What did the Fifteenth Amendment provide?

States were forbidden to deny voting rights because of race.

Why were the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution all passed soon after the Civil War?

The amendments were needed to protect slaves who were freed by the war

Which of the following things did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

It ended slavery forever in the U.S.

What critical event started the Civil War?

The South bombarded Fort Sumter.

Jefferson Davis is most remembered for__________.

being the president of the Confederacy

What is one advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War?

The North had more industrial manufacturing businesses.

First African American military units to fight in the Civil War

54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

How did the Fourteenth Amendment help former slaves?

It made them citizens of the United States.

General Lee's surrender at Appomattox represented __________.

the Confederacy conceding the Civil War

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U.S. History Final: Civil War/Reconstruction

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1
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address stated that "all men are created equal," this belief was also stated in the
Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
2
What did the Fifteenth Amendment provide?
States were required to provide education to all blacks
States were forbidden to pass Jim Crow laws.
States were forbidden to use literacy tests for voting.
States were forbidden to deny voting rights because of race.
3
Why were the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution all passed soon after the Civil War?
The South realized that the amendments would help it get more business.
Congress needed to pass the amendments before it stopped meeting.
The North wanted to pass the amendments while they were still needed.
The amendments were needed to protect slaves who were freed by the war
4
Which of the following things did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?
It ended slavery forever in the U.S.
It said that Reconstruction was over
It ended all discrimination against
It allowed women to vote.
5
What critical event started the Civil War?
The South raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
The South burned down the courthouse at Appomattox.
The South bombarded Fort Sumter.
The South blockaded New York harbor.
6
Which executive order brought about the freedom of slaves in the rebellious Southern states?
12th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Independence
7
How was the physical environment of the South affected by the Civil War?
Agricultural fields were destroyed.
All answers apply
Factories and railroads were destroyed.
The weapon and supply storages were burned down.
8
Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George A. Custer
9
General William Sherman's practice of "total war" tactics led directly to the first major Union victory at __________
Vicksburg
Savannah
Atlanta
Gettysburg
10
Which southern general held the Confederate lines and prevented a Union victory at Bull Run?
P.G.T. Beauregard
George Pickett
Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson
Robert E. Lee
11
Jefferson Davis is most remembered for__________.
being the president of the Confederacy
being the chief supporter of nullification
being Lincoln's vice president
winning the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War
12
What is one advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War?
The North had more industrial manufacturing businesses.
Most battles were fought in the North's home territory.
Northern generals were superior and provided easy victories.
The North had a greater number of voting black males.
13
Which general surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox to end the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Pickett
14
First African American military units to fight in the Civil War
7th Maine Infantry
The Buffalo Soldiers
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
1st Rhode Island Regiment
15
Which of the following men rose to power to become the leading Union general in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
16
How did the Fourteenth Amendment help former slaves?
It provided ways for them to move to other parts of the country.
It gave them farms of their own.
It made them citizens of the United States.
It outlawed the Ku Klux Klan.
17
At which battle, did the Union complete the their strategy of controlling the whole Mississippi River?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
First Battle of Bull Run
18
Which location was dedicated as a national cemetery?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Bull Run
19
General Lee's surrender at Appomattox represented __________.
the Union conceding the Civil War
the first major Union victory in the Civil War
the Confederacy conceding the Civil War
the first major Confederate victory in the Civil War

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