WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
This region cultivated cotton as the main cash crop —
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What advantage did the Confederacy have over the Union forces?
The Confederacy had lots of weaponry
The Confederacy knew the terrain
The Confederacy had more soldiers
The Confederacy had women spies
In this excerpt, what does Abraham Lincoln refer to as "this interest"?
Tariff of Abomination
Factories in the North
Slavery
Mercantilism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is to women's rights as Frederick Douglass was to —
Abolition Movement
Mental Health
Temperance Movement
Workers' rights
Mnemonic for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments —
Vote, levy, free
Free, immigrant, vote
Free, citizen, vote
Citizen, vote, free
Which battle initiated [started] the Civil War?
Vicksburg
Ft. Sumter
Gettysburg
Bull Run
This state was the first to pass the Ordinance of Secession —
Montana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Bermuda Triangle
He was appointed president of the Confederate States of America —
Abraham Lincoln
Susan B. Anthony
Jefferson Davis
Kendrick Lamar
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Relocate Native Americans to Oklahoma
Settle the Midwest and Western lands
Mine for gold in California
None of the above
Which system of farming is described in the diagram above?
Subsistence farming
Plantation agriculture
Livestock ranching
Sharecropping
What was the significance of Hiram Rhodes Revels in U.S. History?
First African American in space
He opposed the First Bank of the U.S.
He encouraged the Olive Branch Petition
First African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
What would account for a primary source from Abraham Lincoln?
Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
All of the above
First African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor —
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
William Carney
Frederick Douglass
Why did southern states enact the Black Codes?
Limit the freedoms of African Americans
Promote the Homestead Act
Expand suffrage to women
Abolish free enterprise system
What impact did this book have on the abolitionist movement?
Turned northern support against abolition
Southerners thought it was a great novel
It emancipated all enslaved people
Support to end slavery grew
Which amendment is described in the excerpt above?
First Amendment
Thirteen Amendment
Tenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
It overturned the Missouri Compromise
It led to "Bleeding Kansas"
Conflict between proslavery and antislavery voters broke out
All of the above
What constitutional act reversed the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
Fourteenth Amendment
First Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Black Codes
Which amendment is excerpted in the above text?
Second Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Eleventh Amendment
Twenty-fifth Amendment
Which amendment is being described in the excerpted text above?
Fourth Amendment
First Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
None of the above
Who were the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction Era?
They supported the South's war
They opposed Reconstruction
They took charge of Reconstruction in Congress
They were allies of Andrew Johnson in Congress
Which two key battles was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson known for?
Lexington and Concord and Ft. Sumter
Ft. McHenry and Chancelorsville
Bull Run and Fredericksburg
Second Bull Run and Appomattox Court House
Which event will most appropriately fit in the box above?
Election of 1860
War of 1812
The Dred Scott's case
Battle of Gettysburg
What role did Ulysses S. Grant play during the Civil War?
General of the Union forces
General of the Confederate forces
General of the Mexican forces
General of the Atlanta Campaign
How did losing the Mississippi River impact the Confederacy?
It initiated the Civil War
It gave the Confederacy new recruits
Split the Confederacy in half
The Union lost the war
Why were southerners opposed to the Tariff of 1828?
The North called it an abomination
It unified the country
The South supported it
It made foreign goods expensive
She was the greatest conductor of the Underground Railroad and boasted she never lost a passenger —
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Megan de Stallion
What impact did the Missouri Compromise have on the United States?
It led to the Purchase of Louisiana in 1803
It temporarily calmed tensions between the North and South
It brought needed revenues to the South
It abolished slavery in the United States
What impact did the Fugitive Slave Act have on North?
Northerners loved because it extended slavery
The South hated the law because it took away their rights
Northerners were determined to support the abolitionists
None of the above
This sketch titled “Jury of Whites and Blacks” appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in 1867.
Which event is MOST associated with the change in American life shown in this sketch?
The adoption of the Great Compromise
The establishment of a two-party political system
The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
The election of more qualified judges
