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Worksheets- Trimester 3 Final Review
Total questions: 84
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Between 1840-1860 more than 3 million immigrants arrived from which country?
a)
Ireland
b)
Japan
c)
Germany
d)
Both Ireland and Germany
2.
A potato blight in Europe brought a large number of immigrants to the United States who were
a)
Jewish
b)
German
c)
Irish
d)
Protestant
3.
Many Irish immigrants during the mid-1800's were poor and starving.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom.
b)
Rights protected by people.
c)
Not being controlled by someone.
d)
Forced to work without pay.
5.
What is a conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
A person who checks tickets on board a train.
b)
A person who helped people escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
c)
A person who sells tickets before you board the train.
d)
A person who checks your tickets when you are on board a boat.
6.
Who founded the Liberator?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
William Lloyd Garrision
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Sojourner Truth
7.
Former slave who taught himself to read and write
a)
John Brown
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harriet Tubman
8.
First public women's right meeting
a)
Seneca Falls Convention
b)
New York Convention
c)
Buffalo Convention
d)
Women's Rights Convention
9.
Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Frederick Dougalss
d)
Harriet Tubman
10.
Principle that would allow voters in a particular territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or permit slavery:
a)
Popular Soveriegnty
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Secession
11.
Who argued that popular sovereignty was the best way to address the expansion of slavery?
a)
Roger B. Taney
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Stephen Douglas
d)
Abraham Lincoln
12.
What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
free enterprise
c)
patriotism
d)
consumerism
13.
Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 did NOT benefit the North?
a)
A. The Fugitive Slave Law
b)
B. California’s Becoming a state
c)
C. Ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
d)
D. New Mexico’s not being designated as a slave state
14.
California was admitted as a free state because of the compromise of 1850
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The ____ allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state and allowed others in the Utah and New Mexico territories to decide about slavery.
a)
Compromise of 1820
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
16.
How did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" help the abolitionist movement?
a)
It showed Northerners that slavery was a problem
b)
It created new laws
c)
It taught many slaves how to read
d)
It only hurt the reform movement
17.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
18.
What role did John Brown play in Bleeding Kansas?
a)
He went on a killing rampage
b)
He help killed slaves
c)
He didn't do anything
d)
He watched everyone go on a killing rampage
19.
After Kansas erupted into a state of its own civil war, what became the states nickname:
a)
Fighting Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Violent Kansas
d)
Divided Kansas
20.
This man was the chief justice over the Dred Scott v Sandford case.
a)
John Brown
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Stephen Douglas
d)
Roger B Taney
21.
The decision in Dred Scott v Sandford
a)
strengthened the Missouri Compromise.
b)
led to the creation of the Know-Nothing Party.
c)
settled conflict.
d)
increased tensions between the northern and southern states.
22.
Why did Dred Scott believe he should be free?
a)
He had lived where slavery was illegal
b)
He had a pizza business to run.
c)
He wanted to own chickens
d)
He needed to get money
23.
What were the effects of the Dred Scott decision?
a)
Increased northern opposition to slavery
b)
Deprived free African Americans of citizenship if they were descendants of slaves
c)
Increased tensions between the North and the South
d)
All of these
24.
How did abolitionists view the Dred Scott decision?
a)
It was a victory for their cause
b)
It was a setback for their cause
c)
It undermined the US Legal System
d)
It had nothing to do with the abolition of slavery
25.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
26.
John Brown - Hero or Villian? [In 1859 John Brown seized a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to begin a slave rebellion. He was captured and later executed.]
Which group of people viewed John Brown as a hero?
Which group of people viewed John Brown as a hero?
a)
Midwestern farmers
b)
US government officials
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Southern planters
27.
The purpose of John Brown's raid was to....
a)
steal supplies and sell them for money
b)
get his name in the local newspapers
c)
start a slave revolt
d)
get the 13th amendment passed
28.
John Brown was raiding....
a)
A plantation
b)
A farm rich in resources
c)
The White House
d)
a United States arsenal
29.
Who was John Brown?
a)
An avid abolitionist
b)
President of the United States of America
c)
A rich slave owner
d)
A southern democrat
30.
Which political party failed to agree on a single candidate in the election 1860?
a)
Democratic Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Constitutional Union Party
d)
Know-Nothing Party
31.
John Brown's Raid was an attack on what?
a)
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
Pottawatomie, Kansas
d)
Aurora, Nebraska
32.
What does secede mean?
a)
to form your own country
b)
to withdraw or leave
c)
to become independent
d)
to declare war
33.
The South finally _____the Union.
a)
attacked
b)
seceded from
c)
detached from
d)
surrendered to
34.
_____ won the election of 1860 by a close margin.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Mr. Pine
c)
Abraham Lincon
d)
John Bell
35.
What was the name given to the north during the civil war?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
36.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
37.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
38.
What name was given to Southern states that did NOT secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
39.
True or False: Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Who won the First Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
41.
What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
It was the first battle at sea
b)
It was the first battle that the South lost
c)
It was the first major land battle
d)
It was the last battle of the war
42.
Who won the battle of Antietam?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
43.
What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam Creek?
a)
This was the site of the first ironclad ship battle.
b)
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, the attempt by Lee to invade the North was thwarted.
c)
This battle was the turning point in the war, showing England and France that the Confederacy had the clear advantage.
d)
After this battle, McClellan was promoted by Lincoln for pursuing Lee's beaten troops.
44.
The _________ called for all Confederate slaves to be freed.
a)
habeas copus
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Constituion
45.
Lincoln wanted until a Union victory at _____________what battle to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
46.
The Civil War took place during these years.
a)
1912-1919
b)
1812-1813
c)
1861-1865
d)
1776-1782
47.
Clara Barton started this society in 1881.
a)
The American Red Cross
b)
Red Hat Society
c)
Daughters of Liberty
d)
Daughters of Sovereignty
48.
Women involved in the Civil War were often either nurses or _______.
a)
Spies
b)
Doctors
c)
Abolitionists
d)
In charge of POW camps
49.
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Rebels
d)
Yankees
50.
How many casualties (Death, wounded, captured) were there in Gettysburg?
a)
51,000
b)
2,876
c)
5,100
d)
23,873
51.
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?
a)
John Adams
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Samuel Adams
52.
What year was the Gettysburg address speech given?
a)
1863
b)
1893
c)
1887
d)
1842
53.
What other document did the Gettysburg Address quote from?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Mayflower Compact
54.
The meaning of the Gettysburg Address dedicated a battlefield to men who lost their lives there.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
Their defeat at Gettysburg ended the Confederacy's ________.
a)
ammunition supply
b)
food supply routes
c)
full-scale invasions on the Union
56.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
57.
Although it was considered brutal by the South, it showed that Union victory was in sight and helped President Lincoln win re-election. What was it?
a)
Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus
b)
The Battle of Bull Run
c)
Sherman’s victory at Atlanta and “march to the sea”
d)
The siege of Vicksburg
58.
The purpose of Sherman's march was to
a)
destroy resources, especially railroads, and Confederate supplies
b)
Occupy Savannah so that the Union ships could land on Georgia's coast
c)
capture the arsenal in Atlanta
d)
free slaves
59.
What were the terms of the surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse?
a)
unfair
b)
Neither general was sympathetic to the other
c)
very generous. General Lee asked for food and care for his men
60.
Was the period after the Civil War where the United States started to rebuild.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Industrial Era
c)
Golden Age
d)
Great Depression
61.
In Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, Confederates had to
a)
Swear allegiance to the Union
b)
Leave the southern states and move north
c)
Serve time as slaves
d)
Ask for forgiveness
62.
What amendment ended slavery?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
63.
Newly freed African-Americans formed the
a)
NAACP
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Congress
64.
The Freedman's Bureau assisted blacks and
a)
paid taxes for sharecroppers
b)
helped poor whites
c)
closed down schools
d)
voted for Pres. Lincoln
65.
Laws that restricted African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in court were called?
a)
Black Rights
b)
White Rights
c)
Black Codes
d)
White Codes
66.
Southern states passed the Black Codes to?
a)
To keep the slaves as slaves
b)
To limit the effects of the Reconstruction amendments
c)
To increase the number of representatives in the South
d)
To keep the Union army in the South
67.
The Jim Crow laws and the Black Codes were similar in that they???
a)
were a response to the lack of employment in the South
b)
To limit the effectiveness of the 14th and 15th amendments
c)
To respond to the Morill Act
d)
To protect the rights of the Native Americanas
68.
What did the Radical Republicans want to give African Americans?
a)
40 acres and a mule
b)
Full Citizenship and right to vote
c)
A weekly paycheck
d)
Jobs to take care of their family
69.
How did Radical Republicans feel about President Johnson?
a)
They liked him
b)
They thought he was crazy
c)
They thought he was a southern supporter
d)
They thought he was nice
70.
What amendment gave voting rights to African American males?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
71.
When Reconstruction ended, what era began?
a)
Disco
b)
Technology
c)
Great Depression
d)
Jim Crow
72.
Jim Crow laws included
a)
literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause
b)
grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases
c)
english requirements, photo id, citizenship
d)
all blacks in voting, women could vote, food tax
73.
Scalawags were
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Northerners who moved south
d)
Johnson supporters
74.
Carpetbaggers moved south to
a)
Control politics
b)
Stop violence against African Americans
c)
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
d)
All of the above
75.
How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?
a)
Unwanted
b)
Welcomed
c)
Heroes
d)
God figures
76.
The Ku Klux Klan commited
a)
Violence against african americans
b)
Violence against white republicans
c)
Violence against democrats
d)
Both top answers
77.
The KKK & black codes became successful in
a)
helping blacks to vote
b)
limiting black votes
c)
getting students to college
d)
keeping blacks happy
78.
The Panic of 1873 caused an economic depression and high unemployment. This:
a)
led to the development of the Freedmen's Bureau
b)
led to the rise of the KKK
c)
inspired people to invest in rebuilding the South's economy
d)
causes the public to focus on the nation’s economic problems instead of Reconstruction
79.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
80.
The Indian Wars were fought by _______.
a)
tribes in Canada and the US
b)
US troops and Plains tribes
c)
settlers and Plains tribes
d)
Lakota and Sioux tribes
81.
By the end of the 1880s, most Native Americans lived on reservations.
a)
True
b)
False
82.
The U.S. Government _________.
a)
built forts
b)
sent the Army to fight the Native Americans
c)
Forced Native Americans to live on reservations
d)
All of the above
83.
Many Native Americans were _______ to move onto a reservation from their original homeland.
a)
happy
b)
required
c)
paid
84.
Homestead Act
a)
Kept people home instead of heading west
b)
Caused people to return to Europe
c)
Was vetoed by Lincoln
d)
Gave people 160 acres if they lived there 5 years
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