Unit 9 and 10

Question 1

What year did the U.S. Civil War begin?

Answer 1

1861

Question 2

What year did the U.S. Civil War end?

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

Answer 3

Disputes about slavery.

Question 4

What were the two opposing sides in the Civil War?

Answer 4

The Union and the Confederacy

Question 5

Fill in the blank: The _____ Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln in 1863.

Answer 5

Emancipation

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Jefferson Davis

Question 7

What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 7

The Battle of Gettysburg

Question 8

Multiple Choice: Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States? (A) 13th (B) 14th (C) 15th

Answer 8

A) 13th

Question 9

What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction era?

Answer 9

To rebuild the South and integrate freed slaves into society

Question 10

True or False: The Reconstruction Amendments include the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?

Answer 11

Andrew Johnson

Question 12

Fill in the blank: The _____ Act of 1867 divided the South into military districts.

Answer 12

Reconstruction

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 13

To assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South

Question 14

Multiple Choice: Which group was formed to oppose Reconstruction and promote white supremacy? (A) The KKK (B) The NAACP (C) The Black Panthers

Answer 14

A) The KKK

Question 15

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

Answer 15

Citizenship and equal protection under the law

Question 16

Who were the Radical Republicans?

Answer 16

A faction of the Republican Party that aimed for harsh reconstruction policies

Question 17

True or False: The Compromise of 1877 effectively ended Reconstruction.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 18

It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine.

Question 19

Fill in the blank: The _____ Laws were enacted to enforce racial segregation in the South.

Answer 19

Jim Crow

Question 20

What event marked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century?

Answer 20

The end of Reconstruction and the establishment of Jim Crow laws

Question 21

Multiple Choice: Which amendment granted African American men the right to vote? (A) 13th (B) 14th (C) 15th

Answer 21

C) 15th

Question 22

What economic system replaced slavery in the South after the Civil War?

Answer 22

Sharecropping

Question 23

True or False: The Reconstruction era was completely successful in integrating freed slaves into American society.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

What did the term ‘Black Codes’ refer to?

Answer 24

Laws passed in Southern states to restrict the rights of freed African Americans

Question 25

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate?

Answer 25

Hiram Revels

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The _____ Amendment granted women the right to vote.

Answer 26

19th