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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
2.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Border states

3.

War between people of the same country is called...

a)

secede

b)

state's rights

c)

civil war

d)

slavery

4.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
5.

An abolitionist wants to

a)

spread slavery

b)

fight for the South (Confederacy)

c)

withdraw from the Union

d)

end slavery

6.
How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?
a)
As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue
b)
Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished
c)
Slavery was considered a historical tradition and should be maintained
d)
Controversial, slavery was considered a political problem the government should solve
7.
The purpose of the Union's blockade of South Carolina's coastline during the Civil War was__________________________________. (3-4.5) 
a)
to steal shipments of cotton
b)
to stop supplies from entering the state
c)
 to be in position to attack southern states 
d)
 to make it easier to transport soldiers from place to place
8.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
9.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

equal treatment for all people

b)

the forced separation of races

c)

a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

d)

the period of time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt

10.

What does nullify mean?

a)

To not tell the truth

b)

To cancel a law if the state does not agree with it

c)

To pay taxes on goods

d)

To sell land to sharecroppers

11.

___________________ is an arrangement in which a person grows crops on someone else's land.

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Emancipation

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Slavery

12.

State's rights is the belief of __________________.

a)

A strong legislative branch.

b)

Slavery.

c)

Each state gets to pick its name.

d)

Each state should be able to make its own laws.

13.

The holiday of Juneteenth is__________________.

a)

a celebration of dancing.

b)

a celebration for the eday all the slaves were free in South Carolina.

c)

a celebration for the day all the slaves were free in Texas.

d)

a celebration for the end of the Civil War.

14.

Identify what a tariff is.

a)

A share of land.

b)

A law made for the confederate states.

c)

A way for the south to rebuild.

d)

A tax paid on goods that come from a different country.

15.

This state was the first to secede...

a)

Texas

b)

South Carolina

c)

Louisiana

d)

Kansas