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Name_______________________________________ Period_______________ Date ______________
STAAR Review Part 7: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
1. President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address maintained that the _____________ mattered more than
the disagreements among the states.
2. The first shots in the Civil War were fired at ___________________________________,
3. The _____________________________ was the bloodiest day of the war and Lee’s first attempt to
invade the North.
4. The _________________________________ lasted six weeks and gave the Union control of the
Mississippi River.
5. The __________________________________________ lasted 3 days; it was fought in Pennsylvania
and became the turning point of the war.
6. Confederate General _____________________________ surrendered to Union General
_____________________________________ at _______________________________ on April 9,
1865.
7. The Civil War was fought between (year)_________ and (year)______________.
8. ______________________________ was a major cause of the war and had developed over issues such
as the protective tariff, slavery, the national bank, internal improvements, states’ rights, etc.
9. President Lincoln issued the _______________________________________ on January 1, 1863, to
broaden the scope and purpose of the war and to strengthen his position politically.
10. The ________________________________ abolished slavery.
11. The ________________________________ gave African Americans citizenship. This reversed the
decision in the Dred Scott case which had ruled that Africans were NOT citizens.
12. The _________________________________ guaranteed civil rights to African Americans including
the right to vote.
13. ___________________________ was a fugitive slave who served as a soldier during the Civil War and
was awarded the Medal of Honor.
14. ________________________________________ was the first African-American to serve in the U.S.
Senate. He held the senate seat from the state of Mississippi.
15. The __________________________________ set aside land for land-grant colleges.
16. The ______________________________________________ was a song written during the Civil War
by Julia Howe when she visited a Union Army camp on the Potomac River.
17. The period known as ___________________________________________ (1865-1877) was the time
when the states that had seceded to the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before
being readmitted to the Union.
18. The __________________________________________ was passed by Congress in 1862 and
promised ownership of a 160-acre tract of public land to a citizen or head of a family who resided on
and cultivated the land for five years.
19. The building of the ____________________________________ led to improved transportation linking
the West to the East.
20. ______________________________________ commanded the Union Army during the Civil War.
21. _______________________________________commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
22. ________________________________ was President of the United States during the Civil War.
23. _________________________________was President of the Confederacy.
24. _________________________________, a Confederate general, was killed by friendly fire after the
Battle of Chancellorsville.
25. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by ____________________________________________.
26. __________________________ was a Chilean immigrant who was awarded the Medal of Honor for
his bravery and distinguished service during the Civil War.
27. ________________________ were laws passed by Southern states to limit the effects of the
Reconstruction Amendments.
TERMS
Philip Bazaar
Battle of Vicksburg
15th Amendment
Hiram Revels
Abraham Lincoln
William Carney
1861
14th Amendment
Jefferson Davis
Homestead Act
Reconstruction
13th Amendment
Robert E. Lee
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Sectionalism
Battle of Gettysburg
1865
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Union
Ft. Sumter
Morrill Act
U. S. Grant
Transcontinental Railroad
Battle of Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Emancipation Proclamation
John Wilkes Booth
U. S. Grant
Black codes