WorksheetsUS stuff you gotta know 4
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
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1.
An extreme right wing group that advocates white supremacy. They are easily recognizable in their white pointy hats and robes and burning crosses.
a)
Abolition
b)
KKK
c)
Antietem
d)
Confederacy
2.
Their main goal was to terrorize blacks in the South, in many cases to keep them living in fear and keeping them from voting, etc.
a)
KKK
b)
Confederacy
c)
Union
d)
Antietam
3.
The commander of the Southern army during the American Civil War. He was an exceptional officer and is still admired by many to this day.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Dredd Scott
4.
Lincoln had asked him to lead the North, but he decided rather to follow his home state of Virginia into the Confederacy. He lost at Antietam and Gettysburg.
a)
Robert E Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Andrew Johnson
5.
One of the most famous, if the most famous, speeches in US History. It was given by Abraham Lincoln in November of 1963, four months after the battle of Gettysburg
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Gettysburg Address
6.
In just ten sentences, Lincoln espoused the principles in the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle to provide those writes to all people.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Antietem
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
7.
It starts out: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”
a)
Confederacy
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Gettysburg
8.
Fought in September of 1862, this was the first major battle to be fought on Northern soil. It was the single bloodiest day of the American Civil War with over 23,000 causalities. The battle is considered to be a Union victory and allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Abolition
9.
In 1857, he unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in what became one of the most famous supreme court cases in US History. His case stated that although he and his family were slaves, they are lived with their master in states where slavery had been illegal for over 50 years (Illinois and Minnesota).
a)
Dredd Scott
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Fredrick Douglas
10.
The Court ruled against Scott, stating that no person of African ancestry could be considered a citizen of our nation, and therefore was ineligible to bring a case to the court. The Court also felt that the government could deprive his owner of his legal property (in this case, another human being).
a)
Fredrick Douglas
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E Lee
d)
Dredd Scott
11.
Became our 18th President after becoming a hero in the Civil War as the leading general for the Union.
a)
Robert E Lee
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Johnson
12.
Under his leadership, the North defeated the South and restored the Union. His presidency was marred by corruption and scandal, but he was an ally to more civil rights for blacks.
a)
Robert E Lee
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Dredd Scott
13.
1865-1877) Refers to the era in American History when the country was being put back together following the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Antietam
c)
Sharecropping
d)
America Civil War
14.
The informal network of secret routes and safe houses that escaping slaves would follow to their freedom in the northern states and Canada with the help of abolitionists.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Southern Railroad
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Underground Railroad
15.
It is estimated that over 100,000 slaves reached their freedom through the use of the Railroad. It was not underground in the literal sense, nor did they use a train of any sort. Those that assisted were known as conductors, and the most famous was Harriet Tubman.
a)
Freedom Network
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Under Railroad
16.
Published in 1852, this novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed history.
a)
Antietam
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Uncle Tim's Cabin
d)
Gettysburg Address
17.
Lincoln would say about Stowe, “So this is the little lady who started this great war.” That is the powerful impact the book had, as it educated those in the North about the horrors of slavery.
a)
Uncle Tim's Cabin
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
13th, 14th, and 15th ammendments
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
18.
It was the highest selling novel of the 1800’s and fueled the abolitionist cause. The book tells the story of Tom, who is a good Christian slave who is mistreated.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Abraham Lincoln's Journal
d)
Reconstruction
19.
Describes the movement to end human slavery.
a)
13, 14th, and 15th ammendment
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Abolition
d)
Emancipation Procolamation
20.
While the importation of slaves ended in 1807, slavery was not stopped in the United States until the passing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.
a)
Abolition
b)
13, 14th, and 15th ammendments
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Emancipation Procolamation
21.
Conflict from 1861-1865 when the Northern states (Union army) dressed in blue fought against the Southern states (Confederate army) dressed in gray.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietem
c)
American Revolution
d)
Civil War
22.
The war was fought because of Southern states demanding states rights, especially concerning the issue of slavery which divided the North and the South.
a)
Civil War
b)
American Revolution
c)
Antietam
d)
WW II
23.
Near Charleston, SC, this is where the Civil War broke out in April of 1861.
a)
Concord and Lexington
b)
Antietam
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Fort Sumter
24.
Following the declaration of secession by several southern states, South Carolina demanded the USA leave the fort. The Confederates won the battle, and it inspired men on both sides to join the cause.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Battle at the fort
25.
Describes the North, or the states that remained faithful and loyal to the USA during the Civil War.
a)
Union
b)
Confedaracy
c)
South
d)
North
26.
They wore blue and were led by Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Americans
b)
South
c)
Confederacy
d)
Union
27.
One of the leading Confederate Generals. He is revered for being one of the greatest tactical geniuses in the history of the country.
His victories at the First and Second Battles of Bullrun. He died as a result of complications from being shot by friendly fire (from his own army, on accident).
His victories at the First and Second Battles of Bullrun. He died as a result of complications from being shot by friendly fire (from his own army, on accident).
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
28.
The president of the Confederate States of America. He had been an officer during the Mexican American War and served in the US Senate before the the secession.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S Grant
29.
This executive order freed all of the slaves in the confederate states (about 3.1 of the nation’s 4 million slaves). The only slaves that were not freed under the Proclation were those in slave holding states that had remained loyal to the Union. This made abolition the central goal of the war.
a)
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
b)
Emancipation Procolamtion
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Aboltion
30.
A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g. 50% of the crop).
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Abolition
c)
Sharingcrops
d)
Sharecropping
31.
Whites would take advantage of the lack of education of the blacks and do more like a 70-30 split on the profits. The freed slaves had little choice as they had no land and therefore had to do something to provide for themselves/families.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Abolition
c)
Crop Sharing
d)
Underground Railroad
32.
Describes the southern states who separated themselves from the USA. They were led by Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, and fought to protect state sovereignty (instead of allowing the federal government to be in charge).
a)
Union
b)
South
c)
Confederacy
d)
KKK
33.
They wore gray and fought in large part to protect the institution of slavery because of their reliance upon slaves to make large profits in the cotton trade.
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
South
d)
North
34.
Escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. He was a very powerful speaker and writer, and did a lot of good inspiring others to oppose slavery in the time period leading up to the Civil War.
a)
Fredrick Douglas
b)
Dredd Scott
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Stonewall Johnson
35.
Lincoln’s vice president, he became our 17th president in 1865 after Lincoln was assassinated.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ulysses S Grant
36.
He presided over the initial period of Reconstruction following the Civil War. He vetoed many laws meant to help the freed slaves and offer them increased civil rights. He was impeached by the House, but was able to remain president by just one vote in the Senate.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
37.
This man was elected to become our 16th President. He served as president throughout the American Civil War and is revered in history as perhaps the greatest of all US Presidents because of his leadership to keep the country together and for his role in the abolishment of slavery.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis
38.
He was raised in poverty in Illinois and self educated himself to become a lawyer. He is a great example of persistence, as he lost several elections and failed in many ways on his way to greatness. He was killed just six days after the war was over in Ford’s Theater. His Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in history.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S Grant
c)
Robert E Lee
d)
Andrew Johnson
39.
Recognized as one of the turning points in American history. In early July of 1863, the Union and Confederate armies in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Antietam
b)
American Civil War
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Gettysburg Address
40.
More people died during this battle than any other during the war. The South’s attempt to invade the North was foiled in this battle, and the South never really recovered.
a)
Antietam
b)
American Civil War
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Gettysburg
41.
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 in Ford’s Theater in Washington DC.
a)
Robert E Lee
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Dredd Scott
42.
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 in Ford’s Theater in Washington DC.
a)
John Wilkes Booth
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E Lee
d)
Dredd Scott
43.
He broke in to Lincoln’s private box above the stage and shot him in the back of the head and then jumped to the stage. He then escaped, but killed soon there after.
a)
Dredd Scott
b)
Robert E Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
John Wilkes Booth
44.
Known as the Reconstruction Amendments. These were changes to our Constitution following the Civil war.
a)
Abolition
b)
Emancipation Procolamation
c)
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
d)
Antietam
45.
The 13th made involuntary servitude illegal. This is what terminated the practice of slavery in the USA. It was adopted in 1865. The 14th enlarged who were citizens and what their rights were, therefore allowing blacks to be considered citizens. It was passed in 1868. The 15th prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on color, race, or previous servitude. It was ratified in 1870.
a)
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Emancipation Procolamtion
d)
Abolition
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