Block 5 Part 2 STAAR® Blitz: Civil War and Reconstruction Warm-Up

LAST Name

FIRST Name

Class Period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Union captured the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in half

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Location where Confederacy surrendered to the Union, ended the Civil War

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Deadliest single-day battle of the war, showed Union could stand against the Confederacy

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

Turning point of the Civil War, ended any further advancement of the Confederacy

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Vicksburg

The best selection to complete 5 is -

• provide suffrage to African American men
• establish Freedmen’s Bureaus in the South
• abolish the practice of slavery

The best selection to complete 6 is -

• land grants
• military drafts
• poll taxes

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into three topics. Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian era
• The antebellum era
• The Federalist era
• The Reconstruction era