The Civil War and Reconstruction

Civil War

10

This was the central cause of the American Civil War

Slavery

20

These were the names of the North and the South during the war

Union and Confederacy

30

This was the most important agricultural product during the civil war

Cotton

40

Name three advantages the North had during the war

More railroads, more troops, better technology, more factories, the telegraph

50

Who was leader of the Confederate Army?

General Robert E. Lee

Civil War and Reconstruction

10

True or False: The South won the war and slavery was abolished.

False: The North won the war and slavery was abolished.

20

Name 5 states that were part of the south during the war

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Virginia

30

These were the main goals of Reconstruction

Protect the rights of freedmen and unify the country

40

These were laws passed during Reconstruction to limit the freedoms of African Americans. 

Black Codes

50

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

Reconstruction

10

These three Amendments are known as the Reconstruction Amendments

13th, 14th, 15th

20

This group helped African Americans get on their feet once they were no longer enslaved

Freedmen's Bureau

30

Provide 2 examples of a Black Code

Obey curfew, couldn't rent or own land, arrested for no job, couldn't serve on juries, could only work as servants or farmers for white families, couldn't testify in court

40

What did the 15 Amendment state?

It gave African Americans the right to vote

50

This man became President after Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction 2

10

The separation of black people and white people was called this

Segregation

20

This was a hate group that formed during Reconstruction that inflicted terror on African Americans

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

30

What did the 13th Amendment State?

That slavery was abolished

40

This was an unfair system where landowners allowed formally enslaved people to use land to grow crops. But they had to sell 2/3 of the crops back at the end of the harvest. Most ended in debt.

Sharecropping

50

These laws enforced segregation

Jim Crow Laws

Reconstruction 3

10

True or False: African Americans did not gain important roles in government during the Reconstruction era.

False

20

 African Americans having to use different water fountains than white people. Is this an example of a Jim Crow Law or a Black Code?

Jim Crow Law - This was segregation

30

Name 2 things African Americans were provided by a particular group to help them get back on their feet

Food, clothing, medical care

40

What did the 14th Amendment state?

That every man born in the U.S. was a citizen (except Native Americans)

50

Name 2 ways the KKK terrorized African Americans

Robbing, Whipping, Killing without reason, forcing to bathe in freezing rivers, kidnapping, lynching, intimidating