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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
2.
True or False? The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

a)
True
b)
False
3.
Ulysses S. Grant had a significant role in the Civil War. What was his role?

a)
General of the Union Army
b)
General of the Confederate Army
c)
President of the Union
d)
President of the Confederate
4.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
5.
Which of the following events happened first?
a)
The first Battle of Bull Run
b)
The Battle of Antietam
c)
Southern states secede
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
6.
What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?
a)
Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
b)
the election of Lincoln as President
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
the annexation of Texas
7.
Which of the following was not a cause that led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
slavery
c)
agriculture
d)
states' rights
8.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
The South’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the North’s economy was based  on farming

b)
The North’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the South’s economy was based on farming
c)
The North and South both had an economy based on farming.
d)
The North and South both had an economy based on industry and manufacturing.
9.
What laws were created after the 13th Amendment to restrict African Americans in the South?
a)
black codes
b)
Jim Crow laws
c)
segregation bill
10.
What system allowed for a farmer to rent land and tools from a landowner in exchange for a portion of the crops at harvest?
a)
sharecropping
b)
plantation system
c)
tenant farming
11.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
12.

Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the North in the Civil War?

a)

Railroads

b)

Industrialization

c)

Well Trained Army

d)

Population

13.

What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans.

a)

The 14th Amendment

b)

The 16th Amendment

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

14.

Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The 14th Amendment

c)

The 15th Amendment

d)

The 16th Amendment

15.

This is the year that the Civil War started?

a)

1865

b)

1863

c)

1862

d)

1861

16.

__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.

a)

Segregate

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Secede

d)

Separate

17.

Which of the following statements could you assume is true based off of the above map?

a)

The South had more factories

b)

The North had more slaves

c)

The South had more steamboats

d)

The North had a better railroad system.

18.

This man led the Texas Brigade in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia?

a)

John Bell Hood

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas Green

d)

Stonewall Jackson

19.

Which of these battles took place outside of the State of Texas?

a)

Palmito Ranch

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Galveston

d)

Sabine Pass

20.

Which one of the following doesn't correctly describe the Reconstruction Era in Texas History?

a)

Passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment?

b)

Creation of the Freedman's Bureau

c)

A time of rebuilding in the South

d)

Slavery is still practiced

21.

This Battle was the last battle of the Civil War?

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Palmito Ranch

d)

Galveston

22.
What were the 'black codes'?
a)
laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
b)
laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
c)
another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
d)
secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan
23.
_____ were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Scoundrels
24.
What Texas port was the most critical to the Union Army for "Scott's Great Snake"?
a)
Galveston
b)
Sabine Pass
c)
Brownsville
d)
Matamoros
25.
What is the primary reason why Sam Houston lost his job as Texas' governor?
a)
He opposed slavery and vowed not to fight again
b)
He swore an oath to the US Constitution and an oath to the Confederate States of America would violate that
c)
He refused to be part of a war he was convinced the Confederacy could never win
d)
He was convinced it was not in Texas' best interest to secede
26.

The Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments helped to promote equality in the black community. However, there were some factors that still limited their rights. What were they?

a)

Slavery was abolished

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The North winning the Civil War

d)

Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests

27.

Throughout our history why have amendments been added to the Constitution?

a)

To take freedoms away from citizens

b)

They've only been added as a last resort when nothing else has worked

c)

To try to help fix a problem/make a positive change

d)

We haven't added any amendments to the Constitution

28.
Who was Commanding General for the Confederate forces?
a)
General Ulysses S. Grant
b)
General William Sherman
c)
General Robert E. Lee
d)
General Santa Ana
29.
How was Texas affected by communication issues or developments during the Civil War?
a)
Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home
b)
New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.
c)
Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war
d)
Slow communications allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end of the war.
30.
Which battle is being described above?
*This Battle was fought along the Rio Grande River
*It was fought along the Rio Grande River
*There were no military conflicts associated with the Civil War after this battle.
a)
Battle of Galveston
b)
Battle of Sabine Pass
c)
Battle of Palmito Ranch
d)
Battle of Monett's Ferry

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