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Civil War and Reconstruction Study Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

The amendment that was ratified in December of 1865 that officially made slavery illegal in the US

b)

The plan that pardoned most Southerners and stated only 10% of voters had to swear allegiance to the United States and agree to emancipation

c)

The 12 years after the Civil War that were filled with change and violence when the government tried and failed to remake the South

2.

This group fought to preserve their way of life.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

3.

This group had a larger population.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

4.

This group had many rivers to transport goods.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

5.

This group had strong military leaders.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

6.

This group had 80% of the railroads.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

7.

This group had more factories to produce weapons and supplies.

a)

The Confederacy (South)

b)

The Union (North)

8.

What was a consequence of the Civil War?

a)

founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

a lot of people died

9.

What was a consequence of the Civil War?

a)

millions of people moved to Brazil

b)

farms, homes, schools, businesses, and entire cities were destroyed especially in the South

10.

What was a consequence of the Civil War?

a)

it took years and millions of dollars for people to rebuild

b)

The king of England took over and became the leader

11.

What was a consequence of the Civil War?

a)

passing of the 13th Amendment in 1865 ended slavery in the US

b)

the official language changed to Spanish

12.

This amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. including freed Black Americans.

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

This was the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free.

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

13.

This amendment made slavery illegal in the United States.

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

This was the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free.

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

14.

This amendment granted Black men the right to vote. It said that voting rights could not be denied based on race.

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

This was the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free.

c)

The 14th Amendment

d)

The 15th Amendment

15.
Where did most Southerners live in the 1850s?
a)
cities
b)
large towns
c)
farms
d)
up North
16.
Where were most of the cities in the 1850s?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
17.
What was the North's point of view on slavery in the 1850s?
a)
They had outlawed slavery
b)
They were pro-slavery.
c)
The hired slaves as workers.
d)
Slavery was used for farming.
18.

What did enslaved people use to escape to freedom?

a)
The Anaconda Plan
b)
The Oregon Trail
c)
The Union Express Railroad
d)
The Underground Railroad
19.
What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?
a)
Southern states wanted a free state.
b)
It made an equal number of slave and free states.
c)
It made more slave states.
d)
It made more free states.
20.
What led to violence in Kansas in 1854?
a)
People disagreed over the vote for slavery.
b)
People voted for Kansas to be free.
c)
People voted for Kansas to be a territory.
d)
Nebraska was split.
21.
Believing that your section of the country is more important than the rest of the country is...
a)
partisanship
b)
Civil War
c)
sectionalism
d)
treason
22.
The section of the country had more factories and railroads.
a)
North 
b)
South
23.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The  South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit. 
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
24.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
25.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
26.

True or false: The southern states wanted the federal government to have all the power and make all the laws.

a)

True

b)

False

27.
At the end of the war, what happened to the South?
a)
They continued to have slavery and have great plantations.
b)
The South was devastated.  They burned Atlanta and Richmond.
c)
They became an urban center and had more factories.
28.

Which war was fought between 1861 and 1864?

a)

The French and Indian War

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The US-Mexico War

d)

The Civil War