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The Civil War Begins

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Large farms that produce crops for money.

a)

Plantations

b)

Factory

c)

Slavery

d)

Territories

2.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
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 states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
6.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
7.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
8.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
9.
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
10.
Texas was a state that DID NOT allow slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
12.
Which part of the U.S referred to as the North during the Civil War? 
a)
Confederate 
b)
Union
c)
Border 
d)
None of the above
13.
When did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1860
c)
1754
d)
1987
14.
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
15.

Wanted to end slavery

a)

underground railroad

b)

fugitive slave act

c)

abolitionist

16.

What number president was Lincoln?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

6

d)

16

17.

Who was president of the Confederacy?

a)

Lee

b)

Davis

c)

Sherman

d)

Lincoln

18.

Wanted the south and north to work out their differences

a)

cooperationist

b)

abolitionist

c)

confederate soldiers

d)

union soldiers

19.

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Manasas

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Battle of Shiloh

20.

Was a slave that had a case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass