Social Studies Chapter 6 Study Guide Name______
1. What was the greatest strength of the south’s troops?
2. Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought?
3. Describe the Battle of Antietam.
4. What event occurred in July 1861?
5. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? When was it signed?
6. What hardships did soldiers face during the Civil War?
7. What jobs did young boys do when going into battle?
8. When did civilians in the North begin to experience the Civil War?
9. How was the home front in the south changed by the war?
10. Who led the army that captured Atlanta, Georgia?
11. Why did the Confederate army get weaker as the war went on?
12. What was Sherman’s strategy for total war?
13. Which event occurred in 1863?
a. The Union navy captured Cold Harbor
b. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
c. Sherman captured Atlanta
d. Lee was defeated at Gettysburg
14. Where were most of the battles fought after 1863?
15. What was required of the Confederate states after they surrendered?
16. Who were the Radical Republicans? What did they want to do after the war?
17. What three amendments were added to the constitution after the Civil War?
Describe each.
18. What were the black codes? What was their purpose?
19. Which of the following was true during Reconstruction?
a. Plantations grew bigger and made more money
b. African Americans were still enslaved
c. Many people were poor and it was hard to earn a living
d. Federal troops occupied the northern states
20. Why was education important to African Americans?
21. What events occurred at the end of Reconstruction?
22. What was the Ku Klux Klan?
23. What important event happened in 1881?
a. The Jim Crow laws were introduced
b. Booker T. Washington opened a school with African American teachers
c. The Tuskegee Institute closed
d. Schools in the South were segregated for the first time