Civil War & Reconstruction Quiz

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

A slave tried to sue (unsuccessful) for his freedom

The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called what?

Who was president during the Reconstruction Era

Agreement that allowed California to join as a free state and enacted a Fugitive Slave Act

A passageway that slaves took to escape to the North and Canada.

Which amendment gave men the right to vote?

The first state that seceded from the Union 

What was it called when large plantations were broken up, people farmed the land & shared crops

Which Confederate general was loved by his men, fought well in battles, and never backed down?

This agreement kept slavery south of 36"30' and kept number of free and slave states equal

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Where did the Confederacy surrender to the Union?

Which government group helped newly freed black families find food, housing, education, & jobs?

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Deadliest battle during the war

Which Union General was responsible for the Atlanta Campaign and the burning of Atlanta?

Someone who was against slavery and demanded that it end.

Abolitionist who seized a weapons storehouse in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to help slaves rebel.

Which battle is considered to be the "turning point" of the war?

Laws that denied rights to African Americans in the South

Invented by Eli Whitney; allowed for increased cotton crops

Who was the president of the Union?

Jim Crow Laws mean....