Study Guide
Civil War and Reconstruction
1. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
2. During the Civil War, which major event occurred at Appomattox Court House?
3. What ideas were outlined in the Gettysburg Address?
4. What role did Ulysses S. Grant play in the war?
5. Which Civil War leader commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from June 1862 until he surrendered in April
1865?
6. Why was the Emancipation Proclamation significant?
7. Which battle of the Civil War was significant because, as a Union victory, it marked the turning point of the war
in the North’s favor?
8. During the Civil War, what was the motive for Northerners? For Southerners?
9. What was the primary reason for the secession of the first 7 southern states in 1860-1861?
10. What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?
11. Which event marked the opening confrontation and the first shots of the Civil War?
12. What was Lincoln’s primary goal during the Civil War?
13. Which former slave became a prominent black abolitionist prior to the Civil War?
14. What did the Emancipation Proclamation change to goal of the Civil War for the North to?
15. After which event was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
16. In issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, what was Lincoln’s secondary goal?
17. Where did the Army of Northern Virginia surrender?
18. Which basic constitutional issue was resolved by the Civil War?
19. Who became known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” for her nursing efforts at the Battle of Antietam?
20. Following the Civil War, which event was most responsible for speeding westward movement?
21. What ended Reconstruction?
22. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
23. How did Lincoln’s assassination impact Reconstruction?
24. Why was the passage of the 15th Amendment politically significant?
25. Which amendment officially abolished slavery?
26. What did the passage of the 14th amendment accomplish?
27. What was the state of the Northern economy at the end of the war?
28. What result did the war have on the South?
29. What was Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan based on?
30. During Reconstruction, which group constantly challenged President Johnson’s authority to control policy?
31. After the Civil War, which system of land usage replaced slavery?
32. Southerners used the term “scalawags” to describe which group of people?
33. What were the results of the Compromise of 1877?
34. Historical Significance:
Gettysburg Address
Ten Percent Plan
Emancipation Proclamation
Sharecropping
Anaconda Plan
Compromise of 1877