Civil War and Reconstruction Era Review

How did Sherman's March to the Sea end?

• With the capture of Savannah, Georgia by Union forces

• With the defeat of Sherman by Confederate forces

• With a peace treaty between the North and South

• With the destruction of Atlanta by Confederate troops

Why did General William T. Sherman capture Atlanta during the Civil War?

• to help the Confederacy win some battles

• to encourage people to support the Confederacy

• to take control of plantations and take the cash crops

• to stop factories from making weapons for the Confederacy

The Civil War ended:

• with the capture of Atlanta, Georgia

• with the capture of Savannah, Georgia

• with William T. Sherman's surrender to Robert E. Lee

• with Robert E. Lee's surrender to William T. Sherman

What movement did more people support after reading the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• the abolition movement

• the free speech movement

• the environmental movement

• the women's rights movement

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau necessary after the Civil War?

• Southern farm owners wanted to sell their land.

• Freed people were struggling to find food and shelter.

• Freed people wanted to know how to give up their rights.

• Northern states needed help rebuilding houses and roads.

The Battle of Gettysburg was the furthest ________ the Confederate Army fought in the Civil War.

• east

• north

• south

• west

Which of the following would have been a typical Jim Crow law?

• a law forcing children to fight in a war

• a law forcing citizens to vote in every election

• a law requiring African American and white children to attend different schools

• a law requiring libraries to allow African American and white children to check out books 

The ____________ of the northern states recovered quickly after the war since businesses such as factories were able to make resources and sold them to southern states.

• battles

• economy
• governments

• health

Before the Civil War, southern states believed in “states’ rights.” What does “states’ rights” mean?

• A. A state has to follow all federal laws.

• B. A state can ignore any federal law it does not like.

• C. A state has to free all enslaved people in their state.

• D. A state can enslave people as long as they count them in the census.

How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?

• Landowners agreed to pay farmers a fair wage for helping to harvest crops in their fields.

• Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew.

• The government took land away from plantation owners and gave it to former enslaved people.

• The government paid landowners who were willing to hire poor farmers in search of work.