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WorksheetsUnit 8 Civil War/Reconstruction
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
When the Civil War began, Abraham Lincoln's main goal was to:
abolish slavery
punish the South
restore the Union
bring an end to the war
In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
food production
civilian leadership
industrial capacity
military leadership
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
It made the South give up the idea of invading the North.
It divided the Confederacy.
It convinced the Confederacy to surrender.
It marked the first Union victory on the battlefield.
One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it ___.
immediately freed Southern slaves
gave a moral purpose to the war
united the Republican Party
kept Great Britain out of the war
While serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all of the following except:
es
A. discrimination
lower pay than white soldiers
higher mortality rates
excessively high income tax
Which of the following Amendments abolished slavery?
14th
15th
13th
16th
Who was most responsible for passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Democrats
Radical Republicans
Abraham Lincoln
The Ku Klux Klan
Which battle was fought in the North?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Petersburg
Shiloh
Which Civil War Union general effectively used the North’s resources to win victories?
Robert E. Lee
Dwight Eisenhower
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
What best describes the immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Immediately freed all American slaves
Freed only slaves in the North
Allowed for enlistment of African-American soldiers in the North
Encouraged Congress to pass the 14th Amendment.
Which best describes what Confederate soldiers returned home after the Civil War?
a. Productive cities boosted by a wartime economy.
b. Devastated towns embittered by the war with worthless Confederate money.
c. Industrialized cities with factories employing freed slaves.
d. Large plantations untouched by war with slaves continuing cotton & tobacco production
What strategy did Sherman use to destroy the South?
a. Total War
b. Attrition
c. Guerrilla War
d.Siege War
After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to
Diversify agricultural production
Provide a labor supply to plantation owners
Give forty acres of land to freedmen
Guarantee economic equality for African Americans
The Jim Crow South included all of the following EXCEPT -
Equal rights legislation
Literacy tests
Poll tax
Grandfather clauses
Which of the following statements is true of Hayes?
He won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote.
He won both the popular vote and the electoral votes
He lost the popular vote but won the electoral votes
He lost both the electoral and the popular votes.
Why did the Confederacy face food shortages as the Civil War progressed?
Farmland was taken over to build weapon factories.
Many southerners refused to contribute to the war effort.
There were not enough workers to cultivate and harvest crops.
A sudden rise in inflation led to a steep drop in the cost of food.
The Reconstruction Era ended when congressional Democrats agreed to the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Republicans promised to do what?
Withdraw Federal troops from the South.
Give each freedman 40 acres and a mule.
Do away with the electoral college.
Repeal the 15th amendment.
Why is the event at Appomattox Courthouse significant to the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met at Appomattox Court House to negotiate an end to Sheridan’s raids in the Shenandoah Valley.
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met at Appomattox Court House to mourn the death of Stonewall Jackson.
Jefferson Davis sent Robert E. Lee to Appomattox Court House to inform Ulysses S. Grant that the Confederate States of America had ratified its constitution.
The Battle of Antietam was an important Union Victory because......
Confederate forces had attacked Union territory, and their defeat greatly increased morale
in the North
General McClellan’s Union forces pursued the retreating Confederates and destroyed their ability to advance into the North again
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was hit by friendly fire and could no longer lead his troops against the Union
Union forces secured a quick and easy victory against the Confederates without much loss of life on either side
The Confederate decision to seize Fort Sumter from Union forces was significant because it —
led to the end of the Civil War
was a turning point in the Civil War
marked the first shots fired in the Civil War
included the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
William Carney became one of the first African Americans to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravely —
leading Union troops in the final victory that led to Lee’s surrender
rescuing fallen soldiers from the battlefield at Gettysburg despite hostile fire
fighting with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in battles such as the attack on Fort Wagner
helping Union forces try to repel Confederates at Fort Sumter after munitions were depleted
