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WorksheetsMidterm Social Studies Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
President of the Union-fought to preserve the Union and end slavery
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Stonewall Jackson
2.
Leader of the Union Army
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Sonewall Jackson
3.
Leader of the Confederate army
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Jefferson Davis
4.
Confederate general who led the Confederates to victory in early Civil War battles
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
John Brown
5.
President of the Confederacy
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
6.
Union solider that burned from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War, he believed in the concept of total war
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
John Brown
d)
Samuel Morse
7.
Abolitionist who led a raid at Harper's Ferry
a)
General Custer
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
8.
Inventor of the telegraph
a)
John Brown
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
The Wright Brothers
9.
Inventors who made air travel possible by completing the first powered flight
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Grahm Bell
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Lewis Latmir
10.
Defeated by the Native Americans in the Battle of Little Big Horn
a)
William Tecumseh Sherman
b)
General Custer
c)
General Dodge
d)
General Lee
11.
Relied on industry
a)
The North
b)
The South
12.
Relied on Agriculture
a)
The North
b)
The South
13.
Relied on Factories
a)
The North
b)
The South
14.
Was against slavery
a)
The North
b)
The South
15.
Was for slavery
a)
The North
b)
The South
16.
Said, "Cotton is King"
a)
The North
b)
The South
17.
Had bigger cities
a)
The North
b)
The South
18.
What book caused Northerners to better understand the cruel nature of slavery?
a)
Slavery in the South
b)
Freedmen in the North
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Freedmen's Schools
19.
What was the idea known as that said the states should be able to decide if they were slave or free?
a)
Slave states
b)
Free states
c)
States Rights
d)
Bill of Rights
20.
Someone against slavery
a)
Plantation owner
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Slave
d)
Confederate solider
21.
Harriett Tubman and John Brown
a)
Famous slaves
b)
Famous Union soliders
c)
Famous Abolitionists
d)
Famous people
22.
The turning point in the Civil War
a)
Battle of Fort Sumter
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle for Atlanta
d)
Battle for Savannah
23.
First battle of the Civil War
a)
Battle for Atlanta
b)
Battle for Fort Sumter
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle for Savannah
24.
Total destruction of Georgia during the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
25.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Appomattox Court House
c)
Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Battle for Atlanta
26.
Whose economy was devastated during the Civil War because cities and crops were burned?
a)
The North
b)
The South
27.
Whose economy prospered as their factories manufactured war supplies?
a)
The North
b)
The South
28.
Who built schools, provided jobs, and located lost family members for former slaves?
a)
The Confederacy
b)
Georgia
c)
The Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Texas
29.
Which institution continued a form of slavery after the Civil War?
a)
The Confederacy
b)
The Union
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Factory owners
30.
What were laws that denied African Americans many civil rights?
a)
Black Codes
b)
Pink Codes
c)
Blue Codes
d)
Red Codes
31.
What were laws that prevented African Americans from being treated as equals by keeping them seperated from white people?
a)
The U.S. Constitution
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Congress
32.
Which law required African Americans to pay money before they could vote?
a)
Voting tax
b)
Poll tax
c)
Presidents tax
d)
Unfair tax
33.
What was the name of the factory found in the South that turned cotton into cloth?
a)
Cotton mills
b)
Hammer mills
c)
Grain mills
d)
Farming mills
34.
Who was a person who claimed land through the Homestead Act and faced many challenges settling the Great Plains?
a)
immigrant
b)
homesteader
c)
Europeaner
d)
Great Plainer
35.
What did the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific both work to build?
a)
The Pacific Ocean
b)
A Pacific Ocean ship
c)
The Transcontinental RailRaod
d)
Jobs for Native Americans
36.
What was the movement of cattle north through Texas by cowboys know as?
a)
cattle days
b)
cattle herds moving north
c)
cattle drives
d)
cows running down a trail
37.
What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
General Custer was defeated by the Lakota Indians
b)
General Lee fought the Lakota Indians
c)
General Grant pushed the Lakota Indians onto reservations
d)
General Stonewall Jackson won the Battle of Bull Run
38.
Where did Native Americans go after the Indian Wars of the West?
a)
Into the mountains
b)
They were forced onto reservations
c)
They all fled to Canada
d)
They all fled to Mexico
39.
Economic opportunity, religious freedom, and adventure lured many immigrants to the U.S. but first they had to pass through what?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Canada
d)
Mexico
40.
Where did most immigrants who passed through Ellis Island settle?
a)
Atlanta
b)
New Jersey
c)
New York City
d)
New Mexico
41.
Which industry flurished in the Northeast, Pittsburgh, because of established railroads, and water routes?
a)
steel production
b)
cotton production
c)
candy production
d)
oil production
42.
Who lived in tenements and worked in sweat shops after coming to the United States?
a)
immigrants
b)
citizens
c)
tourists
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