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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the year that the Civil War started?

a)

1865

b)

1863

c)

1862

d)

1861

2.

Which of the following statements could you assume is true based off of the above map?

a)

The South had more factories

b)

The North had more slaves

c)

The South had more steamboats

d)

The North had a better railroad system.

3.

What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?

a)

Old Age

b)

Cannon Balls

c)

Gunshot Wounds

d)

Disease and Infection

4.
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South at the beginning of the war?
a)
Number of miles of railroads
b)
Better marksmen
c)
Better officers
d)
Knew the terrain where the fighting took place
5.
Which of the following is a correct list of war strategies of the North?
a)
Building a defensive wall to separate the North and South and waiting to be attacked
b)
Blockade of the South, capture the Mississippi River, capture Richmond
c)
Control over mountain passes, invading the South through Florida, capture Atlanta
d)
Burn all southern fields, capture the Missouri River, assassination Jefferson Davis
6.
What impact did President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation have on the course of the Civil War?
a)
It made the abolition of slavery a primary goal of the war.
b)
It caused the desegregation of the Union Army.
c)
It brought the British into the war on the side of the Confederacy.
d)
It established the first wartime draft.
7.
The information above is most closely associated with which group?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
KKK members
d)
Know-Nothing Party
8.
Which of the following terms would describe Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction in comparison to the Radical Republicans’ plan?
a)
lenient
b)
strict
c)
spartan
d)
biased
9.
Which of the following battles satisfied the Union objective to divide the Confederacy into two parts along the Mississippi River?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Atlanta
d)
Richmond
10.
Which of the following was the bloodiest single-day battle during the Civil War?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Richmond
11.

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to — 8.9(B)

a)

win an election as a member of the Democratic Party

b)

win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

c)

serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

d)

run for public office in the South

12.

Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram? 8.8(A)

a)

Commanded the U.S. military in the West during the Indian Wars

b)

Led the Radical Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction

c)

Was appointed general in chief of the Union army during the Civil War

d)

Became Andrew Johnson's vice president After Abraham Lincoln's assassination

13.

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system? 8.9(C)

a)

Agricultural workers organized labor unions.

b)

Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

c)

Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses.

d)

Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves.

14.

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)

a)

Radical Republicans took control of Congress.

b)

Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts.

c)

The Thirteenth Amendment was approved by Congress.

d)

Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction.

15.

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the — 8.1(A)

a)

Reconstruction era

b)

Age of Jackson

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

War of 1812

16.

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had — 8.10(C)

a)

numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition

b)

a larger number of military troops in reserve

c)

an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

d)

knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

17.

How was the event depicted in this image significant to the Civil War? 8.8(B)

a)

The Confederate defense of the besieged fort lengthened the war.

b)

The Union victory divided the Confederacy along the Mississippi River.

c)

The invasion of the Confederate capital resulted in the surrender of the Confederacy.

d)

The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war.

18.

Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt? 8.8(C)

a)

The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.

b)

The Union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.

c)

The Union matters more than current disagreements between states.

d)

The Union will be preserved through military force if necessary.

19.

Which of the following completes this diagram? 8.8(B)

a)

President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

b)

The Gettysburg Address

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Thirteenth Amendment

20.

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

a)

General Lee’s troops received necessary reinforcements.

b)

General Grant’s supply lines were completely cut off.

c)

General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

d)

General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

21.

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the — 8.16(B)

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Fifteenth Amendment

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

22.

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy? 8.10(C)

a)

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?

b)

Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.

c)

The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.

d)

Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.

23.

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

a)

To tax the southern states as punishment for the war

b)

To help the southern states become a part of the union again

c)

To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again

d)

To rebuild the industry of the northern states

24.

Who were carpetbaggers?

a)

Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding

b)

Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

c)

Northerners who were against the Civil War

d)

Southerners who became republicans

25.

What was done to keep the African Americans segregated from the rest of the Southern population?

a)

They were given certain neighborhoods they could live in

b)

They were given certain places they could work

c)

Southern legislatures passed Jim Crow Laws & Black Codes

26.

Who was commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

27.

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave citizenship rights to African-Americans?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th

28.
Which Civil War battle lasted three days in Pennsylvania, ended in creating a national cemetery, and was the turning point of the war? 
a)
Bull Run 
b)
Gettysburg 
c)
Antietam   
d)
Vicksburg 
29.
Which of these statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is NOT true?
a)
It gave the Union a moral cause to fight for.
b)
It deprived the South of needed slave labor.
c)
It led thousands of African-Americans to join the Union army.
d)
It ended slavery in the Union border states.
30.
The basic strategy of the South was to conduct a _______ war.
a)
defensive
b)
offensive
c)
total
d)
guerrilla
31.
What system allowed for a farmer to rent land and tools from a landowner in exchange for a portion of the crops at harvest?
a)
sharecropping
b)
plantation system
c)
tenant farming
32.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
33.
Which Supreme Court case set the standard of "separate but equal"?
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
c)
Baker vs. Carr
34.
The amendment that freed all slaves. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
35.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
36.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
37.

Law selling public lands to the states if they will establish agricultural and mechanical colleges.

a)

Morrill Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Dawes Act

38.

The 1st African American to recieve the Congressional Medal of Honor was-

a)

William Carney

b)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

c)

Philip Bazaar

d)

Frederick Douglas

39.

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African-American men the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th