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Civil War & Reconstruction

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This region cultivated cotton as the main cash crop —

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

What advantage did the Confederacy have over the Union forces?

a)

The Confederacy had lots of weaponry

b)

The Confederacy knew the terrain

c)

The Confederacy had more soldiers

d)

The Confederacy had women spies

3.

In this excerpt, what does Abraham Lincoln refer to as "this interest"?

a)

Tariff of Abomination

b)

Factories in the North

c)

Slavery

d)

Mercantilism

4.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is to women's rights as Frederick Douglass was to —

a)

Abolition Movement

b)

Mental Health

c)

Temperance Movement

d)

Workers' rights

5.

Mnemonic for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments —

a)

Vote, levy, free

b)

Free, immigrant, vote

c)

Free, citizen, vote

d)

Citizen, vote, free

6.

Which battle initiated [started] the Civil War?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Ft. Sumter

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Bull Run

7.

This state was the first to pass the Ordinance of Secession —

a)

Montana

b)

South Carolina

c)

North Carolina

d)

Bermuda Triangle

8.

He was appointed president of the Confederate States of America —

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Kendrick Lamar

9.

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

a)

Relocate Native Americans to Oklahoma

b)

Settle the Midwest and Western lands

c)

Mine for gold in California

d)

None of the above

10.

Which system of farming is described in the diagram above?

a)

Subsistence farming

b)

Plantation agriculture

c)

Livestock ranching

d)

Sharecropping

11.

What was the significance of Hiram Rhodes Revels in U.S. History?

a)

First African American in space

b)

He opposed the First Bank of the U.S.

c)

He encouraged the Olive Branch Petition

d)

First African American to serve in the U.S. Senate

12.

What would account for a primary source from Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Inaugural Address

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

All of the above

13.

First African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor —

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

William Carney

d)

Frederick Douglass

14.

Why did southern states enact the Black Codes?

a)

Limit the freedoms of African Americans

b)

Promote the Homestead Act

c)

Expand suffrage to women

d)

Abolish free enterprise system

15.

What impact did this book have on the abolitionist movement?

a)

Turned northern support against abolition

b)

Southerners thought it was a great novel

c)

It emancipated all enslaved people

d)

Support to end slavery grew

16.

Which amendment is described in the excerpt above?

a)

First Amendment

b)

Thirteen Amendment

c)

Tenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

17.

What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

a)

It overturned the Missouri Compromise

b)

It led to "Bleeding Kansas"

c)

Conflict between proslavery and antislavery voters broke out

d)

All of the above

18.

What constitutional act reversed the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?

a)

Fourteenth Amendment

b)

First Amendment

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Black Codes

19.

Which amendment is excerpted in the above text?

a)

Second Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Eleventh Amendment

d)

Twenty-fifth Amendment

20.

Which amendment is being described in the excerpted text above?

a)

Fourth Amendment

b)

First Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

None of the above

21.

Who were the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

They supported the South's war

b)

They opposed Reconstruction

c)

They took charge of Reconstruction in Congress

d)

They were allies of Andrew Johnson in Congress

22.

Which two key battles was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson known for?

a)

Lexington and Concord and Ft. Sumter

b)

Ft. McHenry and Chancelorsville

c)

Bull Run and Fredericksburg

d)

Second Bull Run and Appomattox Court House

23.

Which event will most appropriately fit in the box above?

a)

Election of 1860

b)

War of 1812

c)

The Dred Scott's case

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

24.

What role did Ulysses S. Grant play during the Civil War?

a)

General of the Union forces

b)

General of the Confederate forces

c)

General of the Mexican forces

d)

General of the Atlanta Campaign

25.

How did losing the Mississippi River impact the Confederacy?

a)

It initiated the Civil War

b)

It gave the Confederacy new recruits

c)

Split the Confederacy in half

d)

The Union lost the war

26.

Why were southerners opposed to the Tariff of 1828?

a)

The North called it an abomination

b)

It unified the country

c)

The South supported it

d)

It made foreign goods expensive

27.

She was the greatest conductor of the Underground Railroad and boasted she never lost a passenger —

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Megan de Stallion

28.

What impact did the Missouri Compromise have on the United States?

a)

It led to the Purchase of Louisiana in 1803

b)

It temporarily calmed tensions between the North and South

c)

It brought needed revenues to the South

d)

It abolished slavery in the United States

29.

What impact did the Fugitive Slave Act have on North?

a)

Northerners loved because it extended slavery

b)

The South hated the law because it took away their rights

c)

Northerners were determined to support the abolitionists

d)

None of the above

30.

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?

a)

The adoption of the Great Compromise

b)

The establishment of a two-party political system

c)

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

d)

The election of more qualified judges