| Question | Answer |
| Who was the President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis
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Put these events in order: Sherman's March, Union Naval blockade of Charleston, Confederate soldiers fired on Ft. Sumter, Confederate troops send the H.L.Hunley to sink Union ships. | Confederate soldiers fired on Ft. Sumter, Union Naval blockade of Charleston, troops send the H.L.Hunley to sink Union ships, Sherman's March
| What was the goal of Sherman's March? | To destroy supplies, factories,and railroads; to split the Confederacy; to force the Confederacy to end the war
| What class volunteered for the Confederate Army (mostly officers), lost much of their wealth, unable to export goods because of blockade? | Elite
| What class volunteered or was drafted into the Confederate Army as regular soldiers and lost money and had property damage? | Independent farmers, middle class, and lower class
| This group of people was left at home to tend businesses and farms or served as nurses. | women
| This group continued to work on plantations; some fled to join the Union troops. | African-American Slaves
| What happened to the plantation system after the war? | The plantation collapsed
| How does sharecropping work? | Landowner provides the land, seed, and equipment; freedmen provided labor in exchange for a share of the crop; most sharecroppers were in a cycle of debt.
| What was the state of cities and land after the war? | Massive destruction to cities, factories, and railroads
| What happened to Confederate money after the war? | It became worthless.
| What was the purpose of Reconstruction? | To rebuild a new government in southern states and to protect the rights of newly freed slaves.
| This amendment abolished slavery. | 13th Amendment
| This amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. | 15th Amendment
| This amendment made African-American men citizens. | 14th Amendment
| What changes occurred in education during Reconstruction? | Public education was available to everyone; there were separate schools for whites and blacks
| What problems did many freed slaves face? | Many whites refused to recognize African-Americans as citizens; they were poorly educated and had few skills for new jobs; many states imposed Black Codes that made life much like it had been as slaves
| What industry emerged as a leading industry and began to grow in SC? | Textiles
| What was the dominat cash crop in SC following the war and Reconstruction? | Cotton
| In Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain, My Captain," who is the Captain in this poem? About what event in history was this event written? | Captain refers to Abraham Lincoln and the poem refers to his assassination |
