Name:_____________________________________________________Date:_________________Period:___________
ASSIGNMENT
STAAR® BLITZ: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, DAY 10
GRADE 8
Matching - Select the best answer.
A. Robert E. Lee
_____1. Freed slaves in the Confederacy
B. Gettysburg Address
_____2. Laws that limited the freedom of former slaves
C. Fifteenth Amendment
_____3. Confederate general during the Civil War D. Freedmen’s Bureau
_____4. Began after the Civil War; South was economically and politically ruined E. Black codes
_____5. Helped freedmen adjust to life in the South; established schools F. Emancipation Proclamation
_____6. Lincoln reflected on the fight to save the Union and provide equality for all G. Reconstruction
_____7. Granted African American men suffrage
Categorize - Write the correct letter in the box.
8. Determine if the description was an advantage for the Union or Confederacy during the Civil War.
Write the correct letter in the box.
A. Knowledge of terrain where most battles were fought
B. Extensive railroads system for moving troops and supplies
C. Numerous factories for producing weapons and ammo
D. Strong military leadership
Advantages of the Union Advantages of the Confederacy
Multiselect - Select the correct answers.
_____9. Which of the following were impacts of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?
Select THREE correct answers.
A. Former Union officers took over southern state governments.
B. Millions of African Americans were permanently freed from slavery.
C. Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living.
D. President Lincoln was elected to a third term in office.
E. Abolitionists had finally achieved their goal.
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Short Answer - Answer the following questions.
10. Why was the Battle of Vicksburg significant to the Civil War?
11. What was one advantage of the North and one advantage of the South during the Civil War?
12. What were Radical Republicans’ plans for Reconstruction?
13. How did the Transcontinental Railroad help the settlement of the West?
14. How did the sharecropping system negatively impact freedmen?
15. Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Political Cartoon - Use the cartoon to help answer the following questions.
16. What is the title of the political cartoon?
17. Who is the person in the political cartoon?
18. What political party did the person in the political cartoon support?
19. What happened to Andrew Johnson as a result of actions seen in the
cartoon?
Johnson kicking out the Freedmen’s Bureau
Short Constructed Response - Think about the question carefully. Then enter your answer to BOTH parts of the
question in the box provided.
20. What is guaranteed to Americans under the Fourteenth Amendment AND how did the law impact freedmen?
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