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WorksheetsCivil War#61
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many states eventually ended up seceding from the Union?
a)
seven
b)
nine
c)
eleven
d)
twelve
2.
Where were the first shots of the war fired?
a)
Fort Scott
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Harrison
d)
Fort Jackson
3.
What does the word abolitionist mean?
a)
a person who worked to end slavery
b)
a person who picked crops
c)
a war between two sides of rhe
4.
Why were the North and South divided?
a)
Slavery
b)
Agriculture
c)
Money
5.
Where did South Carolina fall in the order of secession from the Union?
a)
Third
b)
First
c)
Eighth
d)
Fourth
6.
Before the Civil War, which social class included unpaid workers with limited freedom?
a)
Middle Class
b)
Slaves
c)
Independent Farmers
d)
Lower Class
7.
Which of the following was NOT an important crop in South Carolina during the Civil War?
a)
cotton
b)
indigo
c)
sugar
d)
rice
8.
What is a Civil War?
a)
A war between two different sides of the same country
b)
A war between two sides of two different countries
c)
A war between two sides of the same city
d)
A war between two sides of two separate countries
9.
Everyone in South Carolina owned slaves?
a)
True
b)
False
10.
South Carolina's agricultural economy became dependent on slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The institution of slavery was introduced by English settlers who came from __________________.
a)
Canada
b)
Barbados
c)
New York
12.
Abolitionists provided resting places for slaves escaping by the Hidden Railroads.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The purpose of the abolitionist movement was to ____________________ slavery.
a)
outlaw
b)
keep
c)
support
14.
Who was responsible for the Underground Railroad?
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Abraham Lincoln
15.
"The Union" is another name for
a)
The Confederacy
b)
The United States of America
c)
A Bill that was passed
16.
Why couldn't slaves learn to read and write?
a)
It was illegal
b)
They didn't want to
c)
They didn't have anyone to teach them
17.
More slaves meant______ money.
a)
More
b)
Less
c)
The same amount
18.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Frederick Douglass
19.
Which class of people were sold and split up from their families?
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Lower Class
20.
Abolitionists were welcomed into the State of South Carolina.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What is agriculture?
a)
The work of procuding crops
b)
The work of picking crops
c)
A person that ends slavery
22.
The _______________ period took place after the Revolutionary War BUT before the Civil War.
a)
antebellum
b)
slavery
c)
abolitionist
d)
prresidential
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