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WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Who was the first state to succeed from The Union?
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Which is NOT one of the states to join the Confederacy as of April 16, 1861
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Georgia
Which state split up over succession?
North Carolina/South Carolina
Mississippi/Missouri
Hampshire/New Hampshire
Virginia/West Virginia
Check all that apply: Click on the Border States
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
What makes Border States different from the other states in The Union?
They did not vote for President Lincoln
They allowed slavery but stayed with The Union instead of succeeding with other slave states
They gave up slavery at the start of the Civil War
They bordered the territories surrounding The Union and did not see much Civil War fighting
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The President of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln's Vie-President
General of the Confederate Army
A national hero from the Battle of Gettysburg
What was the major strategic plan by General Winfred Scott to defeat the Confederacy?
Operation End Slavery
D-Day
The Manhattan Project
The Anaconda Plan
Click all that apply: What were the main points of the Anaconda Plan?
Take control of the Mississippi River
Control the Sea and cut off supplies to the ports
Cut The Union off from the Western states
Quickly attack the Confederacy Capital
Use Texas to attack the Confederacy to start a two-front war
What event started the Civil War?
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fort Sumter
President Lincoln calling for 75,000 troops to suppress the uprising of the Confederate States
Which was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Vicksburg
Who did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to?
President Abraham Lincoln
Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Andrew Johnson
Where did the Confederate States surrender?
Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House
Atlanta Tennis Courts Oath
Washington D.C.
What was the main idea of President Lincoln's first Inaugural Address?
To start a war with the slave states
To end slavery
To say he will not interfere with the institution of slavery
To say I am the new President and here are my new laws
What was the main idea of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To free all slaves
To free slaves in The Union
To free slaves in The Confederacy
To free slaves in the Border States
What did President Lincoln mention and quote in the Gettysburg Address?
The Constitution
The BIble
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of War
What was the main idea of President Lincoln's second Inaugural Speech?
To end slavery in both The Union and Confederate States
To reflect on the country during his Presidency and encouraging soldiers to continue the war
To re-enforce the end of the Civil War
To show why a Civil War is needed and to call on 75,000 men to help fight against the Confederate States
How long did the Reconstruction Period last?
About 11 years
About 10 years
Until the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's
Until all the Southern States rejoined The Union
What are the three Amendments related to the Reconstruction Period?
12, 13, 14
13, 14, 15
14, 15, 16
15, 16, 17
What is the 13th Amendment?
Allows all men the right to vote
New laws known as Black Codes
Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US
Frees all slaves
What is the 14th Amendment?
Allows all black men the right to vote
Frees all the slaves
Gives rights to Sharecroppers
Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US
What is the 15th Amendment?
Frees all the slaves
Allows all black men the right to vote
Gives citizenship to everyone born in the US or naturalized in the US
Ends Sharecropping in the US
What replaced the labor force of slavery?
Indentured servants
Factory workers
Sharecroppers
New inventions of the Industrial Revolution
What is a requirement of the Confederate States to rejoin The Union?
Beg for forgiveness
Ratify the 14th Amendment
Pay off the war debts of The Union
Ratify the 13th Amendment
Click all that apply: Which are true about the Freedman's Bureau?
Ensure employers paid the wages they agreed to
Help in the transition from slavery to freedom
Established to help freed slaves and poor white men
Help find people find jobs
Establish Universities
What was the first Bill to be vetoed by a President then overturned by a 2/3 vote in Congress?
Anti-Slavery Bill
Civil Rights Bill
Sharecroppers Bill
It has not happened yet
What laws were the same laws as slavery but only replaced the word slave with the word negro?
Jim Crow Laws
14th Amendment
Black Codes
Bargain of 1877
What is one way Southern States did NOT use to try to stop African-Americans from voting in the 19th Century?
Violence and violent groups were used to influence people not to vote
Fake ballots were given to African-Americans so their vote would not count
They must have a 5th grade education or pass a literacy tests before they could vote
They must be a land owner to be able to vote
Which is an example of a question from an Alabama literacy test?
Can you be imprisoned, under Alabama law, for a debt?
Who is the President of the United States?
Have you passed the fifth grade?
Can you write your name backwards in the space below?
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?"
Florida
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black man to __________
Run for President
Be freed from slavery by the 13th Amendment
Hold public office
Vote
Click all that apply: What is true about the Bargain of 1877?
Allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to become President
Ended Slavery in the last Confederate States
Forced all soldiers out of The South
Ends the Reconstruction Period
Allows for Black Codes to be enforced
The Battle of Vicksburg was the last battle of the Civil War.
True
False
The Civil War Reconstruction Period was successful.
True
False
The Reconstruction Period was between which dates?
1865 - 1870
1866 - 1877
No one really knows
I should have studied more
The Louisiana Literacy test included math problems.
True
False
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln never got to see the end product of his efforts to keep The Union together
True
False
What is a sharecropper?
Rents land from a land owner and gives between 1/3 to 1/2 of his crops to the land owner
Grows one type of crop and trades with others that grow a different type of crop
A white slave
Land owner that allowed freed slaves to take 40 acres of their land
Free Question: Did you enjoy History this year?
YES!! (Correct Answer)
Yes (Wrong answer)
Yes (Wrong answer)
No (Wrong answer)
The final major battle that lasted 47 days and ultimately ended the Civil War was which battle?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Oxford
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Lexington and Concord
