Civil War Quiz Practice

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Vicksburg

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Firing on Fort Sumter

What region of the United States is shown in the picture?

• North

• South

• Western Territories

• Southwest

Which two states were part of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War?

• Virginia

• Ohio

• Alabama

• West Virginia

What three southern ports did the Union army blockade during the Civil War?

• Savannah

• Boston

• Charleston

• New Orleans

During the Civil War, what name was

given to the states shown in light

grey on this map?

• Confederate States

• Border States

• Union States

• Free States

Who was Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?

• A skilled leader of the Northern military forces

• A former enslaved African American who became an abolitionist

• A skilled Confederate general from Virginia

• A highly honored Union naval captain known for his feats of bravery

Which of the following states did NOT secede from the Union?

• Tennessee

• Alabama

• North Carolina

• Ohio

Why did Southerners oppose tariffs?

• Tariffs would increase manufacturing in the South.

• Farmers and plantation owners could not afford to pay them.

• Great Britain might stop buying cotton from the South if prices increased.

• Tariffs would cause the price of southern goods to drop too low.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?

• The people living in each new state would decide the slavery issue for themselves.

• There would always be a balance in the number of free and slave states.

• All new states to be added to the United States were to be free states.

• All new states to be added to the United States were to be slave states.

Northerners believed that the national government’s power was—

• limited by states’ rights

• only enforceable in the western territories

• supreme over that of the states

• only to be used by the president