Civil War Test Review

The economy of the northern part of the United States was _______.

• industrial

• dependent on slave labor

• agricultural

• dependent on military victories

The economy of the southern part of the United States was _______.

• industrial

• dependent on factory workers

• agricultural

• dependent on military victories

A Confederate who lived in the south would probably want the new states created out of the western territory to be ____________.

• slave states

• industrial states

• free states

• agricultural states

The conflict between the eastern and western counties of Virginia led to ____________.

• the buying of the Louisiana Purchase

• the formation of a new state, West Virginia

• the southern states seceding from the Union

• the freeing of the slaves

When the southern states seceded, they formed their own country and named it ____________.

• The Confederate States of America

• The United States of the South

• West Virginia

• The Rebels of America

The northern states called themselves the​ (a)   . a) Union b) Abolitionists c) Confederacy d) Rebels

• Abolitionists

• Rebels

• Union

During the Civil War most white Virginians (a)   .

• fought for the Confederacy

• fought for the Union

• fought on both sides

• did not take sides

The Confederacy relied on enslaved African Americans to (a)   .

• build houses and work in factories

• raise crops and provide labor for the army

• work in factories and raise crops

• provide labor and blockade southern ports

Some free African Americans felt that their limited rights could best be protected by (a)   .

• supporting the Union

• supporting the Confederacy

• staying neutral

• moving North

During the Civil War most Native American Indians .​ (a)  

• fought for the Union

• fought on both sides

• Neutral