Civil War Introduction — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) 1863
B) 1865
C) 1861
D) 1877
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
2. Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?
A) 10th Amendment
B) 13th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
D) 15th Amendment
The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery nationwide.
3. Which amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the United States?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 15th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
The 14th Amendment, ratified 1868, granted citizenship and equal protection.
4. What was the period after the Civil War called when the South rebuilt?
A) The Gilded Age
B) The Great Migration
C) The Industrial Era
D) Reconstruction
Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877 and aimed to rebuild the South.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln.
Lincoln used the proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states.
2. The 13th Amendment officially ended slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment ended slavery permanently across all states in 1865.
3. Reconstruction lasted from 1865 until the year 1877.
Reconstruction ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877.
4. The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment, ratified 1870, banned voting denial by race.
5. After the war, the United States remained one country, called preserving the Union.
Preserving the Union kept the country whole as one nation.