The Civil War and Reconstruction

Answer questions about US History. I will have photos of the lesson and directions attached, as well as the questions copied right here.

Here are some video links from the lesson:

Fill in the Blanks: Place the correct term or name from the lesson in the blank to correctly complete the statement.
Questions 1 – 8: Use the following word bank to correctly complete each statement.
-Capture of New Orleans
-Battle of Shiloh
-Seven Day’s Battles
-Antietam
-Emancipation Proclamation
-Vicksburg
-Gettysburg
-Appomattox
1. The Battle of _______was fought in Pennsylvania. The Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee invaded Eastern Pennsylvania but were defeated and forced to retreat. This was the last major invasion of the North by the Confederates and is considered a turning point in the war.
2. The capture of ________by the US Navy took away one of the South’s major sea ports and lessened Confederate control of the Mississippi.
3. The capture of _______by Union General Grant in 1863 split the Confederacy in half and denied the Confederates any use of the Mississippi. This was also considered a turning point in the war.
4. The ___________declared that all slaves in the South were free. However, it did not free slaves in the North!
5. The Battle of _______was fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862. The Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee had captured Harper’s Ferry and invaded Maryland. Union General McClellan intercepted Lee’s orders during this battle and thus knew that his Army of the Potomac heavily outnumbered Lee’s army. However, McClellan still did not press the attack and allowed Lee to escape.
6. General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at _______, ending the war.
7. The __________were fought in the summer of 1862. General Lee succeeded in defending Richmond, Virginia (the Confederate capitol) against the invading Army of the Potomac.
8. The Battle of ________in 1862 caused the Confederates to lose control of Western Tennessee.
Questions 9-17: Use the word bank to complete the following statements regarding Reconstruction:
-Freedmen’s Bureau
-13th Amendment:
-Conventions topics:
-14th Amendment:
-Reconstruction Act of March 1867:
-Military Reconstruction Act of 1868
-Carpetbaggers:
-15th Amendment:
-Enforcement Act:
9. The _______states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside.” This gives all Americans equal protection under the law and denies states the ability to discriminate.
10. _______were Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War and were elected as politicians.
11. The ___________divided the South into five districts and placed them under military rule. Escape from permanent military government was open to those states that established civil governments, took an oath of allegiance, ratified the 14th Amendment and adopted black suffrage.
12. The _________helped African Americans adjust to being free in the South and attempted to protect them from discrimination by Southern legislatures.
13. The _______stated that, “The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.”
14. The ________readmitted Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, to the Union in 1868.
15. __________called for the former Confederate states to repeal the ordinances of secession, repudiate the war debt, and draft new state constitutions.
16. The _________severely punishing those who attempted to deprive the black freedmen of their civil rights.
17. The ___________abolished slavery.
Apply Your Knowledge
All of your answers will be found in the lesson content. you will not conduct Internet research. Answer all of the questions in your own words. Answer the following questions using 3-5 complete sentences.
18. What actions taken by the South led to the Civil War?
What advantages did the North have for fighting the war?
What advantages did the South have for fighting the war?
Why did Sherman leave a path of destruction behind him when he invaded the South?
19. The many attempts to reconstruct the South was not effective. In May 1872, Congress passed a general Amnesty Act, restoring full political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers. Provide an overview of the situation that this left many southern Africa Americans in.
Applying Your Knowledge:
20. President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is considered one of the most inspirational wartime speeches ever made by a US president. Remarkably, Lincoln wrote the speech to commemorate the National Cemetery in a matter of minutes on his carriage ride to the event! He then stored the speech in his stove-pipe hat until the time came to present it! Please complete the following activity based upon the speech:
-Make a recording or video of yourself presenting the speech. You do not have to memorize the speech; you may read it off of note cards.
-Submit a paragraph summarize the speech and its purpose. This source will help.
https://www.compuhigh.net/sec/classes_2///files/to20continue20the20fight.

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