Worksheets5.1-5.26 Social Studies Review
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This book was the 2nd most read book during the 19th century. It opened the world up to slavery in the South?
a)
House of Diers Drier?
b)
Freedom Train
c)
Uncle Toms Cabin
d)
Diary of a Slave Girl
2.
This was the network that helped runaway slaves reach the north?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Ocean Ships
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Freedom Train
3.
This was the network that helped runaway slaves reach the north?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Ocean Ships
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Freedom Train
4.
What compromise was created by Henry Clay during the 1820s?
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Comrpomise of 1850
c)
Tariff Compromise
d)
Missouri Compromise
5.
The Fugitive Slave was a part of what Compromise?
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Tariff Compromise
6.
What new industry needed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to organize in order to get government support?
a)
Steel Industry
b)
Oil Industry
c)
Railroad Industry
d)
Timber Industry
7.
This was created in part because of the devotion to different regions of the United States?
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Division
c)
Slavery
d)
Agriculture
8.
What was South Carolina's response to the Election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US?
a)
Rejoiced
b)
Seceeded
c)
Popular Soverignty
d)
Asked for a recount
9.
This man was an escaped slave who taught himself to read and write. He became an influential player in the abolitionist movement?
a)
Stephen Douglass
b)
Solomon Northup
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harry Tubman
10.
She was known as the Moses of her People?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Cloteet
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
11.
This author wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, which was a book based on her life growing up on a Southern Plantation?
a)
Sara Grimkee
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Cloteet
12.
This slave sued for his freedom. What was the court case called?
a)
Scott v Sanford
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Plessy v Ferguson
d)
Roe v Wade
13.
Factories like this were commonly found in what region of the United States during the early half of the 19th century?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
14.
This Fort was fired upon on April 12, 1861 starting the Civil War?
a)
Fort Jackson
b)
Fort Wagner
c)
Fort Moultrie
d)
Fort Sumter
15.
What was the name of the weekly abolitionist newspaper?
a)
The New York Sun
b)
Chattanooga Daily Rebel
c)
National Enquirer
d)
The Liberator
16.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
17.
John Brown took matters into his own hands by arming a specific group of people and lead a revolt. What reform was he trying to support?
a)
Temperance
b)
Prisons
c)
Schools
d)
Abolition
18.
This law allowed Missouri to become a slave state at the same time Maine became a free state. It prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Laws
19.
This law allowed California to become a free state and gave southerners a law that return escaped slaves back to the south.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
20.
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, how would Kansas and Nebraska decide if they were a free or slave state?
a)
lottery
b)
President would decide
c)
Governors would decide
d)
popular sovereignty
21.
Popular sovereignty means
a)
let the people vote on the decision
b)
pro slavery
c)
fight for a cause
d)
to die for a cause
22.
The breaking of the United States into regions of common economies, populations and values was called...
a)
compromise
b)
secession
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
23.
What compromise established the 36' 30" line?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
24.
What compromise allows for popular sovereignty in the area acquired from Mexico?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
25.
What compromise abandons the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The belief that you're part of the country is the BEST. You put your part of the country's needs in front of what is best for the WHOLE nation.
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
26.
What pro-slavery event ruled that slaves were property and not citizens?
a)
Wilmot Proviso
b)
Free-Soil Party
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
27.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
28.
Which states were essential to victory for each side?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Border
29.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
30.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
31.
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
32.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
33.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
34.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
35.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
36.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
37.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
38.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
39.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
40.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
41.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
42.
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
43.
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
44.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
45.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
46.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
47.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
48.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
49.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
50.
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
51.
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
52.
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
53.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
54.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
55.
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
56.
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
57.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
58.
What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?
a)
factories
b)
smaller populations
c)
larger populations
d)
poor populations
59.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
60.
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
61.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
62.
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
63.
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
64.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
65.
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
66.
This gave slaves their freedom.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The Battle of Antietam
d)
The Emancipation Proclomation
67.
Who gave the Gettsyburg address speech?
a)
Katelyn BOSS
b)
Ulysess S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Victoria Alexander
68.
When did the civil war end?
a)
1945
b)
2013
c)
1864
d)
1865
69.
When did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1860
c)
1754
d)
1987
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