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WorksheetsChapter 10 the Civil War
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
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.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
9.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
10.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
11.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
12.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
13.
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
14.
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
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.
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
17.
Any new territory that becomes a state NORTH of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.
a)
Free
b)
Slave
c)
Sovereign
d)
Abolitionist
18.
Any new territory south of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.
a)
Free
b)
Slave
c)
Sovereign
d)
Abolitionist
19.
The Compromise of 1850 talked about 3 pieces of land...
a)
Maine/Texas/ Missouri
b)
California/Washington/ Mexican Cession
c)
California/ Washington D.C/ Mexican Secession
d)
Missouri/Maine/Washington
20.
The Compromise of 1850 said that Washington D.C. was a "slave state". What was the one exception?
a)
Buying and Selling slaves was LEGAL
b)
Buying and Selling slaves was ILLEGAL
c)
Owning slaves was LEGAL
d)
Owning slaves was ILLEGAL
21.
What term is used to describe "the ability to vote" on slave/free statehood?
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Sovereignty
c)
Slave Catcher
d)
Annexation
22.
36/30 line is to Missouri Compromise as "Slave Catcher" is to _____ _____ ___
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Personal Liberty Laws
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Dredd Scott Decision
23.
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
24.
What act repealed all other compromises and decisions made by congress about slavery?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Kansas Nebraska Act
c)
Texas Annexation
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
25.
It allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders through popular sovereignty.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Dredd Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
26.
The Kansas Nebraska Act caused many problems between abolitionists and southern slave owners. What was this conflict known as?
a)
Punctured Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Nebraska No
d)
Breathing Kansas
27.
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
28.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
29.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
30.
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
31.
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
a)
Debate over slavery
b)
Debate over land ownership
c)
Debate over religion
d)
Debate over taxes
32.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
a)
Abolitionist, former slave
b)
President of the Confederate States
c)
Commander of the Confederate Army
d)
Commander of the Union Army
33.
Women served during the Civil War as
a)
nurses, spies, and fundraisers
b)
postmasters and telephone operators
c)
bootleggers and flappers
d)
news reporters and photographers
34.
The border states Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all
a)
free states that sided with the Union
b)
completely unified in their feelings about the war
c)
against President Lincoln’s war policies
d)
slave states that did not join the Confederacy
35.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
industrial
c)
union
36.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, West Virginia in 1859.
a)
Howardville
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Hop a Ferry
37.
John Brown wanted to arm the ____ and start a war. He was stopped when he was captured by United States Marine troops.
a)
abolitionist
b)
slaves
c)
plantation owners
38.
After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
John Adams
39.
All were the causes of the Civil War EXCEPT:
a)
John Brown's Raid
b)
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
e)
The Gettysburg Address
40.
All were key players in the Civil War EXCEPT:
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
e)
Andrew Jackson
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