WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction Assignment
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Black codes
c)
Fifteenth Amendment
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
e)
Gettysburg Address
2.
Laws that limited the freedom of former slaves
a)
Black codes
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Fifteenth Amendment
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
e)
Gettysburg Address
3.
Confederate general during the Civil War
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Black codes
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
e)
Freedmen’s Bureau
4.
Began after the Civil War, South was economically and politically ruined
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Black codes
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
e)
Freedmen’s Bureau
5.
Helped freedmen adjust to life in the South, established schools
a)
Freedmen’s Bureau
b)
Black codes
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
e)
Gettysburg Address
6.
Lincoln reflected on the fight to save the Union and provide equality for all
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Black codes
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
e)
Freedmen’s Bureau
7.
Granted African American men suffrage
a)
Fifteenth Amendment
b)
Black codes
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
e)
Gettysburg Address
8.
Boxes 1 and 3
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Boxes 2 and 4
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
Multiselect - Select the correct answers.
Which of the following were impacts of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?
Select THREE correct answers.
a)
Former Union officers took over southern state governments.
b)
Millions of African Americans were permanently freed from slavery.
c)
Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living.
d)
President Lincoln was elected to a third term in office.
e)
Abolitionists had finally achieved their goal.
11.
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg significant to the Civil War?
4 lines
12.
What was one advantage of the North and one advantage of the South during the Civil War?
4 lines
13.
What were Radical Republicans’ plans for Reconstruction?
4 lines
14.
How did the Transcontinental Railroad help the settlement of the West?
4 lines
15.
How did the sharecropping system negatively impact freedmen?
4 lines
16.
Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?
4 lines
17.
What is the title of the political cartoon?
4 lines
18.
Who is the person in the political cartoon?
4 lines
19.
What political party did the person in the political cartoon support?
4 lines
20.
What happened to Andrew Johnson as a result of actions seen in the cartoon?
4 lines
21.
Short Constructed Response - Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer to BOTH parts of the question below.
What is guaranteed to Americans under the Fourteenth Amendment AND how did the law impact freedmen?
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