization that helped African Americans find work, get an education and helped with anything else needed
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen's Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
First African American Senator. Elected by state of Mississippi.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jefferson Davis
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.
Carpetbagging
Black Codes
Corrupt Bargain
Sharecropping
Laws that were passed in the South to stop the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments from having any impact.
Segregation Laws
Black Codes
Sharecropping Laws
16th Amendment
Deal that allowed Republican Hayes to become President in 1876 if Federal troops were withdrawn from the South ending Reconstruction
Reconstruction Acts
Compromise of 1877
Corrupt Bargain
The Jim Crow Laws
Time period when South enforced segregation and Black Codes
Jim Crow Era
Reconstruction Era
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
