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Civil War & Reconstruction

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 12hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Whose economy depended on slave labor?
a)
neither the North or the South
b)
North
c)
both the North and the South
d)
South
2.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
3.

What secret group helped slaves escape to freedom?

a)

Northern Lights

b)

National Freedom Road

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Confederates of America

4.

Abolitionists wanted what practice to end immediately?

a)

The Civil War

b)

Women's voting

c)

Unclean meat

d)

Slavery

5.

These parties were against the spread of slavery.

a)

Free Soil Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Democratic Party 

d)

Constitutional Party

6.

The primary reason the Civil War was fought was over the issue of

a)

tariffs

b)

slavery

c)

states rights

d)

trade with Europe

7.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
8.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
9.

This battle was a major turning point in the war.

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

10.

This was the main economy of the Union

a)

Agriculture

b)

Industry

c)

Shipping

d)

Trade

11.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

12.

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.

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Antietam

13.

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?

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The West

d)

All regions had equal amount of resources

14.

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Gettysburg Address

15.

Disadvantages of the South during the Civil War included having a small navy, fewer railroads, and ______________.

a)

Lack of agricultural land

b)

larger population

c)

Inexperienced military leaders

d)

Lack of industries

16.

Which statement below is the best description of the South in the aftermath of the Civil War?

a)

Plantation owners were arrested and charged with crimes associated with owning slaves

b)

Plantation owners lost everything because of the destruction caused by the Civil War

c)

Under northern control plantations recovered and thrived in their economy.

d)

Plantations were closed, owners kept half of their farms and the other half was given to slaves and indentured servants.

17.
Of the following, which is synonymous with the term, "Union".
a)
The slave states. 
b)
 The United States of America. 
c)
The free states. 
d)
 The border states. 
18.
Of the following, which one was an advantage held by the South during the war?  The South . . . 
a)

 had greater industrial resources than the North. 

b)

 had more transportation resources than the North. 

c)

was defending its own territory. 

d)

 could count on the support of Native Americans. 

19.
The Union army gained control of the Mississippi River after winning the Battle of
a)
Antietam
b)
Appomattox
c)
Chancelorsville
d)
Vicksburg
20.
This woman was a nurse during the Civil War, and later founded the Red Cross.
a)
W. O. Hair Hall 
b)
 Clara Barton 
c)
Molly Pitcher 
d)
 Francis Spinner 
21.

The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.

a)

North

South

b)

South

North

c)

North

East

d)

West

East

22.

How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?

a)

He ordered them free

b)

Congress passed the 13th Amendment

c)

He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"

d)

He did nothing

23.

Why was the surrender at Vicksburg crucial to the success of the Union campaign in the West?

a)

It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River

b)

It allowed the Union to surround the Capital city

c)

It allowed the Union to Blockade important railroads

d)

It allowed the Union to occupy new territories

24.

This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.

a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Worcester v Georgia
25.

Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

26.

At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?

a)

Fort Wagner

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Hood

d)

For Warren

27.

When were African Americans protected by the law?

a)

Before the 14th Amendment

b)

After the 14th Amendment

28.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
29.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
30.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
31.

Why did Southern states pass Black Codes immediately following the Civil War?

a)

to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

b)

to expand the power of ex-Confederate leaders

c)

to give Southern women voting rights

d)

to jail carpetbaggers

32.

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 --

a)

Civil Rights Acts of 1866

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Reconstruction Acts

d)

Articles of Impeachment for Andrew Johnson.

33.

What organization created public education, health care and training in the South for freedmen?

a)

the Ku Klux Klan

b)

the Radical Republicans

c)

the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

the Carpetbaggers

34.

How did sharecropping impact formerly enslaved peoples?

a)

These new agriculture jobs made them rich.

b)

These new agriculture jobs left them in a cycle of debt.

c)

These challenge of securing these coveted jobs led to economic competition.

d)

These new agriculture jobs didn't interest them and freedmen moved North.

35.

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

a)

support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

b)

actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

c)

give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

d)

create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

36.

What is Lincoln’s main purpose in the Gettysburg Address?

a)

to identify the soldiers who have died in battle so far

b)

to argue why the Union will win the war

c)

to seek money for the families of those who died in battle

d)

to explain the importance of the war and inspire support for the Union

37.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

laws that aided in the education of African Americans

b)

laws of segregation against African Americans

c)

laws that helped African Americans get better jobs

d)

laws that helped African Americans vote

38.

1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

39.
What is the name for northerners who moved to the South to work as teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs? 
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Sharecroppers
40.
Small farmers who supported the Republicans to benefit politically and economically were called ___________.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Tenant Farmers
41.

Whose election in 1876 signaled the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Samuel Tilden

42.

(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.

43.

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.

44.

In 1854, the _________ Act allowed citizens in Kansas to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state.

a)

Kansas-Nebraska

b)

California-Nebraska

c)

Georgia-Tennessee

d)

Kansas-North

45.

11 southern states decided to secede from the United States. What does the word secede mean?

a)

withdraw / leave

b)

remain / stay

c)

unite

d)

associate with

46.

People in the South were upset when _________ was elected president.

a)

Obama

b)

Lincoln

c)

Washington

d)

Miss George