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Civil War and Reconstruction Practice Quiz

Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

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.
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
3.
The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall be preserved
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Jefferson Davis
4.
North Captured this stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Antietam
5.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
11.
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
12.
The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall be preserved
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Jefferson Davis
13.
North Captured this stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Antietam
14.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
15.
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
16.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
17.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
18.
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
19.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
20.
What did the Missouri Compromise say about the future of slavery?
a)
It would be legal in all future states
b)
It would be illegal in all future states
c)
It would be prohibited above the 36,30 line
d)
The Southern states had to give up their slaves
21.
Which of the following terms is defined as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
tariff of abominations
c)
impressment
d)
right of habeus corpus
22.
Which one of the following slave states did not remain in the Union?
a)
Kentucky
b)
Missouri
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
23.
What states are colored grey on the map?
a)
Union States
b)
Confederate States
c)
Border States
d)
Neutral States
24.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1619
d)
1865
25.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
26.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
27.
A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...
a)
import
b)
export
c)
blockade
d)
battle
28.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1619
d)
1865
29.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
30.
A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...
a)
import
b)
export
c)
blockade
d)
battle
31.

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

a)

Fugitive

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secessionist

d)

Whig

32.

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

33.

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

a)

Fugitive

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Compromise

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

What was the capital of the Confederate States?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Gettysburg, PA

d)

Raleigh, NC

39.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.
Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Vicksburg
51.
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.
52.
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
53.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
54.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

55.
The Civil War began in which year?
a)
1861
b)
1862
c)
1863
d)
1860
56.
Robert E. Lee was a general for the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
57.
What years did the civil war last?
a)
1860-1870
b)
1865-1880
c)
1781-1785
d)
1861-1865
58.
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
59.
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
60.
A civil war is
a)
a war between north and south
b)
a war between people of the same country
61.
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
62.

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

63.

The name given to the South

a)

Confederacy

b)

Rebels

c)

Union

d)

Revolutionaries

64.

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

65.

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

66.
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
67.
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...
68.
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Antietam
69.
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
70.

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.

71.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
72.

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

73.
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
74.
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
75.
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
76.
What's the best title for this list? 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Reconstruction Laws & Policies
c)
Civil War Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
77.
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
78.

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

a)

True

b)

False

79.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
80.
The economy of the North was ___________ during the time of the war.
a)
Agricultural
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Industrial
d)
Rich
81.
The economy of the South was ________________.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Agricultural
d)
Poor
82.

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

a)

Fugitive

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Compromise

83.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

84.

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

85.

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

86.

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

87.

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

88.

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

89.

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

90.

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

91.

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

92.
Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Vicksburg
93.
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
94.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
95.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

96.
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...
97.
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Antietam
98.

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.

99.
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
100.
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
101.
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
102.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
103.
The economy of the South was ________________.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Agricultural
d)
Poor
104.
The economy of the North was ___________ during the time of the war.
a)
Agricultural
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Industrial
d)
Rich
105.

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

106.

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

a)

Union Army

b)

Special Field Order 15

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

107.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

108.

What amendment made all people born in the United States citizens?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

109.

What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

110.

Why did the Compromise of 1877 happen ?

a)

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1899 U.S. Presidential election.

b)

The Compromise of 1877 happened because the citizens food wasn't cooked correctly.

c)

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.

d)

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to abolish slavery.

111.

Why was the compromise of 1877 important?

a)

The compromise of 1877 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1876 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

b)

The compromise of 1877 was important because it calmed the dispute of the 1896 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

c)

The compromise of 1987 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1986 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

d)

The compromise of 1890 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1987 election and it pulled the people out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

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