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WorksheetsCivil War/Reconstruction
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The name given to the northern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
2.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
3.
The event held at this location encouraged the start of the civil war and rallied both sides to build up their armies.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Yorktown
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Appomattox
4.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
5.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
6.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
7.
This was the main economy of the Confederacy
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industy
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
8.
This was the main economy of the union
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
9.
This is where the Civil War Ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
10.
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had to rights.
a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Worcester v Georgia
11.
Secede?
a)
something use to plant in the dirt
b)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
c)
to withdraw or break away from a nation
d)
the separation or isolation of a race
12.
What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?
a)
Underground Railroaders
b)
Suffragists
c)
Bushwackers
d)
Abolitionists
13.
Which side won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
14.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --
a)
United State's freedom from Great Britain
b)
an end to the Civil War
c)
freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
d)
the beginning of Reconstruction
15.
What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?
a)
greater manufacturing
b)
more effective navy
c)
better government
d)
more capable military leaders
16.
Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
17.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
18.
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruelty of slavery.
a)
Gone with the Wind
b)
Across the Lines
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Gettysburg
19.
War between people of the same country
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
civil war
d)
slavery
20.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
21.
An abolitionist who tried to start a slave rebellion by attacking an armory at Harpers Ferry, VA.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
state's rights
d)
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
22.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg
23.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
24.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
25.
What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Demonstrative Democrats
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
None of the above
26.
Pres. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan could be described as...
a)
...punishing to the South
b)
...favorable to the South
c)
...fair to the South
d)
...none of the above
27.
Many freed slaves continued working on plantations because...
a)
they were comfortable with the work
b)
they feared change
c)
they were loyal to their owners
d)
they did not own land
28.
Constitutional amendments 13-15 were designed to...
a)
...provide equality for Blacks
b)
...reconstruct life in the South
c)
...push America into a new era
d)
...all of the above
29.
Black Codes were put into place for what purpose?
a)
Assist Black citizens
b)
Oppress Black citizens
c)
Identify Black citizens
d)
Remove Black citizens
30.
The (a) Era refers to the period after the Civil War.
31.
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)
Choose from the below words
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James K. Polk
32.
a)
1.
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
2.
Jefferson Davis
c)
3.
Abraham Lincoln
d)
4.
Robert E. Lee
e)
5.
John Wilkes Booth
33.
The 14th Amendment granted...
a)
freedom of speech
b)
citizenship and equal protection
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to a speedy and fair trial
34.
Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
35.
The 13th Amendment ...
a)
banned slavery
b)
grants voting rights
c)
grants citizenship and equal protection
d)
restores Confederate rights
36.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships
37.
Abraham Lincoln believed...
a)
African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
b)
in the southern cause
c)
southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
d)
preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south
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