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Unit 5 Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Palmito Ranch

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Galveston

d)

Sabine Pass

2.

This is the year that the Civil War started?

a)

1865

b)

1863

c)

1862

d)

1861

3.

__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.

a)

Segregate

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Secede

d)

Separate

4.

The Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused the South to retaliate by doing which of the following?

a)

The South passed Jim Crow laws in order to begin segregation.

b)

The South fired on Fort Sumter

c)

The South elected Jefferson Davis as the President of the Confederate States of America.

d)

The South began seceding from the Union

5.

Which of the following statements is true about the Civil War?

a)

The North lost after the South won numerous battles and occupied most of the North by military force.

b)

Mexico was ceded nine of the Southern States after the North wanted nothing to do with them once the war was over.

c)

The North won the Civil War by having superior man power and the South rejoined the Union.

d)

The South and the North both agreed upon a truce after neither side was able to break the other during the four years of the Civil War. This truce was know as the Treaty of Appomattox.

6.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

The Union Blockade was not effective in stopping the flow of goods and people out of or into the South.

b)

The South was able to sell their cotton to people in the North during the Civil War.

c)

Slavery was abolished.

d)

The abundance of goods and supplies in the South led to a large accumulation of wealth after the end of the Civil War.

7.

This Battle was the last battle of the Civil War?

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Palmito Ranch

d)

Galveston

8.

What is Juneteenth?

a)

The day all slaves in the United States where freed?

b)

The day slaves in Texas heard about being freed.

c)

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

d)

The 6th of June

9.

Focus on the interests of one's region.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Carpetbagger

c)

Secede

d)

Conscription

10.

A Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Secede

d)

Freedman

11.

To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.

a)

Secede

b)

Blockade

c)

Sovereign

d)

Freedmen

12.

The effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Blockade

c)

Conscription

d)

Unionist

13.

Using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports.

a)

Blockade

b)

Sovereign

c)

Conscription

d)

Secede

14.

Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Secede

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Home Front

15.

A formerly enslaved person.

a)

Freedman

b)

Secede

c)

Unionist

d)

Scalawag

16.
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
17.
What required a fee to vote?
a)
poll tax
b)
15th Amendment
c)
literacy test
18.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855-1861
b)
1860-1877
c)
1861-1865
d)
1863-1868
19.
How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?
a)
As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue
b)
Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished
c)
Slavery was considered a historical tradition and should be maintained
d)
Controversial, slavery was considered a political problem the government should solve
20.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -
a)
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
b)
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
c)
promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
d)
limit the impact of the 13th amendment
21.
True or False? The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

a)
True
b)
False
22.
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
23.
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.
24.
Which battle is being described in the image?
a)
Battle of Galveston
b)
Battle of Sabine Pass
c)
Battle of Palmito Ranch
d)
Battle of Monett's Ferry
25.
What was the effect of Sam Houston's refusal to swear the Confederate oath?
a)
Texas did not secede from the Union.
b)
Sam Houston was removed as governor.
c)
Sam Houston was made a general in the Union army.
d)
Texas amended the state constitution to eliminate the oath.
26.
Which Texas holiday celebrates this announcement by the U.S. Army shown in the image?
a)
Juneteenth
b)
Veteran's Day
c)
Thanksgiving Day
d)
Texas Independence Day
27.
How was cotton production in Texas affected by the Civil War as seen in the graph?
a)
Production was unaffected by the war.
b)
Production steadily increased each decade in the late 1800s.
c)
Production increased before the war, but fell sharply in the decades that followed the war.
d)
Production declined during the war, but increased sharply in the decades that followed the war.
28.
Who was the commander of the Union army? 
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln 
29.
Many of the southern states _________ and formed the Confederate States of America. 
a)
seceded
b)
annexed
c)
ejected
d)
ran away 
30.
Texas was a part of the... 
a)
Pacific North West
b)
Union
c)
Deep South
d)
Confederacy
31.
Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Galveston
Battle of Palmito Ranch
These things are all... 
a)
Battles of the Mexican Revolution. 
b)
Civil War battles in Texas. 
c)
Turning points for the Civil War. 
d)
Part of the Texas Revolution. 
32.
A civil war is
a)
a war between north and south.
b)
a war between people of the same country.
33.
Who was the U.S. president during the Civil War?
a)
T. Roosevelt
b)
Washington
c)
Polk
d)
Lincoln
34.
The governor of Texas at the time of secession was... 
a)
Anson Jones
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Abraham Lincoln 

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