The Civil War Test Review

During the time of the Civil War, the northern states relied on ____________.

• cash crops

• education

• factories

• slavery

During the time of the Civil War, the southern states relied on ____________.

• slavery

• ship building

• tobacco

• factories

Which part of the country can be described by: fertile soil, cash crops, and the cotton gin increasing productivity

• The north

• The south

• The east

• The west

Which part of the country can be described as having: a shorter growing season, rocky soil, relied on ship building, and had a growing population

• The north

• The south

• The east

• The west

The contributions of many abolitionists led to the succession (following one another) of the _______ states from the Union.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

The succession of the southern states eventually lead to which war?

• The Revolutionary War

• The Civil War

• The French and Indian War

• The Mexican War of 1812

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Stephen Douglass

• John Bell

The south succeeded from the United States to form ___________________.

• The Union

• The United States of America

• The Confederate States of America

• the Republic of South Carolina

Who published a newspaper called The North Star and opened his home as a station in the Underground Railroad?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

Who instigated the violence that lead to "Bleeding Kansas" and lead an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman