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WorksheetsUS History Civil War
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
3.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
4.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
5.
What kind of city is New Orleans, which makes it important to both the North and the South?
a)
Port City
b)
Southern Capital
c)
Border City
d)
Army Headquarters
6.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
7.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
8.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
9.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
10.
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
11.
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.
12.
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
13.
The capture of New Orleans was important for the North's success because the south lost its major WHAT?
a)
weapons stock
b)
food supply
c)
port
d)
general
14.
This abolitionist wrote the powerful novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
a)
Ida Wells-Barnett
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
15.
This journalist wrote about the hardships of Jim Crow laws and lynching.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Ida Wells-Barnett
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
W.E.B. Dubois
16.
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property and not citizens when this person sued for freedom.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Dred Scott
17.
What was an advantage the North had over the South?
a)
More qualified Generals
b)
Britain's military support
c)
Industry and Resources
d)
Support from all citizens
18.
What was an advantage the South had over the North?
a)
Greater number of soldiers
b)
More railroad tracks
c)
Industry and Resources
d)
Experienced Generals
19.
Which Amendment ended slavery?
a)
Thirteenth
b)
Fourteenth
c)
Fifteenth
d)
Sixteenth
20.
What were the reasons for poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses?
a)
Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
b)
To prevent Blacks from voting
c)
To prevent from criminals and immigrants from voting
d)
To prevent bribery and corruption at polling places
21.
Why did freedmen have trouble improving their economic standing?
a)
Sharecropping kept them in poverty
b)
Becoming literate if you were a former slave was illegal
c)
Northern factory workers had migrated to the South and were competing for the same jobs
d)
The federal government confiscated their land
22.
What was the PRIMARY goal of Abraham Lincoln in regards to the United States according to his inaugural speeches?
a)
Immediately ending slavery
b)
Making the national government as powerful as possible
c)
Force the South to change their main source of income from agriculture to industry
d)
Preserving the Union at any cost
23.
Who was the author of the anti-slavery novel pictured?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Sojourner Truth
24.
What woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Mary Lincoln
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.
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
27.
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 the Southern economy not dependent on cotton
d)
to preserve the Union
28.
What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Scott's Blockade Plan
29.
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Abraham Baldwin
b)
Stephen A. Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
30.
What is the name for the states that seceded?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
31.
Which part of the United States relied heavily on industry?
a)
North
b)
South
32.
What does abolish mean?
a)
to end, get rid of
b)
promote slavery
c)
The right to a fair trial
d)
civil rights movement
33.
The North was known as?
a)
The Confederate
b)
Th Continental Army
c)
The Union
d)
The Confederate States of America
34.
The South was known as?
a)
The Confederate
b)
The Union
c)
The Pacifists
d)
The Yankees
35.
An executive order issued to free the slaves and it later laid the groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment?
a)
The Declaration of Idependence
b)
The Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Duties of American Citizenship
d)
Inauguration Speech
36.
Nickname is "Stonewall"
a)
Thomas Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
37.
What was the effect of the invention of the Cotton Gin?
a)
Southern slaves migrated to the North.
b)
Southern plantation owners required more slaves to cultivate and pick raw cotton.
c)
Northern farmers started growing their own cotton for manufacturing.
d)
Southern plantation owners needed fewer slaves since it was easier to clean cotton.
38.
What was one effect of the Dred Scott decision?
a)
It angered people who supported slavery
b)
It pleased Southerners
c)
It was condemned or misliked by the south
d)
It was popular in the north
39.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...
a)
avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.
b)
ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.
c)
ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.
d)
ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.
40.
The Compromise of 1850...
a)
allowed California to enter as a free state.
b)
ended the Fugitive Slave law.
c)
gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.
d)
banned slaver in Washington D.C.
41.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
42.
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1820
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Compromise of 1850
43.
Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out.
a)
The show me State
b)
The Ghost Town
c)
Pottowatomie massacre
d)
Bleeding Kansas
44.
The Compromise of 1850...
a)
allowed California to enter as a free state.
b)
ended the Fugitive Slave law.
c)
gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.
d)
banned slaver in Washington D.C.
45.
An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?
a)
outlawing alcohol
b)
ending slavery
c)
limiting slavery to southern states
d)
ending women's suffrage
46.
Who is associated with the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Frederick Douglass
47.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
48.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
49.
Which of the following literary works of Harriet Beecher Stowe supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?
a)
Up From Slavery
b)
Gone with the Wind
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
The Jungle
50.
What was the secret organization that helped slaves to escape to freedom?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Seneca Falls Convention
c)
National Road
d)
American Temperence Union
51.
Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
a)
Nationalism
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Secession
52.
What idea was introduced by the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Sucession
c)
Limited Government
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
53.
What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?
a)
sectionalism
b)
free enterprise
c)
patriotism
d)
consumerism
54.
What was one of the main issues that led to the Civil War?
a)
States Rights
b)
nationalism
c)
taxation without representation
d)
Impressment of sailors
55.
How did the concept of popular sovereignty decide the future of slavery in a territory?
a)
Voters in neighboring states would decide the slavery issue
b)
Congress would decide the issue of slavery for the state
c)
A territory's voters would choose to be a slave or free state
d)
The presiident would decide if a territory were to be slave or free.
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