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American History | Unit 6 | Civil War

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Battle that started the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Fort Sumter

c)

Battle of Shiloh

d)

Battle of Sharpsburg

2.

A term used in the mid - 1800 to refer to the idea that each territory could decide for itself wether or not to allow slavery

a)

Blockade

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Anaconda Plan

3.

A prominent Union general during the Civil War and commanding Union general by the end of the war. Later served as the 18th President of the United States.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses E. Grant

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

What is the Anaconda Plan?

a)

The Union Army's plan for defeating the Confederacy by blockading its ports, capturing the Mississippi River, and seizing Richmond.

b)

The Confederacy's plan to defeat the Union and capture the White House.

c)

Release anacondas everywhere

d)

Do nothing

5.

What political party established in 1854 that was against slavery?

a)

Know Nothing Party

b)

The Democrats

c)

The Donkey Party

d)

The Republican Party

6.

An 1857 Supreme Court case that into question the federal power over slavery in the territories.

a)

Dred Scott V. Sanford

b)

West V. Barnes

c)

Blockade

d)

Robert E. Lee

7.

An agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free states and a strict fugitive salve law was passed.

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Compromise of 1776

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Compromise of 1852

8.

What is the meaning of secede?

a)

To succeed at something

b)

To not withdraw from membership in a group

c)

To withdraw from membership or a group.

d)

To go to college

9.

An 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North.

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Sharpsburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

10.

Who was Robert E. Lee

a)

A general who led the Confederate Army

b)

A merchant

c)

A general who didn't lead the Confederate Army

d)

A general who led the Union Army

11.

A law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Declaration of Independence

12.

An agreement proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay to keep the number of slave a free states equal.

a)

Missouri act

b)

Latitude Longitude compromise

c)

Mississippi Compromise

d)

Missouri Compromise