WorksheetsUnit 4 - Civil War/Reconstruction Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What generalization can be made about the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution?
they intended to keep African Americans in the same status as slaves
they tried to help African Americans achieve equal rights
they led to the end of Reconstruction in the South
they wanted to ease the burden of Reconstruction on white Southerners
To please the North, the Compromise of 1850 abolished the slave trade in which area?
Washington D.C.
the South
California
the North
What event caused the first southern state to secede?
John Brown’s raid
Lincoln’s election
Bleeding Kansas
Nat Turner’s rebellion
Which event was the official start of the Civil War?
he Battle of Gettysburg
the firing on Fort Sumter
the Emancipation Proclamation
the First Battle of Bull Run
What time period took place immediately after the end of the American Civil War?
the Gilded Age
the Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Industrial Revolution
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th
14th
15th
Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, what was the Supreme Court’s ruling?
Monopolies and trusts are unconstitutional
Labor unions have the right to go on strike
Women must be given suffrage rights
Racial segregation is constitutional
The Compromise of 1877 had what effect on the southern states?
The compromise withdrew federal troops from the South.
The compromise added more troops to the southern states
The compromise gave African Americans government jobs.
The compromise removed Jim Crow laws in southern states.
Who did W.E.B. DuBois believe should lead to fight to end segregation?
the most educated African Americans
the most radical African Americans
the most athletic African Americans
the wealthiest African Americans
What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?
To undermine the Southern economy by assisting slaves in the flight to freedom.
To restore the Union through prolitical reconciliation of Northern and Southern lawmakers
To prevent the flow of supplies to the South through a blockade of land and sea
To halt the advance of Confederate troops at the Mason-Dixon line
What federal agency set up schools and hospitals for African Americans and distributed clothes, food, and fuel throughout the South?
Freedman’s Bureau
Union army
Congress
Underground Railroad
Who started the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator in 1831?
Theodore Weld
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
John Broan
What was the main message of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
the United States had treated the Native Americans poorly
Discrimination against women was ultimately hurting the nation
slavery was a cruel practice and should be outlawed
child labor should be eliminated from northern factories
Jefferson Davis played what role in the Civil War?
Union general
Confederate general
President of the Confederate State
Cabinet member of the U.S Government
Beyond abolishing slavery in the United States, the Civil War was a pivotal event in American history because it
was a direct cause of the Spanish American war in 1898
established a military alliance between America and Great Britain
established the supremacy of the national government over state governments.
allowed the United States to spread its boarders westward to the Mississippi River.
What was the name given to Northerners who came to the South during the Reconstruction with the hopes of financial gain?
copperheads
scalawags
sharecroppers
carpetbaggers
• Five military districts were created in the Confederate states.
• Confederate leaders did not have the right to vote or hold office.
• The Confederate states had to ratify the 14th Amendment before being readmitted to the Union.
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
the Reconstruction Acts
the Tenure of Office Act
the Compromise of 1877
Which statement best describes how members of the Ku Klux Klan felt about the fact that African Americans had the right to vote?
They actively encouraged African Americans to vote in elections.
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
They opposed the right of African Americans to vote but took no actions against them.
They supported efforts to give African Americans the right to vote.
The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the best of this race that they may guide the mass away from the contamination and death of the worst, in their own and other races. —W.E.B. DuBois, The Talented Tenth (1903)
In the passage above, DuBois argued for which of the following?
giving higher education to African Americans who can use it
helping U.S. citizens understand the past horrors of slavery.
encouraging people to protest segregation in U.S. society.
teaching African Americans to be satisfied with the rights they have
Booker T. Washington delivered a speech in 1895 known as the "Atlanta Compromise." What was one of the arguments that he made in his speech?
African Americans should work towards economic security before trying to achieve racial equality.
The government should pay African Americans for the injustices they suffered under slavery.
Racial segregation and discrimination should end immediately.
African Americans should have the right to vote.
Why was the 14th Amendment significant to the Civil Rights Movement?
It guaranteed African Americans access to the polls.
It stated that "separate but equal" facilities for African Americans were unconstitutional, starting the process of integration in the South.
It ensured that states guaranteed all people born or naturalized in the U.S. the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.
It guaranteed all former slaves a plot of land for farming.
What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the civil war?
Carpetbagger
Radical
Unionist
Scalawag
What was John Brown’s intentions for his raid on Harper’s Ferry?
to start a widespread slave revolt
to guarantee that Kansas would be a free state
to rescue a fugitive slave from prison
to kidnap the mayor and hold him for ransom
Which of these BEST describes the compromise of 1877?
Johnson is almost impeached and Jim Crow ends.
Hayes becomes President and Reconstruction ends.
Tilden sued Hayes for control of the presidency
Grant becomes President and Reconstruction begins
