Week 20 & 21 Quiz

1. (A Nation Divided) Following Abraham Lincoln's election, two senators from which state resigned?

• Texas
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia

2. (Firing on Fort Sumter) What signaled the beginning of the Civil War when the Union troops surrendered at Fort Sumter?

• the opening of cannon fire
• moving troops to Fort Moultrie
• the lowering of the American flag
• the resignation of Union Army officers

3. (Response to the War) How many Texans fought in the Union Army?

• 10,000
• 14,000
• 20,000
• 60,000

4. (Emancipation Proclamation) Who wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• General Robert E. Lee
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• President Jefferson Davis
• President Abraham Lincoln

5. (Emancipation Proclamation) Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved people?

• all states
• new territories
• western territories
• the rebellious states

6. (Reconstructing Texas) What is the name of the period of time following the Civil War?

• Readmission
• Reconstruction
• Reformation
• Refoundation

7. (Freedom for All) When were enslaved people in Texas emancipated?

• June 19, 1865
• October 8, 1866
• March 30, 1870
• July 19, 1965

8. (Freedman's Bureau) Which government agency helped emancipated African Americans?

• Bureau of Freedom
• Freedman's Bureau
• Emancipation Bureau
• Bureau of Emancipation

9. (Economic Challenges and Changes) What crops were produced during Reconstruction?

• apples
• corn
• oranges
• soybeans

10. (Sharecropping) What did sharecroppers replace?

• farm laborers
• itinerant workers
• enslaved people
• indentured servants