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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

The crisis over the Missouri Compromise exposed the

a)

dangers of excessive nationalism

b)

nation's weak foreign policy

c)

growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery

d)

trade imbalances that result from protective tariffs.

2.

In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Land gained from the Mexican-American War

c)

Wilmont Proviso

d)

Harper's Ferry

3.

The Fugitive Slave Act angered Northerners because

a)

it contradicted the Missouri Compromise.

b)

it contradicted the Wilmot Proviso.

c)

People in the North had to enforce a law they didn't agree with

d)

It let California in as a free state.

4.

Directions: Use the following quotation to answer the questions below.


“[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . .”

—Abraham Lincoln, 1st inaugural address, March 4, 1861


What is the “domestic institution” that Lincoln is referring to in his inaugural address?

a)

Slavery

b)

Secession

c)

War

d)

Brooks-Sumner Incident

5.

Directions: Use the following quotation to answer the questions below.


“[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . .”

—Abraham Lincoln, 1st inaugural address, March 4, 1861


Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each State to control its own affairs in his inaugural address?

a)

He wanted to keep the union together

b)

to assure the North that slavery would be abolished in all states.

c)

to assure the Confederate States of America that their decision to secede was valid.

d)

to affirm his belief in popular sovereignty.

6.

The election of 1860 showed that the North and the South were two distinct political entities because

a)

Lincoln did not win the popular vote

b)

Lincoln did not get a single electoral vote from a Southern State

c)

Lincoln won the Presidency

d)

Lincoln vowed to declare war on the South

7.

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.


“We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”

—Abraham Lincoln, 1958


To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”?

a)

the Union could not continue with both free states and slave states

b)

Slavery would help unite the nation

c)

Lincoln knew how to build great log houses (Get it? Lincoln logs...)

d)

Lincoln wanted his house to lean like the tower in Pisa

8.

The agrarian South was at a disadvantage against the

a)

Conservative North

b)

Liberal North

c)

Agrarian North

d)

Industrialized North

9.

How did the North’s population differ from the South’s population?

a)

The North and the South had the same size population.

b)

There are no population statistics for the North or the South.

c)

The North's population was larger

d)

The North’s population was smaller.

10.

After the Battle of Gettysburg, the South

a)

surrendered immediately.

b)

never again fought on Union soil and had to retreat to the South

c)

refused to retreat.

d)

mounted one last march into the North.

11.

Where did Lee finally surrender to Grant?

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Richmond

c)

Fredricksburg

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

12.

Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.


What Northern battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Chattanooga

d)

Gettysburg

13.

The Ten Percent Plan required that

a)

the South pay ten percent of the Union’s war costs.

b)

ten percent of a state’s voters take a loyalty oath to the Union.

c)

state legislatures set aside ten percent of their seats for African Americans.

d)

southern landowners give ten percent of their land to freed men.

14.

In the system of share-cropping, farmworkers

a)

paid cash rent to the landowners.

b)

did not choose the crops they planted.

c)

Had to give a share of their crops to the landowner

d)

had more control over their crops and supplies than was true in tenant farming.

15.

How did Hayes’ election effectively end Reconstruction?

a)

The Freedmen’s Bureau took on a greater role in southern states.

b)

Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation.

c)

African Americans secured full political and civil rights.

d)

It ended Military Reconstruction in the South - Ending Reconstruction

16.

Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments on the lives of southerners?

a)

White southerners celebrated black southerners’ new rights.

b)

They guaranteed rights for African-Americans - voting, citizenship, and abolition

c)

These amendments had little effect on the lives of southerners.

d)

Black southerners were forbidden to serve as elected officials.

17.

The Jim Crown Laws were designed to:

a)

stop Southern government officials from barring African Americans from public places

b)

prevent African Americans from voting

c)

enforce the 14th Amendment

d)

Send Africans back to Africa

18.

The Thirteenth Amendment was passed to...

a)

get rid of slavery

b)

give citizenship to African-Americans

c)

Give African-American MEN the right to vote

d)

Give more electoral representation to states.