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Unit 5 - The Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organize the following Pre-Civil War events in chronological order

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Mexican-American War

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

e)

Bleeding Kansas

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
2.

What was the name of the provision in the Compromise of 1850 that led to the creation of this poster?

(a)  

Choose from the below words
Fugitive Slave Act
Popular Sovereignty
California became a Free State
3.

After the 15th Amendment was ratified, many state governments tried to prevent newly freedmen from voting by making them pass a​

(a)   and pay a ​ (b)   . The loophole to allow white men to vote was called the ​ (c)   ​.

Choose from the below words
literacy test
poll tax
Grandfather Clause
4.

Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

a)

enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

preserve the union

c)

end slavery throughout the entire country

d)

encourage sectionalism

5.

In the period between 1820 and 1860, Southerners wanted slavery extended to the Western territories so that the South could

a)

continue to elect Southern Presidents

b)

continue to dominate the Supreme Court

c)

keep enough strength in the Senate to protect Southern interests

d)

use slave labor to expand Southern industries

6.

Which issue is reflected in this headlines?

a)

status of slavery in the territories and new states

b)

growth of agriculture on the Great Plains

c)

clash of federal and state powers

d)

conflicts with foreign nations over the West

7.

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

a)

removal of Cherokee from Georgia

b)

passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

c)

activities of the Underground Railroad

d)

use of popular sovereignty in the territories

8.

The election results shown on this map most clearly reflect the influence of

a)

nationalist motives

b)

sectional differences

c)

political stability

d)

ethnic conflicts

9.

The "divided house" referred to in this speech was caused primarily by

a)

expansionism

b)

war with Mexico

c)

slavery

d)

the suffrage movement

10.

Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and then Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?

a)

extension of slavery into the western territories

b)

equitable distribution of frontier lands to the owners of small farms

c)

placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports

d)

need for international improvements in transportation

11.

Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

a)

the Dred Scott decision, which declared that all prior compromises on the extension of slavery into the territories were unconstitutional

b)

the Missouri Compromise, which kept an even balance between the number of free and slave states

c)

the raid on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, which was led by militant abolitionist John Brown

d)

the election of President Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery into the territories

12.

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

a)

nullification

b)

sectionalism

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

southern secession

13.

The purpose of this 1863 poster was to recruit African Americans to help

a)

defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War

b)

assist in the efforts of the Underground Railroad

c)

settle land in the South and border states

d)

enforce the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act

14.

What was an important advantage the Union had during the Civil War?

a)

superior military leadership

b)

economic aid from Great Britain and France

c)

more human resources and war materials

d)

"home court" advantage

15.

The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

c)

creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865

d)

ratification of 13th amendment of 1865

16.

The data shown in the graphs best support the conclusion that the North

a)

was better prepared economically to fight the Civil War

b)

lagged behind the South in bank deposits

c)

produced more agricultural products than the South

d)

lacked several important resources to fight the war

17.

True or False: One of President Lincoln's goals in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was to keep the border states from seceding from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

18.

One way that "Bleeding Kansas," the Dred Scott decision and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events

a)

ended conflict over slavery in the territories

b)

eased tensions between the North and the South

c)

contributed to the formation of the Whig Party

d)

increased sectionalism and made compromise between the free and slave states more difficult

19.

Match each Reconstruction Amendments with its intended goal.

a)

Abolished slavery, except as a punishment for a crime

1.

13th Amendment, 1865

b)

Defined citizenship and the rights of citizens

2.

14th Amendment, 1868

c)

Prohibited voting discrimination based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

3.

15th Amendment, 1870

20.

During Reconstruction, ​ (a)   were Southerners to aided Republicans create new state governments. They were seen as traitors to the South! ​ (b)   were Northerners to travelled to the South to aid in Reconstruction and were seen as infiltrators.

Choose from the below words
scalawags
Carpetbaggers
21.

Match the person to his plan for Reconstruction

a)

President Abraham Lincoln

1.

10% plan - Heal the nation's wounds & move on. Federal protection for formerly enslaved people

b)

President Andrew Johnson

2.

protect the former Confederates. Do little to help the formerly enslaved people

c)

Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans in Congress

3.

Do the most to punish the South and protect and aid the formerly enslaved people

22.

Match the following positive outcomes of Reconstruction to its purpose

a)

Formation of HBCUs

1.

Provide higher education for formerly enslaved people

b)

Reconstruction Amendments

2.

Abolished slavery, gave formerly enslaved people citizenship, and gave Black men the right to vote

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

3.

Provided social services to newly freed people

23.

What was sharecropping?

a)

a work system that replaced slavery after the Civil War that helped plantation owners rebuild their labor force

b)

a job on a farm only freedmen could hold

c)

a paid position working on a farm that was difficult to get after the Civil War

d)

a system of labor that offered many economic opportunities to freedmen and their families

24.

What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

a)

Jim Crow laws were deemed constitutional, and states were legally allowed to segregate facilities and institutions. This established the separate but equal precedent.

b)

The decision awarded African Americans new political freedoms such as the right to hold office. 

c)

The court ordered southern states to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

d)

The court overturned a previous decision that had ruled Jim Crow laws to be unconstitutional as it was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

25.

Match the following pre-Civil War compromises to the correct decision.

a)

Missouri Compromise, 1820

1.

Missouri = Slave State

Maine = Free State

Any state north of 36 30 Latitude was closed to slavery

b)

Compromise of 1850

2.

Cali = Free State

Strong Fugitive Slave Act

Popular Sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico Territories

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

3.

Overturned Missouri Compromise and introduced popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska Territores