Unit 9/10 Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

What were the main causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Slavery, states’ rights, economic differences, and sectionalism.

Question 2

What year did the Civil War officially begin?

Answer 2

1861.

Question 3

Who was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

Answer 3

Jefferson Davis.

Question 4

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 4

An executive order by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared freedom for all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.

Question 5

What major battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 5

The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863).

Question 6

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

Answer 6

It abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Question 7

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 7

To assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, housing, education, and medical care after the Civil War.

Question 8

What were “Black Codes”?

Answer 8

Laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.

Question 9

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

Answer 9

It granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves.

Question 10

What did the 15th Amendment accomplish?

Answer 10

It granted African American men the right to vote, prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on race.