4th Grade Civil War Review

4th Grade Civil War Review

Multiple Choice

Why did John Brown raid a federal arsenal (place with weapons)?

• He wanted to give them to farmers to kill slaves.

• He wanted the North to secede from the Union.

• He wanted to give slaves weapons to help them fight for their freedom.

• He did not like guns and wanted to destroy them.

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John Brown's raid was unsuccessful, but what did it demonstrate (show)?

• People were willing to use violence to end slavery.

• John Brown was trying peacefully to end slavery.

• Abolitionists wanted slavery to continue.

• He wanted a war between the North and the South.

Multiple Choice

States' rights is the belief that...

• states can enslave people

• states can make laws that its citizens do not like

• all states must follow all federal laws

• states CAN ignore any federal law they do NOT like

Multiple Choice

Southern states believed in states' rights mostly because...

• There were a lot of factories in the South

• There were more shipping companies in the South

• There were a lot of enslaved people in the South, and slaveowners thought their way of life would be destroyed if the federal government outlawed slavery.

• There were more farms in the North

Multiple Choice

In which city was the terms of surrender signed?

• Atlanta

• Appomattox

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

Multiple Choice

What was the location of the first battle of the Civil War?

• Atlanta

• Appomattox

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

Multiple Choice

The Battle of Gettysburg was a TURNING POINT in the war because

• The Confederacy won and pushed back the North

• The Union Army stopped (halted) a Confederate advance into Union territory.

• The Confederacy gained a large amount of territory from the Union.

• It helped save Atlanta from Sherman

Multiple Choice

The objective (goal) of Sherman's march to the sea was to

• leave Georgia peacefully without destroying property

• destroy railroads and southern supplies

• retreat quickly to the North

• get more soldiers to join the Union Army

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General Sherman split his troops into two parts as they marched through Georgia to...

• give the soldiers some rest

• do as much destruction as possible

• see which group got to Savannah first

• help as many plantation owners in Georgia as he could

Multiple Choice

Where did Sherman's March to the Sea end?

• Atlanta

• Appomattox

• Savannah

• Gettysburg

Multiple Choice

Who was the general of the Union army during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Multiple Choice

William T. Sherman was

• a general in the Union Army

• member of the Senate during the Revolutionary War

• a Confederate Army general

• the Union president during the Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which person does this describe? "He wants to preserve the Union, and he will not let southern states form their own country."

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

Who does this describe:

-General of the Confederate Army

- Led troops at the Battle of Gettysburg

-A very skilled military leader

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?

• Great Britain would not sell to the South

• Most of the fighting took place in the South

• Slavery was made legal in the North

• The South had to pay the North for the war

Multiple Choice

Uncle Tom's Cabin increased the number of people involved in which of these movements?

• freedom of speech movement

• abolitionist movement

• suffrage movement

• clean air movement

Multiple Choice

What was one important impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin ?

• the north began wanting to allow slavery

• people demanded that the government end slavery

• people did not want to buy goods from the north

• the government increased taxes