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WorksheetsZ's Civil War & Reconstruction Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
What does it mean to secede?
to leave the country
to join the country
What does it mean to abolish?
to separate
state have more power than the federal government
to set free
to end or not allow something
What is the definition of states' rights?
to end or not allow something
to separate
state have more power than the federal government
to set free
What does it mean to emancipate?
to separate
state have more power than the federal government
to end or not allow something
to set free
What is the definition of Reconstruction?
laws passed to limit the freedom & rights of free African Americans
to build or create something again
a contract where the land is owned by one, but farmed by another
forced separation of people of different races
What is the definition of sharecropping?
laws passed to limit the freedom & rights of free African Americans
to build or create something again
a contract where the land is owned by one, but farmed by another
forced separation of people of different races
What is the definition of segregation?
laws passed to limit the freedom & rights of free African Americans
to build or create something again
a contract where the land is owned by one, but farmed by another
forced separation of people of different races
What is the definition of Black Codes?
laws passed to limit the freedom & rights of free African Americans
to build or create something again
a contract where the land is owned by one, but farmed by another
forced separation of people of different races
What banned slavery in territorial land north of the southern border of Missouri?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Bleeding Kansas
What allowed California to join the U.S. as a free state and added the Fugitive Slave Act into law?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850
Which law replaced the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and tried to ease the tension over slavery by allowing people who lived there to choose to have slavery or not?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850
What anti-slavery book made thousands of people dislike slavery and turn into abolitionists?
The Liberator
12 Years a Slave
The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What took place as people fought over whether or not Kansas should have slavery?
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
Abolitionist John Brown wanted to help the slaves in all the wrong ways. Why was he caught and hung?
He killed pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
He was broke.
He broke into an armory in Virginia and wanted to give the weapons to slaves.
He refused to fight in the Civil War.
What law required Northerners to send runaway slaves back to the South?
Runaway Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway Slave Law
Runaway Slave Act
What happened in the Dred Scott Supreme Court case ?
Slave owner Dred Scott sued to keep his slaves and lost.
Slave owner Dred Scott sued to keep his slaves and won.
Slave Dred Scott sued for his freedom and lost.
Slave Dred Scott sued for his freedom and won.
What event triggered South Carolina into seceding from the United States?
The attack on Fort Sumter.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The banning of slavery.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president.
Identify this man.
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Identify this man.
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Identify this man.
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
What was the major cause of the Civil War?
immigration
taxes
states' rights
slavery
What was the most important and profitable cash crop in the South?
tobacco
cotton
rice
sugar
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Which was NOT an advantage that the North had over the South?
population
railroads
factories
great generals
Which WAS an advantage that the South had over the North?
land
money
population
railroads
Which is NOT another name for the United States of America?
North
Union
Confederacy
America
Which is NOT another name for the Confederates States of America?
South
Rebels
Union
Confederacy
What was the VERY FIRST battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Manassas
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
What was the first major battle with ARMIES in the Civil War?
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 border states?
Kentucky
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
What was unique about border states?
Stayed with the South but gave up slavery.
Stayed with the North but kept slavery.
Stayed with the North and gave up slavery.
Stayed with the South and kept slavery.
After which Union victory did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Shiloh
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Was the Emancipation Proclamation effective?
YES!
NO!
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT "set slaves free?"
Virginia
Northern states
Southern states
Border states
True of false: the Union won the majority of its battles against Robert E. Lee.
TRUE!
FALSE!
Which is true about African Americans serving in the Civil War?
They were always allowed to serve in the Union.
They were only allowed to serve in the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation.
They were never allowed to serve in the Union
They were allowed to fight in the South.
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
Union
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Vicksburg?
Union
Confederacy
Why did President Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
End of the Battle of Gettysburg
End of the Civil War
End of slavery
Dedication of a national cemetery at Gettysburg
In Sherman's March to the Sea, he destroyed everything in his path in Georgia. What was that destruction called?
Flat-out WAR!
Annihilation
Total War
Total Annihilation
What were Sherman's neckties?
Ties that men in his unit wore
Bent railroad beams
Medals they would exchange with other soldiers
Overturned trains
What happened at Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
Lee surrendered to Grant
Grant surrendered to Lee
Lee surrendered to Lincoln
Lee surrendered to Meade
Who won the Civil War?
South - Confederate States of America
North - United States of America
How did most men die in the Civil War?
Disease and illness
Injuries on the battlefield
Because of arm/leg amputations
Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Lincoln?
He was just an angry, angry guy.
He believed Lincoln interfered with Southern rights and institutions like slavery and states' rights to do what they want.
He was upset about the North losing the war.
He was upset about the South winning the war.
Which amendment after the war abolished and banned slavery?
12th
13th
14th
15th
Which amendment after the war allowed African American men the right to vote?
12th
13th
14th
15th
Which amendment after the war established the requirements of citizenship?
13th
14th
15th
16th
What is unique about Wilmer McLean's story?
He fought in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
He was friends with both Generals Grant and Lee.
The war started and ended on his doorstep.
He helped both armies.
Are the Northern and Southern states going to get along after the war is over?
Absolutely!
No way!
What were the Southern laws that restricted the rights of FREE African Americans?
Black Laws
Black Codes
Black Rules
Were African Americans elected to government offices during Reconstruction?
Yes
No
How did the KKK intimidate African Americans after the war?
Fear
They were secretive
The operated at nighttime
All of these
Who had all the power in sharecropping?
Power was shared between the landowner and the sharecropper.
The sharecropper
The landowner
