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Civil War and Reconstruction Quizzo Review Game
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Unit Test: 72 Total Points 15 Multiple Choice Questions 10 Matching (Word Bank of 15) 6 Questions related to Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction 7 Short Answer
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Quizzo Directions: 1. As a group, write down your answers on your score cards. – Whisper voices!!!!!! – No calling out answers. – No talking to students from other groups. 2. Points will be tallied by “blocks.” 3. Questions become progressively more difficult= more points per question. 4. All winning team members earn 3 Knob-Dollars. 5. 2 nd place team members earn 2 Knob-Dollars.
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Block 1: Causes of the Civil War 1.In one word, describe the North’s economy pre-Civil War. 2.In one word, describe the South’s economy pre-Civil War. 3.Rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government are typically known as... 4.Today the issue of the proper balance between national and state powers is as viable as it was before the civil war. States' rights have remained a controversial topic in our society, and many Americans continue to be divided over which laws should be federal, and which should be reserved to the states. Considering this statement, list 3 states’ rights issues in America today. 5.Additional territories gained from this war, heightened the slavery debate… 1.Bonus: During which years was this war fought?
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Block 1 Answers: 1.Industrial 2.Agrarian 3.States’ Rights 4.Legalization of marijuana, health care (Pre-Obamacare), gun laws, abortion, gay rights (marriage), etc… 5.Mexican American War-(1846-1848)
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Block 2: Compromise of 1850 1.The Compromise of 1850 made this state a “free-state.” 2.The Compromise of 1850 made this state a “slave-state.” 3.Define popular sovereignty, in relation to states’ rights. 4.Name one pro-Southern provision of this compromise. 5.Name one pro-Northern provision of this compromise.
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Block 2 Answers: 1.California 2.Texas 3.States get to determine the future of slavery in their state based on “majority rule”, or popular vote 4.Stronger Fugitive Slave Act 5.Slave trade outlawed in D.C.
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Block 3: Picture Quizzo 1. Who is the man pictured below? 2. The above picture best indicates life in during the Civil War. 3. These “modern” bullets were used by Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. 4. This man was the President of the Confederate States of America. 5. The above “gunboat” was used primarily by the Union to blockade the South from transporting supplies across the Mississippi river. What were these boats made of?
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Block 3 Answers: 1.Abraham Lincoln 2.Factories, the North, Industrial Economy/Age 3.Mini Ball 4.Jefferson Davis 5.Steel
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Block 4: War Begins 1.What was the first Southern state to leave the Union? 2.In at least one full sentence, explain Lincoln’s position regarding the future of slavery before the Civil War. 3.This war strategy aims to wear down the other side through exhaustion of soldiers and resources 4.The North had percent of factories going into the Civil War. 5.The South had /8 military colleges going into the Civil War. 6.Of the South’s 9 million people going into the Civil War, how many were enslaved?
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Block 4 Answers: 1.South Carolina 2.Answers will vary, against the expansion of slavery but will not interfere with it where it already existed. 3.War of Attrition 4.90% 5.7 6.More than 1/3 or more than 3 million
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Block 5: Fighting the War 1.Civil War begins in April 1861 when Confederate forces fire on Fort in Charleston Harbor. 2.Union’s plan to divide the Confederacy in ½ so they would gradually run out of resources. 3.First battle of the Civil War, made it clear that Union would need a large, well trained army to win. 4.Bloodiest one day battle in American history. 5.A decree by President Lincoln freeing all enslaved persons in states of rebellion. 6.Lee orders 15,000 men to make a massive assault on Union forces. This assault is known as Pickett’s Charge and it took place during this battle. 7.This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
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Block 5 Answers: 1.Sumter 2.Anaconda Plan 3.Bull Run 4.Antietam 5.Emancipation Proclamation 6.Battle of Gettysburg 7.John Wilkes Booth
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Block 6: Reconstruction Part 1 1.President Lincoln offered a general amnesty to Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union’s requirements concerning slavery. What does the word amnesty mean? 2.These members of congress wanted to prevent the leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power. 3.This man became President after Lincoln’s death. 4.A series of laws passed by Southern state legislators during the Reconstruction Era that limited African Americans’ rights. 5.Define the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th amendments.
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Block 6 Answers: 1.Pardon 2.Radical Republicans 3.Andrew Johnson 4.Black Codes 5.(13) Abolish slavery, (14) citizenship, (15) right to vote
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Block 7: Reconstruction Part 2 1.This act divided much of the former Confederacy into five military districts. 2.It denied the president the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president (In this came former President Lincoln), without the consent of the Senate. 3.Federal organization that worked to feed and clothe war refugees and help formerly enslaved people. 4.Congress abruptly abandoned and shut down the Freedmen’s Bureau after years. 5.This suitcase symbolizes Northerners (usually Republicans) who traveled South during reconstruction, often as newly appointed public officials.
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Answers: 1.Reconstruction Act of 1867 2.Tenure of Office Act 3.Freedmen’s Bureau 4. 7 5.Carpetbaggers
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Block 8: Andrew Johnson 1.What was Thaddeus Steven’s position regarding slavery? 2.Who did Andrew Johnson try to remove from office and what position did this officer hold? 3.What is Presidential veto power? 4.What do both houses need to do in order to override a Presidential veto? 5.Define impeachment. 6.Name the 2 United States Presidents that have been impeached. Bonus: Which U.S. President resigned from office before articles of impeachment could be submitted against him?
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Block 8 Answers: 1.Against it, specifically morally 2.Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War 3.Answers will vary 4.2/3 majority in both houses 5.Formal accusation of unlawful activity 6.Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton 7.Nixon
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Block 9: Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction 1.Amnesty to most Southerners who take an oath of loyalty, and accept proclamations concerning slavery. 2.Once ten percent of a state’s pre-war population had taken loyalty oath, a new state government could be formed. 3.Required states to ratify the 13 th amendment. 4.South placed under military rule. 5.New state constitutions required to guarantee voting rights to African Americans.
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Block 9 Answers: 1.Presidential 2.Presidential 3.Presidential 4.Congressional 5.Congressional
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