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Civil War and Reconstruction Review - KEY
1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of both sides of the Civil War.
The North had more troops, more money, and an intricate railroad and telegraph system.
The South had better leadership, more to lose, and fought harder in the early stages of the war.
2. During which years was the Civil War fought?
1861 - 1865
3. What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The shelling at Fort Sumter
4. What name did the North go by?
The United States of America or Union
5. What name did the South go by?
The Confederate States of America or Confederacy
6. Which battle was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
7. When was the Mayflower Compact signed?
1620
8. When did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
1803
9. What was the name of the North’s battle plan? In which battle was this plan completed?
The Anaconda Plan – The battles of Vicksburg and Richmond/Appomattox Courthouse
10. What was the 13th Amendment?
Made slavery illegal
11. What was the 14th Amendment?
Granted citizenship to all natural-born citizens
12. What was the 15th Amendment?
Granted voting rights to all males
13. What term describes the period after the Civil War where the South was rebuilt?
Reconstruction
14. Who was the commander-in-chief of Union forces?
Ulysses S. Grant
15. Who was commander-in-chief of Confederate forces?
Robert E. Lee
16. How and when did the Civil War end?
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865
17. What were the lasting impacts of Reconstruction on the United States?
Bitterness between the North and South became even more pronounced. Slavery was replaced by
the sharecropping system, and Southern states used new tactics such as black codes, poll taxes,
literacy tests, and later Jim Crow Laws to continue white dominance over African Americans. The
Freedmen’s Bureau was created to help ex-slaves, and the KKK, a terrorist organization rose to
power in the South.
18. When did the United States declare independence?
1776
19. When was the U.S. Constitution adopted?
1787
20. Which Civil War battle was considered a turning point and why?
Gettysburg because the South’s invasion of the North failed and they lost 1/3 of their troops