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Civil War Recon review 2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which era accord after the Civil War?

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Revolution

c)

Civil War

d)

Reconstruction

2.

This amendment stated anyone born in the United States is a citizen with equal rights.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

3.

This amendment gave African American men the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

4.

This Freedmen's Bureau was created after the Civil War to...

a)

establish churches to provide aid in the Southern states.

b)

reunify the former Confederate States and to craft a plan to readmit them to the Union.

c)

establish schools and provide job training to former slaves in the South.

d)

abolish former Confederate governments and to punish former Confederate leaders.

5.

Which of the following were challenges experienced by African Americans following the Civil War? (SELECT ALL THAT ARE CORRECT)

a)

Racial terrorism from the Ku Klux Klan

b)

Lack of a formal education or employment opportunities

c)

Limitations of 13th Amendment freedoms through Black Codes

d)

Enjoyment of civil rights and the ability to participate in the government through voting

6.

Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

African American families divided by slavery were reunited

b)

Newly free men and women moved west to claim land

c)

African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election

d)

Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

7.

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

a)

punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

b)

support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

c)

promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

8.

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to -

a)

Establish legal requirements for the education of former slaves

b)

Mandate fair labor contracts between African American workers and plantation owners

c)

Abolish the institution of slavery

d)

Protect the voting rights of African American men

9.

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

a)

The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

The positions taken int he Know-Nothing Party Platform

c)

The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War

d)

The opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation

10.

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

a)

Agricultural workers organized labor unions

b)

Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

c)

Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses

d)

Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves

11.

The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

a)

Twelfth Amendment

b)

Thirteenth Amendment

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

12.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by -

a)

Providing them with voting rights

b)

Guaranteeing their freedom of speech

c)

Providing them with access to the court system

d)

Guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

13.

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to -

a)

win an election as a member of the Democratic Party

b)

win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

c)

serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

d)

run for public office in the South

14.

"Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freedmen, such as prohibiting the right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, and limiting their right to testify against white men. They were also forbidden from carrying weapons and working in certain occupations."


Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to -

a)

limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments

b)

Increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North

c)

decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress

d)

improve relations with the Democratic Party

15.

Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

a)

African Americans in the north could vote

b)

State governments were required to protect individual rights

c)

Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office

d)

African Americans in the South could freely move elsewhere

16.

Poll Taxes

Literacy Tests

Grandfather Clauses


The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the -

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Fifteenth Amendment

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

17.

Freedmen's Bureau:

  • Provided food, shelter, and clothing
  • Negotiated and enforced labor contracts
  • ___________________


Which of the following best completes this list?

a)

Established schools for African Americans

b)

Certified applications for political office

c)

Granted small-business loans

d)

Provided funds for farming supplies

18.

Select the era which the Radical Republicans wanted to protect former slaves?

a)

Reconstruction Era

b)

European and Colonization Era

c)

Reform Era

d)

Civil War Era

19.

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the -

a)

Reconstruction Era

b)

Age of Jackson

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Civil War

20.

Why were the southern states divided into 5 military districts?

a)

To protect the freedmen in the north.

b)

To make sure the former slaves individual rights are protected

c)

To help former slaves apply for federal jobs.

21.
What were Black Codes?
a)
Laws that made black shirts illegal
b)
Laws to try to keep African Americans from voting
c)
Laws created to limit the rights of African Americans
d)
Laws that made black pants illegal
22.

What was the effect of the black codes?

a)

They created a new form of slavery after the Civil War

b)

They allowed for the emancipation of southern slaves

c)

They established a way for freed slaves to own land

d)

They eliminated one cause of sectionalism

23.

Laws that restricted the freedom of African Americans are called___________ _________.

a)

Black Codes

b)

property laws

c)

water laws

d)

the 14th Amendment

24.

What was a direct result of the sharecropping system?

a)

The diversification of Southern agriculture

b)

The economic independence of former slaves

c)

The perpetuation of poverty among African Americans

d)

The decline of agricultural production in the South

25.

What was the main purpose of the sharecropping system that emerged in the South after the Civil War?

a)

To allow former slaves to become landowners

b)

To divide large plantations into small farms for former slaves

c)

To bind former slaves into a cycle of debt and dependency

d)

To encourage industrial development in the South

26.

Which of the following was a consequence of the sharecropping system?

a)

It led to widespread land ownership among African Americans

b)

It resulted in economic dependency and debt for many African Americans

c)

It eliminated racial discrimination in the South

d)

It promoted rapid industrial growth in the Southern states

27.

Which event led to the action shown in this illustration?

a)

The revival of nativist policies

b)

The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

c)

The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

The rise of Social Darwinism

28.

Read the Fifteenth Amendment - "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."


This amendment was meant to grant voting rights to which group of people?

a)

formerly enslaved African Americans

b)

tax-paying plantation owners

c)

newly arrived immigrants

d)

white women

29.

What methods were used to strip African Americans of their right to vote in the 19th century?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Poll Taxes

d)

photo identification cards

30.

After the Battle of Antietam what did Abraham Lincoln declare to the southern states?

a)

Emancipation proclamation

b)

Gettysburg address

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Declaration of Independence

31.

Based on the picture and your knowledge of Social Studies, which of the explanations details the military plan and strategy of the Northern States?

a)

The Union would surround the Confederate States and prevent any supplies or trade getting into them.

b)

General Scott wanted to use a full-scale invasion of the South with Union troops.

c)

The plan of the North was to get support from European Countries through trade of cotton goods.

d)

Abraham Lincoln approved this plan because he believed it would end the war quickly by cutting off their supplies.

32.

Based on the characteristics chart, which of the following people would these statements support?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

33.

Based on the diagram and your knowledge of Social Studies, which of the following titles would complete the diagram below?

a)

Advantages of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

b)

Disadvantages of the Union during the Civil War.

c)

Advantages of the Union during the Civil War

d)

Disadvantages of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

34.

Which of the following statements would complete the following report over Robert E. Lee?

a)

General Lee would serve as the most trust advisor to General Thomas Jackson.

b)

Admiral Lee would take up an appointment as a naval officer for the Confederate Navy.

c)

As the main Confederate General, he led the Confederacy to victory in the Civil War.

d)

Robert E. Lee was appointed to commander of the entire Confederate Army during the Civil War.

35.

Confederates attacked the this fort, the Union surrendered. First shots of the war

a)

Bull Run/ Manassas 1

b)

Antietam

c)

Appomattox Courhouse

d)

Ft. Sumter

36.

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the war because:

a)

It triggered a four-day draft riot in New York City

b)

The outcome convinced European nations to help the Confederacy.

c)

Southern troops reached their northernmost point in Union territory.

d)

Lee lost so many troops that he would never again invade the North.

37.
Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?
a)
heavy military support fr Great Britain
b)
more experienced generals
c)
Southern Nationalism
d)
more soldiers and factories
38.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Changed the course of the war, it made it about the issue of slavery as well as preserving the Union

b)

Preserved the Union

c)

Abolished slavery

d)

Changed the mind of the Southerners about having slavery, and brought the war to an end

39.

The Battle that was considered the "turning point" of the civil War was at----

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Manassas

40.

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army.

a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant