Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?

Most of the fighting during the war took place in the South.

How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?

Landowners let farmers to use fields in exchange for share of the crop.

What happened after the Civil War?

. The Northern states recovered more quickly than the Southern states.

One intention of the Jim Crow laws passed in many southern states was to

create segregated public schools.

How did specialization in the North or the South give one side an advantage in the American CivilWar?

The North specialized in manufacturing so made weapons and ammunition.

What is states' rights?

idea that states have the right to limit the power of federal government

What made the Battle of Gettysburg a turningpoint in the Civil War?

The Union victory forced Confederacy to stop advancing into Union territory

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

to provide housing and medical care to former slaves

What war strategy did Sherman choose when he marched from Atlanta to Savannah?

he destroyed ammunition factories and railroads so conf army could not use

His actions as president showed Abraham Lincoln's dedication to

preserving the Union during the Civil War.

Which accurately describes the public's reaction to Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Southerners felt the book did not accurately describe slavery.

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

to provide housing and medical care to former slaves

John Brown angered many Southerners because he threatened to change their way of life. How did his actions do so?

he wanted to free slaves who did much of the work in the South

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1
Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?
The federal government made the Southern states pay for the war.
Slavery continued to be legal in the North but not in the South.
Other countries would not trade with the Southern states.
Most of the fighting during the war took place in the South.
2
How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?
The government paid landowners to hire poor farmers in search of work.
The government took land away from plantation owners and gave it to slaves.
Landowners let farmers to use fields in exchange for share of the crop.
Landowners paid farmers a fair wage for helping to harvest their fields.
3
Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
4
Who gained the right vote when the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified?
all women
all African American men
all African Americans
white women
5
The first battle of the Civil War took place at
Gettysburg
Atlanta
Fort Sumter
Appomattox
6
What happened after the Civil War?
Most Southerners moved to other countries rather than live in the US
. The Northern states recovered more quickly than the Southern states.
Most Northerners moved to the West rather than live in the destroyed North.
The Southern states recovered more quickly than the Northern states.
7
WHO AM I?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
8
One intention of the Jim Crow laws passed in many southern states was to
force the closure of most plantations.
create segregated public schools.
help fund Reconstruction-era public works.
outlaw the practice of sharecropping.
9
How did specialization in the North or the South give one side an advantage in the American CivilWar?
The North specialized in manufacturing so made weapons and ammunition.
The North specialized in farming, so were able to provide food for soldiers
The South specialized in shipbuilding, so could defeat the North's navy
The South specialized in railroads, so they could transport their soldie
10
What is states' rights?
government's plan to restore the south to the union after the civil war
to withdraw from something, such as a nation
idea that states have the right to limit the power of federal government
a nation at war within itself
11
What made the Battle of Gettysburg a turningpoint in the Civil War?
. The Confederate victory convinced France to support the Confederacy.
The Confederate victory allowed the Confederacy to capture Union territory.
The Union victory forced Confederacy to stop advancing into Union territory
The Union victory convinced Great Britain to support the Union.
12
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to provide housing and medical care to former slaves
to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee
to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment
to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South
13
What war strategy did Sherman choose when he marched from Atlanta to Savannah?
he destroyed ammunition factories and railroads so conf army could not use
he wanted women+children to suffer so conf soldiers would go home to help
He used food supplies to persuade southerners to join union army
he used land as physical barriers to ambush Confederacy in mountains
14
What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?
to outlaw poll taxes
to secure voting rights
to end slavery
to provide equal rights to citizens
15
His actions as president showed Abraham Lincoln's dedication to
preserving the Union during the Civil War.
expanding the country's borders by purchasing land from France.
helping the American people recover from the Great Depression.
defeating the British in the American Revolution.
16
Which accurately describes the public's reaction to Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The book was largely ignored by the public until after Reconstruction.
Northerners viewed book as nothing more than abolitionist exaggerations.
Abolitionists believed book harmed their cause and tried to have it banned.
Southerners felt the book did not accurately describe slavery.
17
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South
to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee
to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment
to provide housing and medical care to former slaves
18
John Brown angered many Southerners because he threatened to change their way of life. How did his actions do so?
he attacked the British who bought most of the cotton grown in the south
he wanted to free slaves who did much of the work in the South
he destroyed railroads that farmers used to ship crops
he burned cotton crops that farmers sold to make a living

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