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Civil War & Reconstruction

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first state to succeed from The Union?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

North Carolina

2.

Which is NOT one of the states to join the Confederacy as of April 16, 1861

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

North Carolina

d)

Georgia

3.

Which state split up over succession?

a)

North Carolina/South Carolina

b)

Mississippi/Missouri

c)

Hampshire/New Hampshire

d)

Virginia/West Virginia

4.

Check all that apply: Click on the Border States

a)

Missouri

b)

Kentucky

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

e)

West Virginia

5.

What makes Border States different from the other states in The Union?

a)

They did not vote for President Lincoln

b)

They allowed slavery but stayed with The Union instead of succeeding with other slave states

c)

They gave up slavery at the start of the Civil War

d)

They bordered the territories surrounding The Union and did not see much Civil War fighting

6.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

a)

The President of the Confederacy

b)

Abraham Lincoln's Vie-President

c)

General of the Confederate Army

d)

A national hero from the Battle of Gettysburg

7.

What was the major strategic plan by General Winfred Scott to defeat the Confederacy?

a)

Operation End Slavery

b)

D-Day

c)

The Manhattan Project

d)

The Anaconda Plan

8.

Click all that apply: What were the main points of the Anaconda Plan?

a)

Take control of the Mississippi River

b)

Control the Sea and cut off supplies to the ports

c)

Cut The Union off from the Western states

d)

Quickly attack the Confederacy Capital

e)

Use Texas to attack the Confederacy to start a two-front war

9.

What event started the Civil War?

a)

President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Fort Sumter

d)

President Lincoln calling for 75,000 troops to suppress the uprising of the Confederate States

10.

Which was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Fort Sumter

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Vicksburg

11.

Who did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to?

a)

President Abraham Lincoln

b)

Vice President Hannibal Hamlin

c)

General Ulysses S. Grant

d)

General Andrew Johnson

12.

Where did the Confederate States surrender?

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Atlanta Tennis Courts Oath

d)

Washington D.C.

13.

What was the main idea of President Lincoln's first Inaugural Address?

a)

To start a war with the slave states

b)

To end slavery

c)

To say he will not interfere with the institution of slavery

d)

To say I am the new President and here are my new laws

14.

What was the main idea of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

To free all slaves

b)

To free slaves in The Union

c)

To free slaves in The Confederacy

d)

To free slaves in the Border States

15.

What did President Lincoln mention and quote in the Gettysburg Address?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The BIble

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Declaration of War

16.

What was the main idea of President Lincoln's second Inaugural Speech?

a)

To end slavery in both The Union and Confederate States

b)

To reflect on the country during his Presidency and encouraging soldiers to continue the war

c)

To re-enforce the end of the Civil War

d)

To show why a Civil War is needed and to call on 75,000 men to help fight against the Confederate States

17.

How long did the Reconstruction Period last?

a)

About 11 years

b)

About 10 years

c)

Until the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's

d)

Until all the Southern States rejoined The Union

18.

What are the three Amendments related to the Reconstruction Period?

a)

12, 13, 14

b)

13, 14, 15

c)

14, 15, 16

d)

15, 16, 17

19.

What is the 13th Amendment?

a)

Allows all men the right to vote

b)

New laws known as Black Codes

c)

Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US

d)

Frees all slaves

20.

What is the 14th Amendment?

a)

Allows all black men the right to vote

b)

Frees all the slaves

c)

Gives rights to Sharecroppers

d)

Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US

21.

What is the 15th Amendment?

a)

Frees all the slaves

b)

Allows all black men the right to vote

c)

Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US

d)

Ends Sharecropping in the US

22.

What replaced the labor force of slavery?

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Factory workers

c)

Sharecroppers

d)

New inventions of the Industrial Revolution

23.

What is a requirement of the Confederate States to rejoin The Union?

a)

Beg for forgiveness

b)

Ratify the 14th Amendment

c)

Pay off the war debts of The Union

d)

Ratify the 13th Amendment

24.

Click all that apply: Which are true about the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

Ensure employers paid the wages they agreed to

b)

Help in the transition from slavery to freedom

c)

Established to help freed slaves and poor white men

d)

Help find people find jobs

e)

Establish Universities

25.

What was the first Bill to be vetoed by a President then overturned by a 2/3 vote in Congress?

a)

Anti-Slavery Bill

b)

Civil Rights Bill

c)

Sharecroppers Bill

d)

It has not happened yet

26.

What laws were the same laws as slavery but only replaced the word slave with the word negro?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Black Codes

d)

Bargain of 1877

27.

What is one way Southern States did NOT use to try to stop African-Americans from voting in the 19th Century?

a)

Violence and violent groups were used to influence people not to vote

b)

Fake ballots were given to African-Americans so their vote would not count

c)

They must have a 5th grade education or pass a literacy tests before they could vote

d)

They must be a land owner to be able to vote

28.

Which is an example of a question from an Alabama literacy test?

a)

Can you be imprisoned, under Alabama law, for a debt?

b)

Who is the President of the United States?

c)

Have you passed the fifth grade?

d)

Can you write your name backwards in the space below?

29.

This is an example question from which state (1 of 3 we talked about in class) "If the Governor of ________ dies, who succeeds him and if both the Governor and the person who succeeds him die, who exercises the executive power?"

a)

Florida

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

Tennessee

30.

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black man to __________

a)

Run for President

b)

Be freed from slavery by the 13th Amendment

c)

Hold public office

d)

Vote

31.

Click all that apply: What is true about the Bargain of 1877?

a)

Allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to become President

b)

Ended Slavery in the last Confederate States

c)

Forced all soldiers out of The South

d)

Ends the Reconstruction Period

e)

Allows for Black Codes to be enforced

32.

The Battle of Vicksburg was the last battle of the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The Civil War Reconstruction Period was successful.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The Reconstruction Period was between which dates?

a)

1865 - 1870

b)

1866 - 1877

c)

No one really knows

d)

I should have studied more

35.

The Louisiana Literacy test included math problems.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Who was the President during the Civil War?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Andrew Johnson

37.

Abraham Lincoln never got to see the end product of his efforts to keep The Union together

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What is a sharecropper?

a)

Rents land from a land owner and gives between 1/3 to 1/2 of his crops to the land owner

b)

Grows one type of crop and trades with others that grow a different type of crop

c)

A white slave

d)

Land owner that allowed freed slaves to take 40 acres of their land

39.

Free Question: Did you enjoy History this year?

a)

YES!! (Correct Answer)

b)

Yes (Wrong answer)

c)

Yes (Wrong answer)

d)

No (Wrong answer)

40.

The final major battle that lasted 47 days and ultimately ended the Civil War was which battle?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Oxford

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Lexington and Concord