QUIZ: Civil War and Reconstruction

There will be a quiz over the Civil War and Reconstruction next Wed/Thurs 12/14-15. Students will be required to answer two of the following questions at random:

• “The Emancipation Proclamation was given to free the slaves.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
• Identify and explain 2 major events that contributed to sectionalism (division between the North and South) in the United States prior to the Civil War.
• What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of the North and South before the Civil War. Why, in spite of the advantages of the North over the South, did the Civil War in the United States last so long?
• How successful was Reconstruction in improving the lives of African Americans after the Civil War?