Civil War and Reconstruction Study Guide
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Vocabulary Words to Define
States’rights-
the states should make the final decision, not the
federal government
Abolitionist-
a person who fights to end slavery
Discrimination-
unfair treatment of a group of people
Sectionalism-
loyalty to one part of the country
Slave state-
permitted (allowed) slavery
Free state-
did not permit (allow) slavery
Union-
another name for the United States
Confederacy-
(Confederate States of America) the states that seceded
from the Union
Fugitive-
a person who is running away from the law
Secession-
a part of the country breaks away from the rest
Emancipation-
freeing the slaves
Freedmen’s Bureau- provided help to the freed slaves
Sharecropping-
allowed the freed slaves to farm land and pay for it
with a share of their crops
Jim Crow-
a nickname for the laws that were made to separate
blacks from whites
Segregation-
forced separation of the races
KKK-
(Ku Klux Klan) secret society that mistreated blacks
Primary sourceSecondary sourceMultiple Choice Answer
1. In the South, after the invention of the cotton gin
a. Planters bought more land and fewer enslaved people.
b. Planters bought some land and stopped enslaving people.
c. Planters bought more land and more enslaved people.
2. Which of the following sentences is true?
a. There were more factories in the North than in the South.
b. Most people worked on farms in both the North and South.
c. The South had more factories and the North had more farms.
3. The Northern states wanted to
a. Make slavery illegal.
b. Send enslaved people back to Africa
c. Force the slave states to leave the Union.
4. The Fugitive Slave Law ordered people to
a. Return runaways to the North.
b. Help slaves run away.
c. Return runaways to slavery.
5. Uncle
a.
b.
c.
Tom’s Cabin was a book about
the conflict between the North and the South.
The slave rebellion led by John Brown
The cruelty of slavery
6. In the Dred Scott decision the Supreme Court said
a. Enslaved people had the same rights as other Americans.
b. Enslaved people became citizens if they moved to a free
state.
c. Enslaved people were property and had no rights.
7. John Brown attacked the Army post to
a. Arm himself against slaves.
b. Protect his family from slave owners
c. Start a slave rebellion
8. Southern states left the Union
a. Because Douglas won the election
b. To protect their right to own enslaved people
c. Because they voted for Lincoln
9. The Civil War began when
a. Lincoln was elected president
b. South Carolina voted to leave the Union
c. Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter
10.
The battles of the Civil War were mostly fought
a. In the border states
b. In the South
c. In the North
11.
Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the
slaves
a. Before the Civil War started
b. After the Civil War ended
c. After the Battle of Gettysburg
12.
Who led the army that captured the city of Atlanta, GA?
a. Robert E Lee
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. William T Sherman
13.
Sherman’s strategy of total war included
a. Sending telegraphs to the enemy
b. Attacking and destroying anything the enemy could use to
continue fighting.
c. Attacking military camps only.
14.
Which amendment ended slavery?
a. The 1st amendment
b. The 14th amendment
c. The 13th amendment
15.
What did the Black Codes do?
a. They protected the rights of African Americans
b. They started schools and hospitals
c. They limited the rights of African Americans to travel, vote,
and work.
16.
Which amendment gave full citizenship to African Americans?
a. The 13th amendment
b. The 14th amendment
c. The 15th amendment
17.
Who was elected President of the Confederate States of
American in 1861?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Jefferson Davis
18.
What important event took place at Appomattox Court House
in 1865?
a. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
b. Southern states voted to secede?
c. General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
19.
Why did Jim Crow laws harm African Americans?
a. They forced African Americans to become successful
sharecroppers.
b. They enforced segregation of African Americans from other
Americans.
c. They began the period known as Reconstruction.
20.
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
a. It helped capture runaway slaves.
b. It helped abolish slavery.
c. It helped enslaved people escape.
Short Answer
21.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The Freedmen’s Bureau gave food, medicine, shelter, clothes,
and forms of assistance to newly freed slaves.
22.
What was a sharecropper?
Sharecropping is when landowners let freed slaves use a
small area of their land, and in return, the freed slaved paid
with a share of their crops.
23.
What did the 15th amendment added to Constitution do for
African Americans?
The 15th Amendment gave all men the right to vote, including
African American men.
24.
What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln’s plan was to bring the south back into the union
quickly. He didn’t want punish the south.
25. What were Carpetbaggers and Scalawags?
A scalawag was a southern person who helped the government
during Reconstruction. A carpetbagger was a northerner who traveled
south often to help rebuild the south or just to make money.