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WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 12hrs 30mins
What secret group helped slaves escape to freedom?
Northern Lights
National Freedom Road
Underground Railroad
Confederates of America
Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?
The Civil War
Women's voting
Unclean meat
Slavery
These parties were against the spread of slavery.
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Constitutional Party
The primary reason the Civil War was fought was over the issue of
tariffs
slavery
states rights
trade with Europe
This battle was a major turning point in the war.
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
This was the main economy of the Union
Agriculture
Industry
Shipping
Trade
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Which Civil War battle was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war and led to a Union victory as Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had to retreat? This battle also marked the first time that the Southern army had invaded the North.
Battle of Vicksburg
Appomattox Court House
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Use the following chart to answer the question that follows.
According to the bar graph, what region had the larger share of resources in the United States?
The South
The North
The West
All regions had equal amount of resources
Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
The Gettysburg Address
Disadvantages of the South during the Civil War included having a small navy, fewer railroads, and ______________.
Lack of agricultural land
larger population
Inexperienced military leaders
Lack of industries
Which statement below is the best description of the South in the aftermath of the Civil War?
Plantation owners were arrested and charged with crimes associated with owning slaves
Plantation owners lost everything because of the destruction caused by the Civil War
Under northern control plantations recovered and thrived in their economy.
Plantations were closed, owners kept half of their farms and the other half was given to slaves and indentured servants.
had greater industrial resources than the North.
had more transportation resources than the North.
was defending its own territory.
could count on the support of Native Americans.
The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.
North
South
South
North
North
East
West
East
How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?
He ordered them free
Congress passed the 13th Amendment
He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"
He did nothing
Why was the surrender at Vicksburg crucial to the success of the Union campaign in the West?
It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River
It allowed the Union to surround the Capital city
It allowed the Union to Blockade important railroads
It allowed the Union to occupy new territories
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.
Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Hood
For Warren
When were African Americans protected by the law?
Before the 14th Amendment
After the 14th Amendment
Why did Southern states pass Black Codes immediately following the Civil War?
to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
to expand the power of ex-Confederate leaders
to give Southern women voting rights
to jail carpetbaggers
Following the passage of the 13th Amendment, many Southern state governments enacted Black Codes.
When the Radical Republicans in Congress took control of Reconstruction, they responded to the discriminatory Black Codes by passing the --
Civil Rights Acts of 1866
Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction Acts
Articles of Impeachment for Andrew Johnson.
What organization created public education, health care and training in the South for freedmen?
the Ku Klux Klan
the Radical Republicans
the Freedmen's Bureau
the Carpetbaggers
How did sharecropping impact formerly enslaved peoples?
These new agriculture jobs made them rich.
These new agriculture jobs left them in a cycle of debt.
These challenge of securing these coveted jobs led to economic competition.
These new agriculture jobs didn't interest them and freedmen moved North.
During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --
support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states
actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans
give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves
create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union
What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?
to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far
to argue why the Union will win the war
to seek money for the families of those who died in battle
to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union
What were Jim Crow Laws?
laws that aided in the education of African Americans
laws of segregation against African Americans
laws that helped African Americans get better jobs
laws that helped African Americans vote
1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Whose election in 1876 signaled the end of Reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
Samuel Tilden
(a) a loyalty to one's own area of the country, and concerns over states' rights all contributed to the start of the civil war.
Each time a new (a) was added to the country, there was a struggle over whether the state would be added as a free or slave state.
In 1854, the _________ Act allowed citizens in Kansas to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state.
Kansas-Nebraska
California-Nebraska
Georgia-Tennessee
Kansas-North
11 southern states decided to secede from the United States. What does the word secede mean?
withdraw / leave
remain / stay
unite
associate with
People in the South were upset when _________ was elected president.
Obama
Lincoln
Washington
Miss George
