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WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Reconstruction time frame took place from ____ to ____.
a)
1863- 1875
b)
1865-1877
c)
1867- 1879
d)
1860 - 1872
2.
Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sandford?
a)
The Dawes Act
b)
The 14th Amendment
c)
The Compromise of 1877
d)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
3.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855-1861
b)
1860-1877
c)
1861-1865
d)
1863-1868
4.
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
5.
A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics: the division of the South into military districts, ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments.
Which era in U.S. history is the focus of the article?
Which era in U.S. history is the focus of the article?
a)
The Jacksonian Era
b)
The Federalist Era
c)
The antebellum era
d)
The Reconstruction Era
6.
Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?
a)
African American families divided by slavery were reunited
b)
Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
c)
African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
d)
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
7.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-
a)
providing them with voting rights
b)
guaranteeing them freedom of speech
c)
providing them with access to the court system
d)
guaranteeing their permanent freedom fro slavery
8.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
9.
True or False? The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Ulysses S. Grant had a significant role in the Civil War. What was his role?
a)
General of the Union Army
b)
General of the Confederate Army
c)
President of the Union
d)
President of the Confederate
11.
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
12.
What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?
a)
Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
b)
the election of Lincoln as President
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
the annexation of Texas
13.
Which of the following was not a cause that led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
slavery
c)
agriculture
d)
states' rights
14.
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.
15.
What event led to Southern states seceding from the Union?
a)
Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
b)
the election of Lincoln as President
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
the annexation of Texas
16.
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are a part of the _______.
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Civil War Act
c)
Freemen Act
d)
Anti-slavery Act
17.
Which era focused on rebuilding America?
a)
Civil War
b)
Early Statehood
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Texas Revolution
18.
The economy of the South was ________________.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Agricultural
d)
Poor
19.
What was the 13th Amendment?
a)
Allowed all men to vote
b)
Banned Slavery
c)
Made everyone equal
d)
Allowed slavery in the North
20.
What was the 14th Amendment?
a)
Made everyone born in the US a citizen
b)
Banned Slavery
c)
Allowed all men to vote
d)
Allowed all people to vote
21.
What was the 15th Amendment?
a)
Ended Slavery
b)
Everyone born in the US is a citizen
c)
All males can vote
d)
All people can vote
22.
What was life like for African Americans (freed slaves) after the war?
a)
Easy, they were now free
b)
Easy but hard to find a house and job
c)
Hard, often unfair, had to fight for rights
d)
Hard to find jobs, but everything was equal
23.
This Battle was the last battle of the Civil War?
a)
Sabine Pass
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Palmito Ranch
d)
Galveston
24.
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
25.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
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