Civil War

What was one cause of the Civil War?

• The Gold Rush

• A disagreement about slavery and states’ rights

• A war with another country

• A disagreement about taxes

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Jefferson Davis

• Sojourner Truth

Where did the Civil War begin?

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

• Fort Sumter

• Harper’s Ferry

Which general led the March to the Sea?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Stonewall Jackson

What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?

• Created new laws

• Helped former slaves with food, education, and jobs

• Built railroads

• Started the Civil War

How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid increase tensions between the North and South?

• They made people in the North and South agree more.

• They made the North and South more angry at each other.

• They ended the Civil War.

• They had no effect.

What were some of the effects of the Civil War on the South?

• The South became richer.

• Many cities and farms were destroyed.

• The South won the war.

• The South became a new country.

What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and why are they important?

• They started the Civil War.

• They gave freedom and rights to former slaves.

• They created new states.

• They built railroads.

How did sharecropping replace slavery?

• It gave land to everyone for free.

• It was a new system where former slaves worked on farms for a share of the crops.

• It ended farming in the South.

• It made everyone move to the North.

What were Jim Crow laws, and how did they affect African Americans?

• They gave African Americans more rights.

• They kept African Americans and white people separate and limited their rights.

• They ended slavery.

• They helped African Americans get jobs.