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WorksheetsUnit 4 Civil War (SSUSH 9, SSUSH10)
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
2.
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
3.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
4.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
5.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
6.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
7.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
8.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
9.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
10.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
11.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
12.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
13.
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
14.
What event freed the slaves in the Confederacy?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
15.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
16.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
17.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
18.
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?
a)
92% of industry found in the North
b)
Northern soldiers were motivated to preserve their way of life
c)
75% of railroads and banking were in the North
d)
the North had a large navy
19.
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
20.
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
21.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
26.
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
27.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
28.
What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?
a)
factories
b)
smaller populations
c)
larger populations
d)
poor populations
29.
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.
30.
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.
31.
The Anaconda Plan called for all of the following except
a)
blockade of Southern ports
b)
dividing the South into two parts
c)
capturing Richmond Virginia the capitol of the South
d)
assassinating Jefferson Davis
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.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
37.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
38.
This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
39.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
40.
This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
41.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
42.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
43.
Which term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?
a)
scalawags
b)
sharecroppers
c)
social elite
d)
carpetbaggers
44.
Which of the following marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
a)
development of the sharecropping systems
b)
withdrawal of federal troops in the South
c)
election of a Democratic President
d)
Success of the Freedman's Bureau
45.
At the end of a harvest, a sharecropper would usually pay a land owner:
a)
the cash that was earned when the crops were sold.
b)
a portion of the crops that were produced.
c)
nothing.
d)
all of the crops that were produced.
46.
Following the Civil War, most of the people who became sharecroppers were:
a)
former plantation owners.
b)
former Union soldiers.
c)
former Confederate soldiers.
d)
former African slaves.
47.
The Ku Klux Klan often resorted to violence to accomplish its goal. This violence was usually designed to:
a)
protect personal property.
b)
retaliate against previous acts of violence.
c)
intimidate the victims.
d)
prevent the spread of more violence.
48.
After Abraham Lincoln's assassination, who took over the presidency and continued Reconstruction?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes
49.
What was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
a. Preserve the Union and end the Civil War as soon as possible
b)
a. Send military control to the South and punish all Confederate Veterans
c)
a. End the use of slave labor in the South and give all African Americans the right to vote
d)
a. Prolong the war to punish the South and expel the Southern states from the Union
50.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
51.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
52.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
53.
During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to...
a)
Deny equal rights to African Americans
b)
Punish Confederate leaders
c)
Provide only land to former slaves
54.
A major advantage of the north in the Civil War was
a)
A moral reason to inspire the army to fight
b)
The ability to supply the army with its manufacturing and shipping power
c)
Well trained military officers
d)
Knowledge of southern terrain
55.
Sherman wanted to capture Atlanta because:
a)
It was a major railroad hub and its capture would disrupt southern industry
b)
It was the southern capital and its capture would end the war
c)
It was the only city that interfered with Union trade on the Mississippi River
d)
It was the home to Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
56.
The Union army’s March to the Sea was an example of this military strategy to defeat the south:
a)
Hit and run
b)
Guerilla warfare
c)
“total warfare”
d)
Divide through fear and isolation
57.
The confederate defeat at Vicksburg was important because:
a)
Ended the last major offensive of the Confederate army
b)
It split the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River
c)
Caused the resignation of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy
d)
Forced Robert E Lee to leave Virginia and take over the campaigns in the west
58.
This law allowed previously free and unorganized territories to choose if they would allow slavery by popular sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Wilmot Proviso
59.
In the Supreme Court Case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the court said that Dred Scott had no right to sue because as a slave:
a)
He did not own land
b)
He was not a registered voter
c)
He was not married
d)
He was not a citizen
60.
In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln said “a house divided cannot stand”. What did he mean?
a)
He wanted to keep the Union together
b)
He wanted to divide the Nation
c)
He wanted some slave states and free states
d)
He wanted the people to decide the issue of slave
61.
A former senator from Mississippi, he was the President of the Confederacy.
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
62.
This site was the first battle of the Civil War. The federal arsenal in the Charleston Harbor was fired upon and forced to surrender in 1861.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Antietam
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Atlanta
63.
This was an offer to free the slaves in the Confederate States, while maintaining slavery in the few states that remained loyal to the union.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
13th Amendment
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Compromise of 1850
64.
The north was able to keep their economy producing during the Civil War due to the fact that the north had more:
a)
Slaves
b)
Cotton
c)
Plantations
d)
Railroads
65.
The 15th amendment was primarily meant to:
a)
Give African Americans citizenship
b)
End the institution of slavery
c)
Allow former slaves the right to vote
d)
Provide African Americans due process under the law
66.
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the:
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
c)
Creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865
d)
Ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
67.
What role did Congress play in the Presidential Election of 1876?
a)
They allowed northern votes to be counted twice.
b)
Congressmen from several states had the Democratic candidate removed from the ballots.
c)
After indecisive election results, a Congressional committee awarded the Presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes and troops were removed from the South.
d)
Congress had to swear to an oath not to impeach the new president because of the Republicans’ questionable reasons for impeaching Andrew Johnson.
68.
After the Civil War, the south was divided into military districts by :
a)
Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction
b)
Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
c)
Radical Republican Plan of Reconstruction
d)
Region according to ratification of the Reconstruction amendments
69.
What was one of the goals of the KKK in the South during Reconstruction?
a)
To gain support for a second secession of the southern states.
b)
They wanted to get the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments repealed.
c)
To help the new Republican governments sustain power in the southern states.
d)
They worked to keep African Americans and other minority groups from voting through violence.
70.
A program that provided clothing, medical attention, food, education, and even land to African Americans who needed a start coming out of slavery.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
Reconstruction Act
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
71.
Presidential Reconstruction included all of the following, except:
a)
Southerners who swore allegiance to the Union were pardoned for crimes against the U.S.
b)
Former Confederate states could hold constitutional conventions to set up state governments
c)
States had to void secession and ratify the 13th amendment which ended slavery in the nation
d)
Former slave owners were pardoned of all crimes
72.
Laws, limiting the activity of blacks so much that they were still living like they had as slaves, after the Civil War was known as:
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Common Laws
d)
Segregation
73.
In American history, the term "Reconstruction" refers to
a)
problems associated with the transformation to an industrial economy.
b)
the admission of Western territories to the U.S. as either Free or Slave states.
c)
federal government intervention in the former Confederate states in order to monitor the treatment of former slaves.
d)
the establishment of a new system of agriculture in the western states and territories based on industrial machinery.
74.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of
a)
granting universal manhood suffrage.
b)
upholding rights of free speech and religion.
c)
decreasing the power of the Federal government.
d)
recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.
75.
This political cartoon is MOST closely associated with which era of American history?
a)
the Gilded Age
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
the Progressive Age
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