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WorksheetsCivil War #1
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Fort that was surrounded by Confederate forces in South Carolina that started the Civil War?
a)
West Point
b)
Shiloh
c)
Sumter
d)
Chattanooga
2.
Which of the following was a state found in the SOUTH?
a)
Indiana
b)
Oregon
c)
Texas
d)
Pennsylvania
3.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was said to be the "lady who started the Civil War." Why was her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, so successful?
a)
It used religion to support the continuation of slavery.
b)
It used female characters to support women's suffrage.
c)
It used female characters to support southern secession.
d)
It used religion to support the end of slavery.
4.
Which of the following ruled that it was unconstitutional to place a ban on slavery.
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
5.
What event took place in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act?
a)
Dred Scott Rebellion
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
John Brown's Raid
6.
An arsenal where John Brown began and ended his plan to create a slave revolt in the South in 1859
a)
Ferryland
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Seneca Falls
d)
Washington D.C.
7.
allowed the federal government to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, even in free states
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Wilmot Proviso
c)
The Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Harper's Ferry
8.
Kentucky senator who forged the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 between the North and South over the issue of slavery
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
WIlliam Lloyd Garrison
9.
An enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state
a)
Roger B. Taney
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Stephen Douglass
John Brown
John Brown
d)
Stephen Douglas
10.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John Bell
d)
Preston Brooks
11.
The first state to secede was
a)
South Carolina
b)
Virginia
c)
Alabama
d)
Mississippi
12.
Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Democrat Party
d)
Election of 1852
13.
The result of the Dred Scott decision was that
a)
slaves are property, not citizens
b)
slaves are free if living in a free state
c)
slavery can be outlawed in the territories
d)
Lincoln became more famous
14.
A consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and "Bleeding Kansas" was:
a)
violence between pro-slavery and abolitionist groups
b)
gold was discovered in Nebraska
c)
John Brown led a slave revolt
d)
Dred Scott sued for his freedom
15.
A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 presidential election was:
a)
7 southern states seceded to form the Confederacy
b)
President Buchanan threatened to invade South Carolina
c)
Senator Sumner was beaten on the Senate floor
d)
the border states sided with the Confederacy
16.
Known as the "Moses" of her people and was one of the most successful "conductors" of the Underground Railroad
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
John Brown
17.
Wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It became a best seller and revealed slavery as a moral problem.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
John Brown
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
18.
Which of the following was a major difference between the North and South prior to the Civil War?
a)
The North was mostly agricultural and the South was industrial
b)
The economy of the North was based on slave labor and the South relied on a new immigrant workforce.
c)
The North was mostly industrial and the South was agricultural.
d)
There were not any differences between the North and the South.
19.
Which was an effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
Northerners agreed with the law.
b)
Many Southerners became abolitionists.
c)
Northerners thought it was unjust and used Underground Railroad to defy it.
d)
Southern plantation owners were no longer allowed to bring back runaway slaves.
20.
California enter as free state
The Fugitive Slave law would be harsher
Popular sovereignty used to decide slavery in territories.
The Fugitive Slave law would be harsher
Popular sovereignty used to decide slavery in territories.
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Wilmot Proviso
21.
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, how would Kansas and Nebraska decide if they were a free or slave state?
a)
lottery
b)
President would decide
c)
Governors would decide
d)
popular sovereignty
22.
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.
23.
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
24.
How did southerners react to Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
They felt the book showed the "true" south.
b)
Believed it was an attack on the South as a whole.
c)
They gathered in rallies protesting & demanded the book be burned.
d)
They felt it was not worth their attention.
25.
Northerner's felt Uncle Tom's Cabin was ...
a)
a realistic picture of the evils of slavery
b)
a work of fiction and a true fantasy
c)
positive propaganda for the institution of slavery
d)
a reasonable depiction of slavery, but not worth the hype
26.
What was the greatest impact of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
a)
Northerners and Southerners reached a temporary cease fire
b)
the raid deepened the division between the North and the South
c)
The raid caused the decline of the Whig Party
d)
The federal government agreed to let state governments decide all slavery issues
27.
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
28.
Interviews with former slaves describing their life in slavery were called
a)
slave interviews
b)
slave narratives
c)
slave trades
d)
slave fugitives
29.
Which of the following was NOT a social class in the NORTH?
a)
Unskilled Workers
b)
Immigrants
c)
Skilled Workers
d)
Plantation Owners
30.
Which of the following is NOT a social class found in the SOUTH?
a)
Free Blacks
b)
Immigrants
c)
Small Farmers
d)
Poor Whites
31.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
John Deere
32.
Former slave that wrote his own autobiography describing life as a slave and becoming a strong voice against the institution of slavery.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
d)
John Brown
33.
The "imaginary line" separating North from South?
a)
Wilson-Bakes
b)
Miller-Dawson
c)
Clay-Jackson
d)
Mason-Dixon
34.
The newspaper and it's founder William Lloyd Garrison gave a forum to the abolitionist movement. It was called the
a)
Freedomer
b)
Liberator
c)
Narrator
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
35.
Which of the following was NOT an event included in the Domino Effect?
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Nat Turner's Revolt
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
36.
Which of the following was NOT an event included on the Domino Effect?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Invention of the Cotton Gin
c)
John Brown's Raid
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
37.
The President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulyssess S Grant
c)
George McClellan
d)
Robert E. Lee
38.
Which of the following was NOT a strength of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
Population
b)
Railroads
c)
Factories
d)
Leadership
39.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Anaconda Plan?
a)
Blockade all Southern ports
b)
Capture Washington D.C.
c)
Control the Mississippi River
d)
Cut the South in 1/2
40.
Which of the following was a STRENGTH of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
a)
Better Generals
b)
Larger population
c)
Navy
d)
Railroad
41.
Which side won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
42.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Confederate plan in the beginning to win the war?
a)
Capture Washington D.C.
b)
Get European Help
c)
Fight a defensive war
43.
Which of the following battles was a Union victory?
a)
1st Bull Run
b)
2nd Bull Run
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Shiloh
44.
Confederate Commander killed at the Battle of Shiloh
a)
Albert Sydney Johnston
b)
U.S. Grant
c)
George McClellan
d)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
45.
The Battle that inspired Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Shiloh
b)
2nd Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
46.
The #1 reason why many men died in the Civil War?
a)
Rifled Musket
b)
Mini Ball
c)
Poor Leadership
d)
Disease
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