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Worksheets8th Grade Civil War Final Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the country the South created starting the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
Rebel Nation
d)
Rebel Wilson
2.
Who invented the reaper?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
James Madison
3.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
James Madison
4.
This was a Novel that showed how evil slavery was. It helped the anti-slavery movement grow stronger
a)
Of Mice and Men
b)
Fugitives
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Life of a Slave
5.
Which invention contributed to the expansion of slavery in the South?
a)
mechanical reaper
b)
steam boat
c)
cotton gin
d)
interchangeable parts
6.
What secret organization helped slaves escape to freedom?
a)
Seneca Falls Convention
b)
National Freedom Road
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
7.
In the 1800's, what law required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dredd Scott Decision
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
8.
Strong loyalty and pride to a particular region or portion of the country is called
a)
republicanism
b)
nationalism
c)
sectionalism
d)
unitarionism
9.
The abolitionists worked to
a)
give women the right to vote.
b)
grow as much cotton as possible.
c)
make slavery popular in every state.
d)
put an end to slavery.
10.
Who was the ex-slave who worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Sojourner Truth
11.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
12.
Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?
a)
17th,18th,19th
b)
13th,14th,15th
c)
13th,14th,16th
d)
8th,9th,10th
13.
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
Idk
c)
16th
d)
15th
14.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
15.
Which Amendment prohibits slavery?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
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16.
The 13th,14th, and 15th Amendment was passed during which time period?
a)
Slaves Ships
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Civil War
d)
Revolutionary War
17.
Slavery is abolished. Which amendment is this?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
24th
d)
19th
18.
Equal Protection under the law
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
All
19.
Voting Rights
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
All
20.
What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?
a)
Fugitive Dog Acts
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Abolition Act of 1850
d)
I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!
21.
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?
a)
The Senate would vote
b)
The House of Representatives would vote
c)
The President would vote
d)
Popular sovereignty
22.
Who was known as the Great Compromiser?
a)
John C Calhoun
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Henry Clay
d)
George Washington
23.
The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.
a)
independent choice
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
popular election
24.
Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California joins as a free state.
b)
Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C.
c)
Maine was admitted as a free state.
d)
A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
25.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Andrew Johnson
26.
Abraham Lincoln was the ____ president of the United States.
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
17th
27.
Who is this?
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
28.
Who is this?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
William T. Sherman
29.
Who is this?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
30.
Who is this?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Franklin Pierce
31.
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
32.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
33.
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
34.
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
a)
That slavery diminished the national character.
b)
That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
c)
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
d)
That slavery should be abolished by executive order
35.
According to the Emancipation Proclamation 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
36.
The purpose of John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry 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
37.
What event was cause by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
Civil War
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
War of 1812
d)
American Revolution
38.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
39.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
40.
Who's plan for Reconstruction was finally chosen?
a)
Lincon's
b)
Johnson's
c)
Radical Republicans
41.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to conquer and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming
d)
A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it
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