1. Civil War & Reconstruction Test Review

2. Name the 5 causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
Slavery
State’s Rights
Election of 1860
Secession of Southern States

3. What was President Lincoln’s number one goal after winning the election of 1860?
Preserve the Union

4. List the years of the Civil War

5. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina

6. Who was the president of the Confederacy
Who was the president of the Confederacy? Who was the #1 general of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee

7. Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter

8. Where was the first land battle of the Virginia armies?
1st Bull Run

9. What were the advantages of the North in the Civil War?
Population
Economy
Stronger Army/Navy

10. What battle had the single bloodiest day American history?
Antietam

11. Name 2 ways that President Lincoln violated the Constitution during his Presidency.
Suspended Habeas Corpus
Declared War without approval from Congress

12. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freedom of slaves in the Confederate states only

13. What battle/campaign had the largest negative effect on the Confederate morale?
Atlanta
Sherman’s March to the Sea

14. What battle was the greatest victory of Robert E
What battle was the greatest victory of Robert E. Lee & the Confederate army?
Chancellorsville

15. What 2 battles were the turning point for the war for the Union?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg

16. What battle was the last major battle of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House

17. What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

18. What were the 2 requirements for a Confederate state to rejoin the Union?
10% of voters pledge loyalty to the Union
Accept ban of slavery

19. What was the 13th Amendment?
Slavery illegal in the U.S.

20. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth

21. Name 3 ways Southerners tried to prevent blacks from voting in the South.
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause

22. What group of people (other than Southerners) was angry about the passing of the 15th Amendment? Why?
Women- They still did not have a right to vote

23. What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Court case that determined “separate but equal” is fair. Separate facilities for blacks and whites.

24. What was 40 Acres and a Mule?
Government would give former slaves 40 acres and a mule in order for them to start their life free from slavery
Never happened