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WorksheetsCivil War Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What vocabulary term means "withdraw from a nation"?
a)
state's rights
b)
rebellion
c)
secession
d)
apartheid
2.
For the Anaconda Plan, Winfield Scott wanted to..
a)
Attack Richmond, kill Jefferson Davis
b)
Get the British and French involved
c)
create a naval blockade of southern ports, gain control of the MS River, and capture Richmond, VA.
d)
Free the slaves, arm them, and take all important cities
3.
What was the South's strategy to end the war?
a)
Use guerrilla tactics, kill the Northern leaders, attack the Norhern forts
b)
Defend, get Britain and France as allies, and convince the North the war was not worth its cost
c)
Take the fight to the North on their turf
d)
Assassinate Lincoln, kill Congressmen, and take DC
4.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed
a)
Slaves in the North
b)
Slaves in border states
c)
Slaves in rebel held areas
d)
All slaves everywhere
5.
What did Lincoln suspend due to anti-war and possible national security issues?
a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
Freedom of the Press
c)
Right of habeas corpus
d)
Martial Law
6.
47 day siege that resulted in the Union successfully splitting the South in two
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Chancellorsville
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Vicksburg
7.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
8.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
9.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
10.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
11.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
12.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
13.
Maintaining balance between free and slave states was important because
a)
they wanted to maintain balance in Congress.
b)
Northern states threatened to declare war if balance wasn't maintained.
c)
President Lincoln wanted to maintain balance.
d)
they wanted slavery to continue
14.
What act returned run-away slaves to the south?
a)
Liberator Act
b)
Georgia Platform
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
15.
Which law set a precedent, or example, for admitting two states at a time: one free and one slave?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Dawes Act
16.
What was the result of the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
a)
Southern states seceded.
b)
South Carolina began a nullification campaign.
c)
Violence at voting polls resulted in Bleeding Kansas.
d)
The Compromise of 1850
17.
What was the US Supreme Court's decision when Dred Scott, a slave, attempted to sue for his freedom? The US Supreme Court determined that he
a)
would be granted his freedom
b)
was lying about living in a free state
c)
was property, not a citizen, and had no legal right to sue
d)
had to be sold back into slavery but was a citizen
18.
Who was elected president in 1860?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
19.
Many southern states believe that the state should be the final authority over slavery. This belief is an example of
a)
abolition
b)
sectionalism
c)
states' rights
d)
popular sovereignty
20.
What law overturned the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Tariff of 1832
b)
Georgia Platform
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
21.
How was the issue of slavery determined in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
a)
Popular sovereignty determined slave status.
b)
Kansas would become a slave state and Nebraska would become a free state.
c)
Nebraska would become a slave state and Kansas would become a free state.
d)
Because they are north of the 36 30' parallel, they would become free states.
22.
After General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to -
a)
elect a new president and vice president
b)
complete construction of the capitol
c)
establish Union forts in the former Confederate states
d)
Implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union
23.
Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford?
a)
The Dawes Act
b)
The 14th Amendment
c)
The Compromise of 1877
d)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
24.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855-1861
b)
1860-1877
c)
1861-1865
d)
1863-1868
25.
How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?
a)
As a source of labor, slavery was considered an economic issue
b)
Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished
c)
Slavery was considered a historical tradition and should be maintained
d)
Controversial, slavery was considered a political problem the government should solve
26.
The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to -
a)
win an election as a member of the Democratic Party
b)
win a majority of the popular vote in Mississsippi
c)
serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
d)
run for public office in the South
27.
One effect of the Dawes Act was that it --
a)
caused many American Indian tribes to create written constitutions
b)
provided education to american Indians through locally run schools
c)
limited the voting rights of American Indians
d)
harmed the communal structure of American Indian society
28.
Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?
a)
African American families divided by slavery were reunited
b)
Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
c)
African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
d)
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
29.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-
a)
providing them with voting rights
b)
guaranteeing them freedom of speech
c)
providing them with access to the court system
d)
guaranteeing their permanent freedom fro slavery
30.
Many historians argue that the assassination of President Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?
a)
Radical Republicans took control of Congress
b)
Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts
c)
the 13th amendment was approved by Congress
d)
Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction
31.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -
a)
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
b)
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
c)
promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
d)
limit the impact of the 13th amendment
32.
Abolitionist _____ and his five sons seized the federal armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA and attempted to lead a slave revolt.
a)
John Brown
b)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
c)
William Carney
d)
Robert E. Lee
33.
This declared that slaves are not U.S. citizens but instead property. Congress cannot lawfully prohibit slavery in new territories; Missouri Compromise was ruled as unconstitutional.
a)
Dred Scott v Sanford
b)
Marbury v Madison
c)
Gibbons v Ogden
d)
McCulloch v Maryland
34.
This grew support for the abolitionist movement. This book had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
c)
The House of the Seven Gables
d)
The Liberator
35.
This was part of the Compromise of 1850 which required that all escaped slaves be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Missouri Compromise
36.
This battle is where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in two.
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Vicksburg
d)
Battle of Shiloh
37.
This is known as bloodiest single day of the Civil War. General Lee retreated to Virginia.
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Vicksburg
d)
Fort Sumter
38.
The Civil War officially began here when Confederate forces attacked and initiated the war.
a)
Appomattox Court House
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of Gettysburg
39.
A speech which called for citizens to rededicate themselves to winning the war to protect the freedom and ideals that our nation was founded on. Lincoln dedicated part of the battlefield as a burial ground/ cemetery for the soldiers who gave their lives so that the United States could survive.
a)
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
40.
President of the Confederate States of America.
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
41.
Freedmen occupied a plantation owner’s land and in exchange the landowner would get a share of the Freedmen’s crop. Served as a way to keep freedmen as slaves, even though slavery had been banned. Many freedmen went into debt or were forced by poverty to sign unfair labor contracts that left them little hope of improving their situation.
a)
Morrill Act
b)
Sharecropping System
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Homestead Act
42.
This opened up settlement in the western U.S., allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. If the settler “improved” the land after 5 years, he or she would then own the 160 acres.
a)
Morrill Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
43.
This provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land for each Congressman that the state had. The land was used to build public colleges that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts. 70 colleges were founded because of the land that was provided in this act.
a)
Morrill Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Dawes Act
44.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
45.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
46.
Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?
a)
heavy military support fr Great Britain
b)
more experienced generals
c)
Southern Nationalism
d)
more soldiers and factories
47.
Who replaced Lincoln as president and made it easy for the Souther states to rejoin the Union?
a)
William Seward
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Abe Lincoln Jr
d)
Andrew Johnson
48.
Southern whites passed laws restricting the rights of African Americans called
a)
Black codes
b)
Slave Laws
c)
Confederate Rights
d)
Merica Laws
49.
What did they call white Southerners who tried to cooperate with African Americans?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Traitors
c)
Yankees
d)
Goobers
50.
Educational opportunities and creating a judicial system that was fair to both black and white, was part of what?
a)
Sharecropping Plan
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Black Codes
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