Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Answer 1

Jefferson Davis

Question 2

Who was the president of the Union?

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

What are other names for the Confederacy?

Answer 3

South, Rebels, Confederates, Greys

Question 4

What are other names for the Union?

Answer 4

North, the United States, Yankees, Blues

Question 5

Who was the Texas governor who resigned in 1861?

Answer 5

Sam Houston

Question 6

What are 3 causes of the Civil War?

Answer 6

states’ rights, election of Lincoln, slavery, different opinions about tariffs (taxes)

Question 7

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

Answer 7

Richmond, Virginia

Question 8

What was the capital of the Union?

Answer 8

Washington, DC

Question 9

Who was the head or top general for the Confederacy?

Answer 9

General Robert E. Lee

Question 10

Who was the head or top general for the Union appointed in 1864?

Answer 10

General Ulysses S. Grant

Question 11

What are 3 advantages for the North?

Answer 11

more railroads, factories, people and a navy

Question 12

What are 3 advantages for the South?

Answer 12

fighting a defensive war, men with better soldier skills, better leadership, and home field advantage

Question 13

Name the 3 battles that occurred in Texas.

Answer 13

Galveston, Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch

Question 14

Texas did not suffer as many hardships like battles, shortages, property damage as other southern states. Why?

Answer 14

Texas was on the western edge of the Confederacy. It’s location away from most of the fighting/battles spared Texas.

Question 15

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 15

a decree by Lincoln freeing all of the slaves in the rebelling Southern states

Question 16

When did slaves in Texas learn about their freedom?

Answer 16

June 19th, 1865…has become the celebration called Juneteenth in Texas

Question 17

Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia is important because…

Answer 17

location where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant of the United States (Union). This event officially ended the Civil War.

Question 18

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

Answer 18

John Wilkes Booth

Question 19

What is the 13th amendment?

Answer 19

amendment to the Constitution that officially and legally freed all of the slaves in the U.S.

Question 20

What is the 14th amendment?

Answer 20

amendment to the Constitution that gave citizenship to the newly freed slaves

Question 21

What is the 15th amendment?

Answer 21

gave all African-American men the right to vote

Question 22

What is Reconstruction?

Answer 22

period of time after the Civil War when the U.S. was rebuilding or reconstructing the nation into one UNITED nation again…lasted about 10 years.

Question 23

What does conscription mean?

Answer 23

during the Civil War, more soldiers were needed to fight…conscription was a draft forcing men to join the military

Question 24

How long did the Civil War last?

Answer 24

almost exactly 4 years, 1861-1865

Question 25

Who won the Civil War?

Answer 25

the North, the Union, the United States