NEW
Font size
WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 32mins
This is the year that the Civil War started?
1865
1863
1862
1861
Which of the following statements could you assume is true based off of the above map?
The South had more factories
The North had more slaves
The South had more steamboats
The North had a better railroad system.
What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?
Old Age
Cannon Balls
Gunshot Wounds
Disease and Infection
The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to — 8.9(B)
win an election as a member of the Democratic Party
win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi
serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
run for public office in the South
Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram? 8.8(A)
Commanded the U.S. military in the West during the Indian Wars
Led the Radical Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction
Was appointed general in chief of the Union army during the Civil War
Became Andrew Johnson's vice president After Abraham Lincoln's assassination
What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system? 8.9(C)
Agricultural workers organized labor unions.
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.
Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses.
Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves.
Many historians argue that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change? 8.8(B)
Radical Republicans took control of Congress.
Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts.
The Thirteenth Amendment was approved by Congress.
Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction.
This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the — 8.1(A)
Reconstruction era
Age of Jackson
Second Great Awakening
War of 1812
One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had — 8.10(C)
numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition
a larger number of military troops in reserve
an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies
knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought
How was the event depicted in this image significant to the Civil War? 8.8(B)
The Confederate defense of the besieged fort lengthened the war.
The Union victory divided the Confederacy along the Mississippi River.
The invasion of the Confederate capital resulted in the surrender of the Confederacy.
The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war.
Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt? 8.8(C)
The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.
The Union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.
The Union matters more than current disagreements between states.
The Union will be preserved through military force if necessary.
Which of the following completes this diagram? 8.8(B)
President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Thirteenth Amendment
What was the result of the events shown on the map above?
General Lee’s troops received necessary reinforcements.
General Grant’s supply lines were completely cut off.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
General Grant and General Lee combined forces.
The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the — 8.16(B)
Compromise of 1850
Fifteenth Amendment
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy? 8.10(C)
How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?
Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.
The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.
What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?
To tax the southern states as punishment for the war
To help the southern states become a part of the union again
To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again
To rebuild the industry of the northern states
Who were carpetbaggers?
Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding
Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction
Northerners who were against the Civil War
Southerners who became republicans
What was done to keep the African Americans segregated from the rest of the Southern population?
They were given certain neighborhoods they could live in
They were given certain places they could work
Southern legislatures passed Jim Crow Laws & Black Codes
Who was commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave citizenship rights to African-Americans?
15th
14th
13th
Law selling public lands to the states if they will establish agricultural and mechanical colleges.
Morrill Act
Homestead Act
Northwest Ordinance
Dawes Act
The 1st African American to recieve the Congressional Medal of Honor was-
William Carney
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Philip Bazaar
Frederick Douglas
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African-American men the right to vote?
15th
14th
13th
