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7th Civil War/Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855-1861
b)
1860-1877
c)
1861-1865
d)
1863-1868
2.

This Battle was the last battle of the Civil War?

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Palmito Ranch

d)

Galveston

3.

What is Juneteenth?

a)

The day all slaves in the United States where freed?

b)

The day slaves in Texas heard about being freed.

c)

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

d)

The 6th of June

4.
How did the issue of states' rights contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?
a)
Seceding states believed the federal government was not permitted to raise tariffs.
b)
Seceding states believed the federal government should not intervene in state decisions.
c)
Seceding states believed only state governments can protect the individual rights of citizens.
d)
Seceding states believed the U.S. Constitution prevented states from establishing local taxation.
5.
Who was the commander of the Union army? 
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln 
6.
Who was the U.S. president during the Civil War?
a)
T. Roosevelt
b)
Washington
c)
Polk
d)
Lincoln
7.
Who was the Confederate general?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Washington
8.

A system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop...

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Segregation

c)

Border States

d)

Jim Crow's Law

9.

Given by Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It states all slaves held in the South were now free and able to join the North to fight in the Civil War.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Atlantic Slave Trade

d)

Abolitionist

10.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
11.

Match the following

a)

a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

1.

Carpetbaggers

b)
  1. a person who farms rented land.

2.

Tenant farmers

c)
  1. a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.

3.

Sharecroppers

d)

Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit

4.

Scalawag

12.
Question Image

Match the following- Together they are known as the Civil War Amendments or Reconstruction Amendments

a)

13th Amendment (FREE)

1.

Abolished slavery

b)

14th Amendment (MEN)

2.

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

c)

15th Amendment (VOTE)

3.

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

13.

withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

a)

Annexation

b)

Armistice

c)

Secede

d)

Supreme Court

14.

Which of these images represents the "Civil War"?

a)

b)

c)

d)

15.

* Texas secedes from the Union because Texans believe SLAVERY is vital to the economy

* Sam Houston is removed as governor for refusing the Confederate Oath of Allegiance

* The Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, South Carolina

ALL of these events happened in the year -

a)

1861

b)

1836

c)

1845

d)

1821

16.

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 were passed to protect the rights of African Americans in the South, just like the ____ which provided legal assistance and public schooling to formerly enslaved people.

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Salvation Army

c)

Helping Hands

d)

Junteenth Brigade

17.

Following the Civil War, the __1__ amendment was passed and slavery was abolished. This led to many former slaves becoming __2__ to earn a living.

a)

1 - 13th

2 - sharecroppers

b)

1 - 14th

2 - teachers

c)

1 - 15th

2 - soldiers

d)

1 - 16th

2 - doctors

18.

The 15th Amendment extended __1__ rights to all males born in the U.S. [including formerly enslaved males]. Around the same time, the __2__ was created with a goal of limiting the new opportunities for former slaves.

a)

1 - voting

2 - Ku Klux Klan

b)

1 - citizenship

2 - Go Gray Group

c)

1 - education

2 - Final Family

d)

1 - property

2 - Bye-Bye Boys

19.

Battle of Galveston - Union navy blockade of an important Texas port

Battle of _?_?_?_ - 4000 Union troops planning to invade Texas were stopped by 47 Confederates

Battle of Palmito Ranch - final battle of the war, fought just over a month after Lee's surrender

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Brownsville

d)

San Antonio

20.

Which TWO [2] of these events happened AFTER the Civil War ended in April of 1865? [hint: slow communication was the cause of these events happening after the war ended]

YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

a)

the Battle of Palmito Ranch

b)

the Battle of Galveston

c)

the Battle of Sabine Pass

d)

emancipation of enslaved Texans

e)

Lincoln was elected President

21.

* Transportation was disrupted

* Shortages of goods were common

* Farmers planted less cotton [and more food crops]

* Taxes were raised to pay for the war

* Manufacturing increased

Each of these statements is an example of how the Civil War affected the ____ of Texas.

a)

economy

b)

geography

c)

politics

d)

religion

22.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
23.

What event led to Southern states seceding from the Union?

a)

Confederates fired on Fort Sumter

b)

the election of Lincoln as President

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

the annexation of Texas

24.
What was life like for African Americans (freed slaves) after the war?
a)
Easy, they were now free
b)
Easy but hard to find a house and job
c)
Hard, often unfair, had to fight for rights
d)
Hard to find jobs, but everything  was equal
25.

A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Unionist

c)

Sovereign

d)

Sectionalism

26.

A Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Secede

d)

Freedman

27.
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property. Therefore, they had no legal right to file lawsuits against their owners/masters.
a)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
28.
Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Fort Hood
29.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Charles Sumner

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Sojourner Truth

30.

What does this picture show about the Southern economy before the Civil War?

a)

It was based on manufacturing of durable goods

b)

It was centered on growing cash crops like cotton

c)

It established big cities with lots of factories

d)

It gave Black people a chance to move ahead financially

31.

What does this map show about the differences between the Northern and Southern economies?

a)

both regions had increasing rates of manufacturing

b)

the states in the deep South had very little manufacturing

c)

the Northern states depended on agriculture

d)

the Northern states didn't allow immigrants to come to America

32.

The concept (a)   was popular with Texas ​ (b)   who claimed that ending slavery would damage the Texas economy

Choose from the below words
states rights
slaveholders
Union soldiers
Confederate soldiers
33.
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
a)
To integrate African Americans fully into Southern society
b)
To ensure the South paid off all its war debts
c)
To restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible
d)
To establish Northern control over the South