Civil War and Reconstruction Unit Test

The table below describes the challenges and contributions of the -

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Confederate States
• Union
• Chinese

The Civil War was different than previous wars because it was the first to -

• use airplanes
• be photographed
• use Native American guides
• be fought outside the U.S.

Why did slavery continue to expand in the United States during the 1800s?

• Factory owners needed slaves to work in the north.
• Gold seekers needed slaves to work in gold mines.
• Farmers needed slaves to harvest cash crops.
• The U.S. Navy needed slaves for shipbuilding.

Which groups’ contribution to the Civil War is being described below?

• Women
• Children
• Chinese
• Irish

What were the effects of the Civil War? Select TWO correct answers.

• Lincoln was elected President
• Southern homes, railroads, and businesses were destroyed
• Americans were not allowed to move outside the U.S.
• Slavery was abolished in the United States

Which act allowed the issue of slavery to be decided by the people?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• States’ Rights Act
• Gettysburg Act
• Intolerable Act

What would be a BEST title for this bulleted list?

• Impacts of Wartime Technology
• Letters from the Civil War
• African Americans Move West
• Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency

What were the MAIN causes of the Civil War? Select TWO correct answers.

• Americans were angered by the impressment of American sailors.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
• The South wanted the decision of slavery to be decided by the states.
• The West wanted to expand gold mining.

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help former slaves?

• By providing housing, food, medicines, and schools
• By expanding plantations into Mexico
• By limiting the number of hours allowed to farm
• By moving all African Americans out of the South

What Reconstruction Amendment is represented in the image below?

• 8th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 10th Amendment
• 14th Amendment