1. What were three causes of the Civil War?
2. What does the concept of states’ rights mean?
3. What does the term tariff mean?
4. ______is the era following the Civil War in which a set of policies
were designed to rebuild the South and to bring the southern states back into the Union
under terms and conditions set by Congress.
5. As the first of the Reconstruction Amendments, the ______amendment
abolished slavery in the United States.
6. These unwritten laws, known as ______, were implemented
after the Civil War as a way to keep the freedmen from accessing all their newly won
rights.
7. Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
8. A ______is a large family farm that utilized slave
labor to carry out the agricultural duties of the farm.
9. A cash crop is______.
10. He was the 16th President of the United States from 1860-1865. He was also the Commander-
in-Chief of the Union Army. He appointed U. S. Grant as the general to command the Union
troops. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. He made his famous
speech, the Gettysburg Address. Who was he? ______
11. The President of the Confederate States of America. He was also Commander -in - Chief of the
Confederate Army. Appointed General Robert E. Lee as commander of the Army of Virginia
encouraged industrial enterprise throughout the South. Could not obtain help for the
Confederacy from foreign governments. Who was he? ______
12. Appointed General of the Union Army. Considered the Union match to Robert E. Lee of the
Confederacy. Captured Forts Henry and Donelson. Conducted the battle of Pittsburg Landing,
or Shiloh. Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Who was he?
______
13. On April 4, 1865, John Wilkes Booth fatally shot the President of the United States. At
7:22 am on April 5, 1865, ______was pronounced
dead.
14. Under this reconstruction plan the South was split into five military districts in which t
the governing and legal authority was the army commander of that district. This plan
was implemented by the ______in Congress
15. Northern abolitionists that moved South after the Civil War to be a part of the Freedmen’s Bureau were
called ______.
16. As the Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, ______became the
17th President of the United States serving from 1865 to 1869 upon Lincoln’s death.
17. Granting citizenship to person’s born in the United States and establishing due
process on the state and local level, the ______amendment is the second
of the Reconstruction Amendments and guarantees equality under the law to all
citizens.
18. Because of a disagreement with Congress over Reconstruction and failure to follow
the Tenure of Office Act, the Radical Republicans charged Andrew Johnson with a crime
and voted to ______him as President.
19. ______were enacted in the South to keep
races segregated.
20. Was the South's greatest general during the Civil War. Turned down position of Commander of
Union army to stay loyal to Virginia. Successful in defeating Union troops in the “Seven Days'
Battle”, the Battle of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Fought in the Battle of
Gettysburg. Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA on April 9, 1865.
Who was he? ______
21. Commanded a brigade at the Battle of Bull Run. Commanded one of the three corps in the siege
of Vicksburg. At the head of 20,000 troops he made a most destructive raid from Jackson to
the intersection of important railways at Meridian, MS. Placed in command of a division of
Grant's Army of the Tennessee, and served in the Battle of Shiloh. Famous for his March to
the Sea. Who was he? ______
22. Took command at Harper's Ferry, where he organized the troops. Battle of 1st Manassas, where
he acquired a legendary nickname. Promoted to Major General. Placed in command of the
Valley of Virginia (Shenandoah Valley) Second Bull Run, commanded the Confederate Army of
Northern Virginia. Was accidentally shot by his troops and died 7 days later. Who was he?
______
23. Passed in 1820, to balance the number of "slave states" and "free states," the northern region
of what was then Massachusetts ultimately gained admittance into the United States as a free
state to become Maine. This compromise prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory
except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
24. California joined the United States as a “free State”, a strong Fugitive Slave Act was
implemented and slavery was banned in the nation’s capital of Washington, D. C. This was
called the ______.
25. Amendment ______is the third of the Reconstruction amendments and granted
the right to vote to men over the age of 21 regardless of color or race.
26. This 1869 Supreme Court case ruled the notion of “separate but equal” to be valid
27. The 14th Amendment has three important clauses: the citizenship clause, the
______clause and the equal protection clause.
28. Article Five of the Constitution directs that amendments to the Constitution must be
proposed by either _____ of both of the United States Congress or by a national
convention assembled at the request of the legislature of at least ______of the
states.
29. There are currently ______amendments to the United States Constitution.
30. Organized to restore white control in the South, this group used threats, night attacks,
and burning crosses to terrorize individuals they felt were sympathetic to the freedmen.
31. This act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and
had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in
those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery
within each territory. Name this act. ______
32. Passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, this was one of the most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise and heightened
Northern fears of a "slave power conspiracy". It declared that all runaway slaves were, upon
capture, to be returned to their masters. Abolitionists nicknamed it the "Bloodhound Law" for
the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves. What was this passed as part of the
Compromise of 1850? ______.
33. The Northern economy was based upon ______.
34. The Southern economy was based upon ______.
35. What was an abolitionist?
36. What are the four sectors of the economy?
37. What are the five factors that influence people’s economic behavior?
38. What does the term scarcity mean?
39. What does the term opportunity cost mean?
40. What does the term sectionalism mean?
Constructed Response:
1. Explain how the social, economic, and political issues were different between the North and the South in early 1860 America.
2. Explain why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War.
3. Explain the conflict Robert E. Lee had concerning which army to fight with during the Civil War.
4. Explain Sherman’s idea of “total war” and how it helped the North to be victorious in the Civil War.
5. Explain why the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are called the Reconstruction
Amendments
6. Explain why sharecropping was really not much better than sharecropping after the Civil War.
7. Why did southern states implement the Black Codes and later write those rules into law as the Jim Crown laws?
8. Explain the importance of the 4th amendment and the 14th amendment as they address due process rights.
9. Explain how competition can impact the price of a consumer good.