This Grade 5 hard worksheet uses short reading passages to challenge students. They read about Lincoln's actions, Lee's surrender, and the Reconstruction Amendments, then answer multi-step multiple-choice questions. Fill-in-the-blank items address Confederate states, the rebuilding South, the 14th Amendment, South Carolina's secession, and Andrew Johnson's presidency. Students apply their Civil War knowledge to interpret events and explain consequences for the United States and its people.
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Civil War Introduction
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read: 'On January 1, 1863, Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.' What did Lincoln issue?
A) The Emancipation Proclamation
B) The 13th Amendment
C) The Gettysburg Address
D) The Bill of Rights
2. Read: 'Lee's army surrendered to Grant in April 1865.' What does this surrender mean?
A) The war began
B) The Civil War ended
C) Reconstruction ended
D) Slavery began
3. Read: 'Three amendments were added to protect formerly enslaved people.' Which best describes these?
A) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Amendments
B) 5th, 6th, 7th Amendments
C) 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
D) 19th, 20th, 21st Amendments
4. Why is Lincoln's preservation of the Union important to American history today?
A) It started a new country
B) It created the Confederacy
C) It ended democracy
D) It kept the United States as one nation
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
2. Reconstruction tried to rebuild the South after the Civil War ended.
3. The amendment giving citizenship to all people born in the U.S. is the 14th Amendment.
4. The first state to leave the Union was South Carolina.
5. After Lincoln was assassinated, the new president was Andrew Johnson.
Civil War Introduction
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read: 'On January 1, 1863, Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.' What did Lincoln issue?
A) The Emancipation Proclamation
B) The 13th Amendment
C) The Gettysburg Address
D) The Bill of Rights
2. Read: 'Lee's army surrendered to Grant in April 1865.' What does this surrender mean?
A) The war began
B) The Civil War ended
C) Reconstruction ended
D) Slavery began
3. Read: 'Three amendments were added to protect formerly enslaved people.' Which best describes these?
A) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Amendments
B) 5th, 6th, 7th Amendments
C) 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
D) 19th, 20th, 21st Amendments
4. Why is Lincoln's preservation of the Union important to American history today?
A) It started a new country
B) It created the Confederacy
C) It ended democracy
D) It kept the United States as one nation
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
2) Reconstruction tried to rebuild the South after the Civil War ended.
3) The amendment giving citizenship to all people born in the U.S. is the 14th Amendment.
4) The first state to leave the Union was South Carolina.
5) After Lincoln was assassinated, the new president was Andrew Johnson.
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