WorksheetsCauses and Events of the Civil War TH
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the author of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen A. Douglas
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John C. Calhoun
2.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John Bell
d)
Preston Brooks
3.
Who raided Harper's Ferry?
a)
John Brown
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Daniel Webster
4.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
5.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
6.
Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
7.
What document gave freedom to the slaves (in name only)?
a)
The 10% Plan
b)
The Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The 3/5th Law
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
8.
What job became available for women to perform in the Civil War?
a)
Doctors
b)
Soldiers
c)
Nurses
d)
Cooks
9.
True or False: Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
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
11.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
12.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
13.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
14.
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
15.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of what ?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
The Atlantic Ocean
d)
Mississippi River
16.
Built Union confidence and led to the emancipation Proclamation
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Fort Sumter
17.
Turning point of the civil war
a)
gettysburg
b)
vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Charleston
18.
Nickname is "Stonewall"
a)
Thomas Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
19.
The Nullification Crisis in South Carolina was a conflict over:
a)
slave vs. free states
b)
states' rights vs. federal power
c)
relations with foreign countries
d)
westward expansion
20.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865 at:
a)
Richmond, VA
b)
Atlanta, GA
c)
Appomattox Court House, VA
d)
Gettysburg, PA
21.
What Court Case would match these headlines?
a)
McCulloch v. Maryland
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Worcester v. Georgia
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
22.
Sectionalism?
a)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
b)
to withdraw or break away from a a nation
c)
a religious meeting
d)
an official expression of opinion by a group
23.
What Increased tensions between the North and the South?
a)
Argument that Federal Gov was too weak
b)
The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
c)
The climate and geography of the North and South.
d)
The Arguments over the growth of the military.
24.
Why did the South secede after the election of 1860?
a)
They feared Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery in all states
b)
After winning the election, Abraham Lincoln forced all Southern states to leave the United States
c)
There was a tie in the election and the North and South fought over the winner
d)
Abraham Lincoln wanted to force Southern states to pay higher taxes than Northern states
25.
The Dred Scott decision struck down the Missouri Compromise, which
a)
gave slaves in new territories citizenship
b)
gave Congress more power in deciding slavery
c)
cleared the way for the extension of slavery
d)
cleared the way for the abolition of slavery
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