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WorksheetsUnit 4 Civil War - 8th Grade
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 changed the labor (work) needs on a plantation?
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Lashing whip
c)
Horse-pulled tractor
d)
Slave rack
2.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Annex
c)
Sectionalism
d)
Casualty
3.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
4.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
5.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
6.
What event freed the slaves in the confederacy?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Rights
7.
What event freed the slaves in the United States of America?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Reconstruction Amendments (13th-15th)
8.
Does the Emancipation Proclamation makes the institution of slavery illegal?
a)
Yes
b)
No
9.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
10.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
11.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
12.
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.
13.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Slaves were considered _______ after the Dredd Scott Decision
a)
Slaves
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
People
17.
What was the name of the slave that sued his master when he went north?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Scott Dredd
c)
Dredd Scott
d)
Stevie Wonder
18.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
19.
This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.
a)
Annexation of Texas
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Laws
d)
Missouri Compromise
20.
To take over a territory.
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Sovereign
c)
Annexation
d)
Secede
21.
Written in 1820, it helped settle the debate over slavery for territories in the Louisiana Purchase becoming states.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Dredd Scott Decision
22.
Which is NOT a reason early Americans moved west?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Cheaper land/Less crowded
c)
Gold Rush
d)
To be a cowboy
23.
Which is NOT a justification used for slavery?
a)
It was in the Bible
b)
The Southern economy was based on cotton
c)
God wanted a society with slaves
d)
Ancient cultures had slaves, it's normal
24.
What were the most important causes of the Civil War?
a)
Sectionalism, Fugitive Slave Law, Election of Lincoln
b)
Sectionalism, Fugitive Slave Law, Reconstruction
c)
Slavery, Reconstruction, Election of Lincoln
d)
Sectionalism, Slavery, Reconstruction
25.
What law or act made northern blacks uncomfortable?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
26.
How did the battle of Gettysburg change the course of the war?
a)
It was the bloodiest battle of the war
b)
It was a great victory for the Union(north)
c)
It was a great victory for Lee's troops
d)
The battles would now be in the north
27.
Which of the following was not an intended part of the Reconstruction Amendments(13th-15th)?
a)
Freeing all black slaves
b)
Giving black men and women the right to vote
c)
Giving due process of the law to all people
d)
Ended slavery
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