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WorksheetsEmancipation Proclamation Quiz
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
2.
What day did the Civil War begin?
a)
April 12, 1865
b)
November 19, 1863
c)
July 1, 1863
d)
April 12, 1861
3.
How long did the Civil War last?
a)
2 years
b)
8 years
c)
1 year
d)
4 years
4.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
5.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
6.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
7.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
8.
The 1st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
9.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg
10.
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruelty of slavery.
a)
Gone with the Wind
b)
Across the Lines
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Gettysburg
11.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
12.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
13.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
14.
This gave slaves their freedom.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The Battle of Antietam
d)
The Emancipation Proclomation
15.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
16.
Former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad
a)
James Cook
b)
Annabelle Lewis
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
17.
What was the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
It made all of the states re-join the United States
b)
it was a document that declared all slaves were free
c)
It helped the soldiers by giving them supplies
d)
it allowed the South to own slaves
18.
Abolitionists were people that _________.
a)
lived in the Union
b)
joined the Confederacy
c)
were actively against slavery
d)
lived on farms
19.
Northern states wanted new states to be free. Southern states wanted new states to be slave states. Both Northern and Southern states had ________ _______ __ _______.
a)
Unequal Power in Congress
b)
Equal Power in Congress
c)
Equal Power in Declaration of Independence
d)
Unequal Power in Civil War
20.
The Missouri Compromise allowed what state to be a slave state and what state to be a free state?
a)
Missouri/ Maine
b)
Maine/Missouri
c)
Texas/California
d)
California/ D.C
21.
Texas was a state that DID NOT allow slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What term is used to describe "the ability to vote" on slave/free statehood?
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Sovereignty
c)
Slave Catcher
d)
Annexation
23.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
24.
Slaves were considered _______ after the Dredd Scott Decision
a)
Slaves
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
People
25.
The North wanted to control the Mississippi River so that
a)
it could control the movement of trade and goods
b)
it was a natural division to “split the South”
c)
it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
d)
all of the above
26.
The South were fighting a(n)
a)
offensive war
b)
defensive war
27.
The South had all but which of these as an advantage?
a)
fought at home, knew the land
b)
male population skilled riders and marksmen
c)
violence part of southern life
d)
thousands of slaves added to fighting population
28.
Which of the following conclusions were drawn by both the North and South after the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
The war would last only a few short months
b)
The soldiers needed training and victory would be difficult
c)
Naval warfare would not help this "land" war
29.
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
30.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
31.
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War?
a)
To overthrow the government and set up a monarchy
b)
To become independent
c)
To spread slavery to the North
d)
To eliminate slavery in the border states
32.
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
33.
The Anaconda Plan called for all of the following except
a)
A. blockade of Southern ports
b)
B. dividing the South into two parts
c)
C. capturing Richmond Virginia the capitol of the South
d)
D. assassinating Jefferson Davis
34.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It made slavery more important to the South.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
35.
The South was a great place for growing certain crops that could not grow in the North because its climate had
a)
long, cold winters and short, rainy summers.
b)
warm, sunny winters and stormy summers.
c)
mild winters and long, hot, humid summers.
d)
very harsh winters and comfortable summers.
36.
What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?
a)
factories
b)
smaller populations
c)
larger populations
d)
poor populations
37.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
38.
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
39.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
40.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
41.
This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
a)
Election of Jefferson Davis
b)
Tariffs
c)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
42.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
43.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
44.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
45.
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
46.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
47.
Robert E. Lee was a general for the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
49.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
50.
Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
51.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
52.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
53.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
54.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
55.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
56.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
57.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
58.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
59.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
60.
The _________ called for all Confederate slaves to be freed.
a)
habeas copus
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Constituion
61.
______ was a group Northern Democrats who spoke out against the Civil War.
a)
contrabands
b)
Copperheads
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Habeas Corpus
62.
_______ is the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
a)
habeas corpus
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
contraband
d)
proclamation
63.
Clara Barton helped found the ________________.
a)
Confederacy Red Cross
b)
American Red Cross
c)
Copperheads
d)
Habeas Corpus
64.
Abraham Lincoln feared that the _______ would erode support for the war.
a)
Copperheads
b)
Corpusheads
c)
Contraband
d)
Claraheads
65.
President Lincoln suspended the right of _________
so that Union officials could put their enemies in jail without a trial.
so that Union officials could put their enemies in jail without a trial.
a)
Corpus Christi
b)
Happy Corpus
c)
Haebeas Corpus
d)
Happy Birthday
66.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not about keeping the Union together but for ____________
a)
Ending Southern Control in Kentucky
b)
Ending Slavery
c)
Ending Northern abuse towards the South
d)
Jefferson Davis's tyranny
67.
If Lincoln set the slaves frees in the states that were in rebellion, he thought it would hurt the war effort for the south because.........
a)
Northerners would want to help the slaves in the south
b)
Lincoln just wanted to set them free
c)
Some of the slaves worked as nurses, cooks, and things valuable to the war effort in the south.
d)
In order to get help from France, Lincoln had to free the slaves.
68.
Slaves would only be set free in what parts of the country?
a)
Only the states still at war with the Union
b)
In the four loyal slave states
c)
Confederate lands already captured by the Union
d)
Kansas
69.
Before the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not slavery, but for ____________
a)
Ending Southern Control in Kentucky
b)
Keeping the Union together
c)
Ending Northern abuse towards the South
d)
Jefferson Davis's tyranny
70.
The Union _____________ yet force people in areas controlled by the Confederacy to follow the proclamation.
a)
could
b)
could not
71.
At the beginning of the war, Lincoln's goal was to___________
a)
end slavery
b)
keep the United States together
72.
Why didn't the Emancipation Proclamation free any slaves?
a)
Because slavery was already illegal
b)
Because it didn't free slaves in the regions that were actually under Union control
c)
Because Lincoln liked slavery
d)
Because slavery never happened
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