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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
He led a raid on the armory at Harper's Ferry, trying to get weapons to give to slaves, so they could revolt against their owners. 
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
John Brown
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
3.
Who was the commander of the confederate army called Army of Northern Virginia
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
4.
What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Scott's Blockade Plan
5.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make the Southern economy not dependent on cotton 
d)
to preserve the Union
6.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1619
d)
1865
7.
What states are colored grey on the map?
a)
Union States
b)
Confederate States
c)
Border States
d)
Neutral States
8.

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

9.

General Sherman defeated the south using this tactic:

a)

Total War

b)

Guerilla Warfare

c)

The Anaconda Plan

d)

Emancipation of Slaves

10.

What compromise settled the intensely debated Election of 1876: Hayes vs Tilden and formally ended Reconstruction in the south with Hayes becoming president?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Compromise of 1820

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Alexander Hamilton

14.

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

15.

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

16.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Carpet Baggers

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Radical Republicans

17.

Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.

a)

10

b)

30

c)

50

d)

99

18.

Schools in the south to educate freedmen were set up by the ______________

a)

Union Army

b)

Special Field Order 15

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

19.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

20.

A freedmen was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of ______________.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

sharecropping

c)

the black codes

d)

Reconstruction

21.

Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

22.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
23.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

24.
What organization was designed to intimidate former slaves and anyone who supported former slaves?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Freedmen s Bureau 
c)
Black Codes
25.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
26.

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

a)

The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.

b)

The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor

c)

The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.

d)

The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.

27.
Define Redeemers
a)
Southern Democrats who said Reconstruction costs were too high
b)
Southern Democrats who used coupons
c)
Radical Republicans who were anti Jim Crow laws
d)
Santas helpers from the North Pole
28.
Jim Crow laws
a)
were practiced only in the North
b)
were mainly involved with choosing jury members
c)
were created by the Supreme Court of the U.S.
d)
segregated African Americans and whites
29.

President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction included punishing those who had fought against the U.S. during the war.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Who became president after Andrew Johnson?

a)

U.S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

Hiram Revels

31.

Who worked to end lynchings in America?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

James Byrd

c)

Isaiah Montgomery

d)

Ida B. Wells

32.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

It was signed by President Lincoln as a way to change the reason for the war to about ending slavery

b)

It made slavery illegal in all of the rebelling(Southern) states, and union forces could free slaves

c)

It was added to the constitution as the official abolishing of slavery in all of America including union states

d)

Congress would NOT let Lincoln free slaves in the border states because those states hadn't rebelled or seceded.

33.

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered to be the turning point of the war?

a)

It was the point in which the North no longer had control of the war

b)

It was the South's last hope to bring the war to the Northern states

c)

It was Lincoln's favorite general in the war winning his first battle

d)

General Lee finally had successfully won a battle in the Northern states

34.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at the cemetery focused on

a)

The war strategy moving forward for the North to win the war

b)

To honor the dead in this war by being a better nation of equality and democracy

c)

To honor General Grant for winning the Battle of Shiloh

d)

As a campaign rally for his upcoming reelection against Jefferson Davis

35.

General Sherman in his March to the Sea used this tactic in order to defeat the South

a)

Limited War

b)

Guerilla Warfare

c)

Total War(Scorched Earth)

d)

Peace Treaties

36.

General Grant accepted Lee's unconditional surrender to end the Civil War at this place

a)

Manassas Courthouse

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Philadelphia Courthouse

d)

Gettysburg Courthouse

37.

Who helped the North win the war following the Emancipation Proclamation

a)

Native Tribes

b)

Great Britain

c)

Mexican-Americans

d)

African-Americans

38.

Abraham Lincoln created the __________ party

a)

Democratic

b)

Free Soil

c)

Liberty

d)

Republican

39.

Who was elected President in 1860?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Thomas Jefferson

40.

This was the bloodiest day in American history

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Chancellorsville