Unit 9 and 10

Question 1

What year did the Civil War officially start?

Answer 1

1861

Question 2

Which document issued by President Lincoln aimed to free enslaved people in Confederate states?

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 3

What was the main reason for the conflict between the North and South leading to the Civil War?

Answer 3

The institution of slavery

Question 4

Which battle is often considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 4

The Battle of Gettysburg

Question 5

What did the 13th Amendment achieve?

Answer 5

It abolished slavery in the United States.

Question 6

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee for all citizens?

Answer 6

Equal protection under the law and citizenship for all born or naturalized in the U.S.

Question 7

Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

Answer 7

Jefferson Davis

Question 8

What significant law was created to help former slaves and poor whites during Reconstruction?

Answer 8

The Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 9

What did the 15th Amendment ensure?

Answer 9

The right to vote cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 10

What event marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

Answer 10

The Compromise of 1877, which withdrew federal troops from the South.