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The Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?

a)

Fugitive

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secessionist

d)

Whig

2.

This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

a)

Abolition

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Populist

3.

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

a)

Fugitive

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Compromise

4.

Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Escaped Slave Expressway

d)

The Ohio River

5.

This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave

a)

Dred Scott case

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Slave codes

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

6.

This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like

a)

La Amistad

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Slave codes

7.

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

a)

Uncle Tom

b)

John Brown

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Dred Scott

8.

What was the capital of the Confederate States?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Gettysburg, PA

d)

Raleigh, NC

9.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

10.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

a)

More factories

b)

Most of the nation's best generals

c)

Larger population

d)

Better railroads

11.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?

a)

Lots of cotton

b)

Better military generals

c)

A desire to win and protect their homeland

d)

Had a larger population

12.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Fort Slocum

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Fort Hall

13.

What were the major causes of the Civil War? (List all that apply)

a)

Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws

b)

Slavery

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Lincoln winning the election of 1860

e)

All of these

14.

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation actually freed?

a)

Only the slaves in the Confederacy, so none of them

b)

Only slaves in Western Territories

c)

Only slaves in the border states

d)

All of the slaves in the North and South

15.

As a result of ______, Lincoln rebrands the cause away from preserving the union to ending slavery; a turning point in the Civil War.

a)

The Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Sherman's March to the Sea

c)

The Battle of Antietam

d)

Gettysburg Address

16.

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

17.

Sharecropping and Tenant Farming is:

a)

A policy that gave Freed Slaves who helped the North during the war 40 acres and a mule

b)

A system of farming that left freed slaves and poor whites in debt to wealthy land owners and tied to the land

c)

Allowing Freed Slaves the ability to work land without having to buy it or pay for their supplies to help them get ahead after Slavery ended

d)

A system from the Freedmen's Bureau to allow economically disadvantaged people in the south the opportunity to own land

18.

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Separate but Equal Doctrine

b)

Sharecropping

c)

The Grandfather laws

d)

Black Codes

19.

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

20.
Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Vicksburg
21.
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?
a)
He was in favor of slavery.
b)
He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.
c)
He believed in the rights of states to secede.
d)
He had been defeated in the presidential election.
22.
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
23.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
24.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

25.
The Civil War began in which year?
a)
1861
b)
1862
c)
1863
d)
1860
26.
Robert E. Lee was a general for the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
What years did the civil war last?
a)
1860-1870
b)
1865-1880
c)
1781-1785
d)
1861-1865
28.
What Union strategy caused the people in the South to suffer from a lack of supplies? 
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
The Blockade
d)
The Two Front War
29.
There were more  railroad lines in the ______ than in the South which allowed for industry to grow into new areas.
a)
South
b)
East
c)
West
d)
North
30.
A civil war is
a)
a war between north and south
b)
a war between people of the same country
31.
More factories, larger population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for  Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
32.

Control of this waterway was an important part of the North's strategy to win the war

a)

Ohio River

b)

Tennessee River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Mississippi River

33.

The name given to the South

a)

Confederacy

b)

Rebels

c)

Union

d)

Revolutionaries

34.

The Missouri Compromise

a)

created rules for all new territories regarding slavery

b)

allowed slave states to come in without a free state to balance them out

c)

maintained the balance of slave and free states

d)

established rules for statehood in the Mexican Cession

35.

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became a free or a slave state?

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

the 36'30" parallel

c)

one would be a slave state, the other a free state

d)

Rock, Paper, Scissors

36.
Who was the abolitionist who raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia and further heightened sectionalism by adding to the slave owner's fear of a revolt?
a)
John Brown
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Andrew Jackson
37.
Grant's strategy of Total War was intended to: 
a)
Win the war for the South
b)
Destroy everything that could be useful to the enemy.
c)
avoid the War before it started
d)
All of these...
38.
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Antietam
39.
Which of the following statements best characterizes Lincoln's views on slavery BEFORE the war?
a)
Slavery should be abolished
b)
Slavery should not spread West to new territories
c)
States can have slavery if they want it
d)
It's not the government's job to deal with slavery
40.

Why is the Battle of Antietam famous?

a)

It was the turning point of the war.

b)

It was the biggest battle of the war.

c)

It had the most soldiers fight in the war.

d)

It was the bloodiest day of fighting in the war.

41.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
42.

The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should _____.

a)

be allowed to continue the practice of slavery

b)

pay for the damages suffered by the Union

c)

receive fair treatment after the war

d)

be punished for seceding from the Union

43.
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War?
a)
To overthrow the government and set up a monarchy
b)
To become independent
c)
To spread slavery to the North
d)
To eliminate slavery in the border states
44.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed  things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
45.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
46.
What's the best title for this list? 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Reconstruction Laws & Policies
c)
Civil War Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
47.
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
48.

True or False: Freedmen had an easy time finding jobs.

a)

True

b)

False

49.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
50.
The economy of the North was ___________ during the time of the war.
a)
Agricultural
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Industrial
d)
Rich
51.
The economy of the South was ________________.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Agricultural
d)
Poor

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