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Studies Weekly Week 23

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Civil War had been raging for more than a year when president Abraham Lincoln issued a special order called the ________________________. (An End to War and Slavery)

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Castleman Creek Pledge

2.

Slavery became illegal in 1865 when the _______ Amendment was added to the Constitution. (An End to War and Slavery).

a)

3rd

b)

13th

c)

1st

d)

12th

3.

Most formerly enslaved people had never been allowed to attend ______________. (An End to War and Slavery).

a)

lunch

b)

dance

c)

school

d)

vacation

4.

The period f time after the Civil War is known as __________________________. (An End to War and Slavery).

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Rebuilding

c)

Torture

d)

Happiness

5.

_______________________was Texas' first black senator. (Matthew Gaines-Texas' First Black Senator).

a)

Chip Gaines

b)

Duke Gaines

c)

Matthew Gaines

d)

'Aint-no-gaines

6.

Matthew was enslaved on a pantation in ____________________. (Matthew Gaines-Texas' First Black Senator).

a)

Texas

b)

Mississippi

c)

Louisiana

d)

Antarctica

7.

In __________Matthew Gaines was elected for Texas Senator. (Matthew Gaines-Texas' First Black Senator).

a)

1869

b)

1896

c)

1986

d)

1968

8.

___________ were farmers who did not own their land. (Sharecropping-A Southern Way of Life).

a)

Beggars

b)

Free-loaders

c)

Sharecroppers

d)

Farmers

9.

Sharecroppers gave a portion of their crops to __________________. (Sharecropping-A Southern Way of Life).

a)

the landowner

b)

Mrs. Gutierrez

10.

This park, __________________, has areas devoted to all the countries that once owned the land known as Texas. (Six Flags Over Texas--Not Just an Amusement Park).

a)

Hewitt Park

b)

Woodway Park

c)

Six Flags Over Texas

d)

Great Wolf Lodge