WorksheetsCivil War and Reconstruction Unit Test REVIEW
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The table below describes the challenges and contributions of the -
a)
54th Massachusetts Infantry
b)
Confederate States
c)
Union
d)
Chinese
2.
The Civil War was different than previous wars because it was the first to -
a)
use airplanes
b)
be photographed
c)
use Native American guides
d)
be fought outside the U.S.
3.
Why did slavery continue to expand in the United States during the 1800s?
a)
Factory owners needed slaves to work in the north.
b)
Gold seekers needed slaves to work in gold mines.
c)
Farmers needed slaves to harvest cash crops.
d)
The U.S. Navy needed slaves for shipbuilding.
4.
Which groups’ contribution to the Civil War is being described below?
a)
Women
b)
Children
c)
Chinese
d)
Irish
5.
What were the effects of the Civil War? Select TWO correct answers.
a)
Lincoln was elected President
b)
Southern homes, railroads, and businesses were destroyed
c)
Americans were not allowed to move outside the U.S.
d)
Slavery was abolished in the United States
6.
Which act allowed the issue of slavery to be decided by the people?
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
States’ Rights Act
c)
Gettysburg Act
d)
Intolerable Act
7.
What would be a BEST title for this bulleted list?
a)
Impacts of Wartime Technology
b)
Letters from the Civil War
c)
African Americans Move West
d)
Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency
8.
What were the MAIN causes of the Civil War? Select TWO correct answers.
a)
Americans were angered by the impressment of American sailors.
b)
Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
c)
The South wanted the decision of slavery to be decided by the states.
d)
The West wanted to expand gold mining.
9.
How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help former slaves?
a)
By providing housing, food, medicines, and schools
b)
By expanding plantations into Mexico
c)
By limiting the number of hours allowed to farm
d)
By moving all African Americans out of the South
10.
What Reconstruction Amendment is represented in the image below?
a)
8th Amendment
b)
9th Amendment
c)
10th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
11.
The political, economic, and social differences between the North and the South resulted in -
a)
states’ rights
b)
expansion
c)
sectionalism
d)
free enterprise
12.
What are TWO effects of the Transcontinental Railroad on the United States?
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13.
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was one of the first -
a)
all women units in the Civil War
b)
teenager units in the Civil War
c)
African American units in the Civil War
d)
Native American units in the Civil War
14.
Which amendment is represented in the picture?
a)
10th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
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