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Civil War

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Jim Crow Laws included __________________
a)
separate schools, restaurants and bathrooms 
b)
poll taxes 
c)
literacy tests in order to vote 
d)
All of the above 
2.

Which amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race?"

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

3.

Which amendment to the US Constitution granted full citizenship to all people born in the United States?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1981

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

hippos

4.
The most common form of farmwork for freed people was what?
a)
Subsistence farming
b)
Plantations
c)
Sharecropping
d)
GMO's
5.

With Jim Crow Laws, blacks and whites could attend the same schools.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
This amendment abolished slavery. 
a)
12th 
b)
13th 
c)
14th
d)
15th
8.
This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
9.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
10.
What landform was key to the Union to divide and weaken the Confederacy?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Port of Galveston
c)
Port of New Orleans
d)
Sabine River
11.
What were the 'black codes'?
a)
laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
b)
laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
c)
another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
d)
secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan
12.
Prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?
a)
black codes
b)
basis for the 13, 14 and 15th amendments
c)
inclusions to the new Texas Constitution of 1866
d)
laws that the Freedman's Bureau tried to abolish
13.
What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?
a)
Slavery is abolished
b)
Freed African Americans' rights are protected
c)
African American men can vote
d)
Women can vote
14.
_____ were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Scoundrels
15.
________ were those who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Scalawags
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Unionists
16.
What Texas port was the most critical to the Union Army for "Scott's Great Snake"?
a)
Galveston
b)
Sabine Pass
c)
Brownsville
d)
Matamoros
17.
What is the primary reason why Sam Houston lost his job as Texas' governor?
a)
He opposed slavery and vowed not to fight again
b)
He swore an oath to the US Constitution and an oath to the Confederate States of America would violate that
c)
He refused to be part of a war he was convinced the Confederacy could never win
d)
He was convinced it was not in Texas' best interest to secede
18.

(1865-1866)- Reconstruction period where the President took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union; most lenient of the Reconstruction plans; commonly known as 10% plan.

a)

Congressional Reconstruction

b)

Presidential Reconstruction

c)

Military Reconstruction

d)

Post War Reconstruction

19.

(1866-1867)- Reconstruction period where Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.

a)

Congressional Reconstruction

b)

Presidential Reconstruction

c)

Post War Reconstruction

d)

Military Reconstruction

20.

Federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former slaves.

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Freedom Agency

c)

Black Legislators

d)

Federal Bureau for Free Men

21.

Terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South.

a)

Red Knights

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

White Supremacists

22.

Gave African-Americans United States citizenship.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

13th Amendment

23.

Ended slavery in the United States.

a)

15th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

13th Amendment

24.

The war between the North and the South from 1861-1865.

a)

Civil War

b)

Texas Revolution

c)

American Revolution

d)

U.S. Mexican War

25.

Rebuilding time for the United States after the Civil War.

a)

Rebuild

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Redo

d)

Restart

26.

A person who wanted to end slavery.

a)

Confederate

b)

Democrat

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Southerner

27.

Power reserved for the states rather than the national government.

a)

Democracy

b)

States Rights

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Secede

28.

Having concern for regional needs and interest rather than the country as a whole.

a)

Federalism

b)

Democracy

c)

States Rights

d)

Sectionalism

29.

Withdraw or leave another country or territory.

a)

Democracy

b)

States Rights

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Secede

30.

Northern states that wanted to abolish slavery.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Republic

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

31.

Southern states that seceded from the U.S. to keep their slaves.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Republic

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

32.

Abraham Lincoln's decree (law) that abolished slavery in the Confederate states.

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

States Rights

c)

Tariff

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

33.

Tax on imported goods from other countries.

a)

Tariff

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Union

d)

States Rights

34.

Holiday celebrating the day that slaves in Texas learned about their freedom, June 19th, 1865.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Juneteenth

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Reconstruction

35.

Government organization created to provide freed slaves food, shelter, medicine, and schools.

a)

Blockade

b)

Tariff

c)

Freemen's Bureau

d)

Sectionalism

36.

Laws passed in southern states that encouraged segregation (separation) of races. The laws limited the rights of African Americans.

a)

Secede

b)

Blockade

c)

Slave Laws

d)

Jim Crow Laws

37.

A Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Secede

d)

Freedman

38.

The forced enrollment of people into military service.

a)

Conscription

b)

Unionist

c)

Secede

d)

Blockade

39.

A formerly enslaved person.

a)

Freedman

b)

Secede

c)

Unionist

d)

Scalawag

40.

After his election, this president went on to end slavery.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

41.

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

a)

Lincoln's election of 1860

b)

They didn't like the clothes the North wore

c)

The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

42.

Who was the general that surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 ending the Civil War?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Winfield Scott

d)

Abraham Lincoln

43.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

44.

What year did the Civil War end?

a)

1863

b)

1864

c)

1865

d)

1866

45.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
46.
This was the main economy of the Confederacy
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industy
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
47.

This was the main economy of the Union

a)

Agriculture

b)

Industry

c)

Shipping

d)

Trade

48.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
49.
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
50.
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
51.
What states are colored grey on the map?
a)
Union States
b)
Confederate States
c)
Border States
d)
Neutral States
52.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
53.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
54.
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

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