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Civil War & Reconstruction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Secessionist

b)

Lincolnist

c)

Abolitionist

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)

Reconstruction

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Secede

d)

Congress

3.

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)

Tony Stark

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Brown v Board

4.

What was the capital of the Confederate States?

a)

Richmond, VA

b)

Poormond, PA

c)

Gettysburg, PA

d)

Tallahassee, FL

5.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Alexander Hamilton

6.

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

a)

More factories

b)

Larger population

c)

Better railroads

d)

Most of the nation's best generals

7.

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

a)

Fort Benning

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Belvoire

d)

Fort Pierce

8.

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

a)

Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws

b)

Slavery

c)

Lincoln winning the election of 1860

d)

Westward Expansion

e)

All of the above

9.

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

a)

12th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

13th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

10.

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)

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

d)

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

11.

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

a)

Cheat Codes

b)

Morse Codes

c)

Black Codes

d)

Nuclear Codes

12.

Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

a)

13th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

12th Amendment

13.

Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?

a)

He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.

b)

He was in favor of slavery.

c)

He had been defeated in the presidential election.

d)

He believed in the rights of states to secede.

14.

Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

"Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ullysses S. Grant

d)

James Longstreet

15.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

Florida

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

The Union

16.

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 Civil War

c)

a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War

d)

unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

17.

What's the best title for this list?

a)

Reconstruction Laws & Policies

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil War Codes

d)

Black Codes

18.

Lincoln's Lenient Reconstruction Plan.

a)

30% OFF

b)

10% Plan

c)

The Dab

d)

20% Plan

19.

The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on ____________________.

a)

race

b)

previous condition of servitude

c)

both

20.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Carpet Baggers

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Radical Republicans