Worksheetscivil war review
Total questions: 130
Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins
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.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
6.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
7.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
8.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
9.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
10.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
11.
Any new territory south of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.
a)
Free
b)
Slave
c)
Sovereign
d)
Abolitionist
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
16.
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
17.
What type of people wanted to held Dredd Scott sue his master?
a)
Annexers
b)
Northerners
c)
Southerners
d)
Abolitionists
18.
Slaves were considered _______ after the Dredd Scott Decision
a)
Slaves
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
People
19.
Did the Dredd Scott Decision help STOP slavery?
a)
YES!
b)
NO!
20.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
21.
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
22.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
23.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
24.
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
25.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
26.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
27.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
28.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
29.
This gave slaves their freedom.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The Battle of Antietam
d)
The Emancipation Proclomation
30.
Who gave the Gettsyburg address speech?
a)
Katelyn BOSS
b)
Ulysess S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Victoria Alexander
31.
When did the civil war end?
a)
1945
b)
2013
c)
1864
d)
1865
32.
When did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1860
c)
1754
d)
1987
33.
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
34.
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
35.
What group was the lead on attacking Fort Wagner in South Carolina?
a)
54th Massachusetts Infantry
b)
29th Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry
c)
8th Kansas Colored Heavy Artillery
d)
100th Tennessee Colored Infantry
36.
The Emancipation Proclamation
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
37.
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Make the citizens like him
b)
surrender to the Confederacy
c)
remind Americans of why the Civil War was being fought
d)
declare and end to the Civil War
38.
The two major causes of the Civil War were slavery and.....
a)
states' rights
b)
cotton
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
39.
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Abe Lincoln
d)
Dred Scott
40.
Confederate general that fought at the Battle of Bull Run....
a)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
b)
John Brown
c)
Jefferson Davis
41.
An abolitionist that led a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John Brown
c)
Stonewall Jackson
42.
Which side was anti-slavery?
a)
North
b)
South
43.
Abraham Lincoln's role during the Civil War was....
a)
President of the Confederacy
b)
President of the United States
c)
General of the Union
d)
General of the South
44.
What was the purpose of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
to turn people against slavery
b)
to persuade people to agree with slavery
c)
to persuade the South to favor tariffs
d)
to end the Civil War
45.
Which side was industrialized?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
46.
Which side was known as "The King of Cotton"?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
47.
What does "secede" mean?
a)
leave or withdraw
b)
to join
c)
to accomplish something
d)
to gain a new state
48.
This person was the President of the Confederate States of America.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
49.
Confederate general of the Confederate Army of North Virginia.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Stonewall Jackson
50.
This person was the Commander of the Union Army and took over the Mississippi River.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
51.
This battle was considered the "turning point" of the Civil War.
a)
Battle at Gettysbury
b)
Battle at Antietam
c)
Battle at Vicksburg
d)
Battle at Fort Sumter
52.
At the beginning of the Civil War, the greatest weakness of the North was
a)
its fragile economy.
b)
its transportation system.
c)
its lack of factories.
d)
its military leadership.
53.
The Union completed the first step of the Anaconda Plan by the end of 1861. What did that accomplish?
a)
The Union gained control over the Missouri River and divided the Confederacy.
b)
The Union convinced Great Britain to stop buying cotton from the South.
c)
The Union captured Atlanta and brought the Confederacy to its knees.
d)
The Union launched a blockade and closed most ports in the South to foreign ships.
54.
Why can it be said that the Battle of Antietam was a defeat for both sides?
a)
The generals of both armies were killed in the battle.
b)
Both sides lost the will to continue fighting.
c)
It was the bloodiest single day of the war.
d)
Neither side claimed victory in the battle.
55.
The Underground Railroad....
a)
was a secret path to freedom
b)
a train to freedom
c)
underground cave to freedom
56.
What does secede mean?
a)
to break away from the US
b)
to be successful
c)
to join the Army
57.
The Northern economic system was based on
a)
plantations
b)
factories
c)
slaves
d)
sharecroppers
58.
The _____________ were a group of people that wanted to end slavery forever.
a)
assemblies
b)
anarchists
c)
annihilators
d)
abolitionists
59.
Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the __________ _____________ which helped slaves to escape to freedom in Canada.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Union Pacific Railroad
d)
Aboveground Railroad
60.
A war strategy which shuts off an area by troops or ships and is designed to keep enemies and supplies from moving in and out.
a)
blockade
b)
total war
c)
Mississippi River Control
d)
Anaconda
61.
People owned (as property) by other people are
a)
serfs
b)
slaves
c)
laborers
d)
maids
62.
Identify the event that officially started the Civil War.
a)
The attack at Fort Sumter
b)
The disagreements between North and South
c)
The Border States
d)
The disagreements between abolitionists and slave owners
63.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
The statement giving freedom to all women.
b)
A statement giving freedom to all people in the U.S.A.
c)
A statement giving freedom to all Confederate States still at war with the Union.
d)
A statement giving freedom to slaves in all Confederate States still at war with the Union.
64.
A very large farm specializing in (mainly) one cash crop
a)
factory
b)
barn
c)
union
d)
plantation
65.
War strategy used by General William Sherman in which the enemy's civilian population ( people not in army), become targets.
a)
blockade
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
Total War
d)
Duck and Cover
66.
What is the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
a)
Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
b)
Gave all men the right to vote
c)
Made slavery illegal
d)
Gave women the right to vote
67.
What is the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
a)
Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
b)
Gave all men the right to vote
c)
Made slavery illegal
d)
Gave women the right to vote
68.
What is the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
a)
Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
b)
Gave all men the right to vote
c)
Made slavery illegal
d)
Gave women the right to vote
69.
Identify the Vice-President that would become the 17th President of the US after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
70.
What do the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg have in common?
a)
Robert E. Lee was the Commander of the Confederate armies during both
b)
Both battles took place in Pennsylvania
c)
Both battles took place in Maryland
d)
The Confederates won both battles
71.
How long did the Civil War last?
a)
2 years
b)
8 years
c)
1 year
d)
4 years
72.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
73.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
74.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
75.
This battle is when the Confederacy was divided by the Union, and therefore weakened.
a)
Battle of Vicksburg
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Antietam
76.
This was the bloodiest battle day in American History.
a)
Battle of Fort Wagner
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of Vicksburg
77.
The First Black Regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, fought this battle.
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
Battle of Fort Wagner
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Bull Run
78.
This battle of was the turning point of the war after the Confederate army could no longer attack.
a)
Battle of Vicksburg
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Antietam
79.
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
80.
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
81.
What event happened in late 1860 and early 1861 that led the first Southern states to secede?
a)
Protesting the election of Lincoln
b)
Protesting John Brown not being punished
c)
Protesting the beating of Charles Sumner
d)
Protesting the Dred Scott Decision
82.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
a)
South's plan for invading the North and blocking ports in Boston and New York
b)
South's plan to march and destroy anything that could help a Northern soldier
c)
North's plan for beating the South with physical battles
d)
North's plan to cut off supplies and people to different parts of the South, and therefore dividing it
83.
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
84.
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
85.
Why did Radical Republicans oppose Johnson's Reconstruction plan?
a)
Too harsh on the South
b)
Too lenient on the South
c)
Too generous to newly freed slaves
d)
Difficult to understand, and too expensive to put into practice
86.
What was one of the important aspects of the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction plan?
a)
Legalization of Black Codes
b)
Ended Reconstruction
c)
Ordered the South to be under Military Rule
d)
Offered to full pardons to all Confederate officials and officers
87.
What was one of the successes of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Ended governmental policies that were racist
b)
Public school system was created
c)
Helped to ease conflicts between the North and South
d)
Turned the South into an industrial region
88.
What was the MAIN goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
a)
Making the lives of newly freed slaves and poor whites better
b)
Stop newly freed people from using their new rights and powers
c)
To take over Southern State offices so that Northerners don't
d)
To bring back the Confederacy and start the Civil War again
89.
After the Fourteenth Amendment was passed, what was an effect?
a)
The President could now hire governmental officials in a new way
b)
Blacks were guaranteed citizenship and rights
c)
The three federal branches of government were separated to ensure balance
d)
The Supreme Court became the most powerful force in the Federal Government
90.
Which Amendment ended slavery?
a)
Thirteenth
b)
Fourteenth
c)
Fifteenth
d)
Sixteenth
91.
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
92.
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
93.
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
94.
To leave one country and form a new one.
a)
Secede
b)
Cactus
c)
Conductor
d)
immigrant
95.
A person who is in favor of extreme changes.
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Tree
c)
Radical
d)
Fugitive
96.
A person who led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
a)
Slavery
b)
Boom
c)
Driver
d)
Conductor
97.
A system of people who helped slaves escape
a)
Radical
b)
Train station
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Abolish
98.
A person who runs away
a)
Runaway
b)
Fugitive
c)
Homer Simpson
d)
Conductor
99.
Loyalty to one's region rather then the whole country.
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Patriotism
c)
Spanishism
d)
Homieism
100.
A person who worked to end slavery.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Radical
c)
Abolitionist
d)
Fredrick Douglas
101.
To put an end to.
a)
Boom
b)
Slavery
c)
Polish
d)
Abolish
102.
The practice of owning and controlling people.
a)
Being a Mom
b)
Slavery
c)
Abolition
d)
Fugitive
103.
A sudden increase in production.
a)
Soon
b)
Loom
c)
Doom
d)
Boom
104.
Bonus question: Who was a famous abolitionist?
a)
William Lloyed Garrison
b)
Nacho Libre
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Henry Clay
105.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
GA House of representatives
c)
GA Senate
d)
There was no agency to help them.
106.
Whose Reconstruction plan was based on forgiveness and offered a quick and peaceful reunification of the North and South following the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans (Congressional Plan)
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Lincoln's Plan
d)
Northern Plan
107.
Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Atlanta
108.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
a)
Amnesty
b)
Reconstruction
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
109.
A change in a bill or law
a)
Impeach
b)
Amendment
c)
A Big Change
d)
Modification
110.
Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people. African Americans could not own guns, meet after sunset, could be jailed if they were unemployed.
a)
Liberty Law
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Amendments
d)
Black Codes
111.
Passed in 1865, the amendment outlawed slavery
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
112.
This amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
113.
1870 constitutional amendment declaring that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
114.
Insulting nickname for a Northerner who went South after the Civil War
a)
Yankee
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Blues
d)
Yank
115.
A secret society of ex-Confederates who used intimidation to return political power to white men
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Radical Republicans
116.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
117.
What was the Northern economy based upon?
a)
Industry and Manufacturing
b)
Agriculture and Forestry
c)
Farming and Ranching
d)
Police and Outlaws
118.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
119.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
120.
The Thirteenth Amendment...
a)
Enfranchised all American men
b)
Prohibited presidents from serving more than 2 terms
c)
Granted citizenship to all Americans regardless of race
d)
Prohibited Slavery
121.
Food, clothing and education were provided to former slaves by?
a)
Thirteenth Amendment
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
Congressional Reconstruction Act
122.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
123.
Construct means to...
a)
bind
b)
change
c)
break
d)
build
124.
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
125.
(1861-1865) War between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) over sectionalism, states rights, and slavery.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Civil War
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
126.
Start of the Civil War, Southern troops attack Union troops
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Vicksburg
127.
Turning Point of the civil war in the east; Union Victory
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Antietam
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Gettysburg
128.
Deadliest one day battle; pushes Lincoln to Emancipate slaves
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Fort Sumter
129.
Turning point of the civil war in the west; Union gains control of the Mississippi River
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Saratoga
130.
General Lee surrenders to General Ulysses grant to end the war.
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Yorktown Courthouse
c)
Antietam courthouse
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
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