Civil War Reconstruction
Biweekly #14
Directions: Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. USE YOUR TEXTBOOK TO LOCATE THE ANSWERS.
Chapter 15-Civil War (Pgs.339-359)
- Name at least two advantages that each side had when the Civil War started?
- Why were people opposed to the military draft?
- Why were African Americans not at first allowed to serve as solders in the Confederate army and then the Union army?
- Name at least three ways women served in the war.
- Which side had a larger population and why?
- What was significant about Clara Barton’s experience during the war?
- How did the Union and Confederate recruitment policies compare?
- How did North Carolina contribute to the Confederate Army?
- What wad the significance of the First Battle of Manassas?
- Why was Union control of New Orleans important?
- What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- Where did slavery continue to be legal, even after the Emancipation Proclamation?
- What did Abraham Lincoln hope would result from his Emancipation Proclamation?
- How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect Southern support for the war?
- What was significant about the Battle of Gettysburg?
- Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important?
- What happened during Sherman’s march to the sea?
- What forced General Lee to surrender?
- Rd. pgs. 348-349 the section titled “The end of the war”. Why do you think Grant wrote generous terms for Lee’s surrender?
- How would you describe the devastation caused by the Civil War in North Carolina.
- Describe at least three ways in which North Carolina prepared itself for war and kept itself supplied during the war.
Chapter 16-Reconstruction (Pgs. 365-377)
- What was the 13th Amendment?
- What were the Black Codes?
- What were the goals of Reconstruction?
- Why were members of Congress and citizens opposed to the Black Codes?
- How did the Freedman’s Bureau help in the South?
- What was the 14th Amendment?
- What was the 15th Amendment?
- What did the Ku Klux Klan hope to do?
- How was the Ku Klux Klan group put to an end?
- What political gains did African Americans make during Reconstruction?
- Do you think Reconstruction was successful? Justify your answer.
- What were four positive long term effects of Reconstruction?
- What did Reconstruction fail to achieve?