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Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
States in the South believed
a)
They should have more representatives in Congress
b)
They were better
c)
They should have the right to decide their own laws
d)
They were French
2.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
b)
Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
c)
Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
d)
Someone who wants to never wear jeans.
3.
Sectionalism?
a)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
b)
to withdraw or break away from a a nation
c)
a religious meeting
d)
an official expression of opinion by a group
4.
Many people wanted to abolish slavery. What does abolish mean?
a)
Start paying more money.
b)
Run away from.
c)
Take care of yourself.
d)
Do away with.
5.
Which part of the United States relied heavily on industry?
a)
North
b)
South
6.
Which part of the United States relied heavily on agriculture?
a)
North
b)
South
7.
What Increased tensions between the North and the South?
a)
The capital of Virginia becoming Richmond.
b)
The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
c)
The Climate and geography of the North and South.
d)
The Arguments over the growth of the military.
8.
Allowed the federal government to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, even in free states
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Wilmot Proviso
c)
The Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Harper's Ferry
9.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.
a)
Three Fifths Compromise
b)
Raiding
c)
Popular sovereignty
d)
Secession
10.
Kentucky senator who forged the Compromise of 1850 between the North and South over the issue of slavery
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
WIlliam Lloyd Garrison
11.
Known as the "Moses" of her people and was one of the most successful "conductors" of the Underground Railroad
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
John Brown
12.
These events established Lincoln as a prominent national figure and solidified his Republican Party's anti-slavery platform.
a)
Lincoln-Douglas debates
b)
Tariff of 1828
c)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
d)
Compromise of 1850
13.
This case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court decided that the Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery were unconstitutional.
a)
Dred Scott vs Sanford
b)
Tariff of 1828
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
14.
This event began as a disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in Kansas.
a)
"Bleeding Kansas"
b)
Kansas Compromise
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
We are not in Kansas anymore Dorothy
15.
This document repealed the Missouri compromise and helped to create the Republican party.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Harpers Ferry
16.
Man who raided the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859 in an attempt to arm slaves.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Nat Turner
d)
John Brown
17.
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
a)
They thought Lincoln would free their slaves
b)
Wanted to make laws to fit their states needs
c)
They were trying to hold onto their way of life
d)
all of the above
18.
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
19.
Who was President of the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
20.
In the Dred Scott Decision, the Supreme Court decided that slaves were
a)
freed from their owners
b)
able to choose slavery or freedom
not considered property of their owners
not considered property of their owners
c)
going to have new slave owners
d)
considered property of their owners
21.
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
22.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
23.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
24.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
25.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
26.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
27.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
28.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
29.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
30.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
31.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
32.
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
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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
37.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
38.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
39.
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
40.
How many lives were lost in the Civil War?
a)
5,000,000
b)
90
c)
500
d)
600,000
41.
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
42.
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
43.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
44.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
45.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
46.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
47.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
48.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
49.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
50.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
51.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
52.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
53.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
54.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
55.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
56.
Jim Crow laws included
a)
literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause
b)
grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases
c)
english requirements, photo id, citizenship
d)
all african-americans could vote, women could vote, food tax
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