Civil War and Antebellum Period Quiz

What was the main economic difference between the Northern and Southern states before the Civil War?

• The North was more agricultural, and the South was industrialized.

• The North was more industrialized, and the South was more agricultural.

• Both were equally industrialized.

• Both were equally agricultural.

What did the Northern states want for the new states created out of the western territories?

• To be slave states

• To be free states

• To be independent countries

• To be part of the Confederacy

What did the Southern states want for the new states created out of the western territories?

• To be free states

• To be slave states

• To be independent countries

• To be part of the Union

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A secret route for enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom

• A railway system in the North

• A military strategy used in the Civil War

• A trade route between the North and South

_________. a system common in Virginia after the Civil War in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay owners with a share of crops.

• Servants

• Freedman's Bureau

• Sharecropping

What were three problems faced by Virginians during Reconstruction? ( Choose three choices).

• Banks were closed

• Money had NO value.

• Everyone was good during this time.

• Crops were destroyed.

• There was lot of food to eat during this time and money did have value.

What was the main reason for the creation of West Virginia?

• Disagreements over slavery

• Disagreements over taxes

• Disagreements over trade

• Disagreements over education

Who became the President of the United States in 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Secret routes for escaped enslaved African Americans

• A new train system

• A military strategy

• A trade route

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

• General Robert E. Lee

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• General William T. Sherman