WorksheetsUnit 6 Test Civil War
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Washington
c)
Lincoln
d)
Adams
2.
What was the main issue that caused the Civil War?
a)
taxes
b)
states rights
c)
slavery
3.
Which part of the country did not want slavery?
a)
north
b)
south
4.
Which part of the country did want slavery?
a)
north
b)
south
5.
Which side won the American Civil War?
a)
the north
b)
the south
6.
Which amendments are known as the "reconstruction amendments"?
a)
13th/14th
b)
13th/14th/15th
c)
13th/15th
d)
Bill of Rights
7.
The 14th Amendment was a result of which prior case that said blacks were NOT citizens of the United States?
a)
Scott Dred
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Scott Johnson
d)
Johnson Scott
8.
The 14th Amendment wanted to correct which former compromise?
a)
2/3
b)
3/4
c)
3/5
d)
4/5
9.
The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?
a)
equal protection under the law
b)
due process
c)
equality
d)
all of the above
10.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
11.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
12.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
13.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Thomas Edison
14.
Who was Nat Turner?
a)
The inventor of the cotton gin
b)
The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
c)
The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
d)
The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves
15.
Most white people in the South owned slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
c)
It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
d)
It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery
17.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
18.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret tunnel that led from the South to Canada
b)
A single path that led from the South to the North for slaves to escape
c)
A train that secretly transported slaves at night
d)
A series of safe houses/ helpers who assisted runaway slaves
19.
Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
Levi Coffin
20.
How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?
a)
They gave slaves some freedoms
b)
They passed even stricter laws about slaves
c)
They began to understand that slavery was wrong
d)
They refused to take slaves back to their owners when captured
21.
What are the latitude numbers that were created during the Missouri Compromise?
a)
33° 33°
b)
30° 30°
c)
36° 30°
d)
46° 40°
22.
Nebraska and Kansas were allowed to choose whether or not they would become "Slave States" or "Free States." This led to...
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
The Missouri Compromise
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
23.
Which word means, "an exaggerated loyalty to a particular part of the country?"
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Regionalism
c)
Subjectism
d)
Surrealism
24.
Which Act eliminated the Missouri Compromise?
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
The Dred Scott Decision
d)
The Election of 1860
25.
Which reformer worked for women's rights?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Elizabeth Cady Staton
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
26.
I was the most famous ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad. I led more than 300 slaves to freedom.
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
David Walker
d)
Nat Turner
27.
Temperance was the movement to stop the use of ________ during the mid-1800s.
a)
tobacco
b)
slavery
c)
factories
d)
alcohol
28.
Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
Leader in the abolitionist movement
b)
First woman doctor in the United States
c)
Leader in improving American schools
d)
Organizer of the Women's Rights Convention
29.
Susan B. Anthony: women's rights:: _________: education reform
a)
Dorthea Dix
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Horace Mann
30.
I escaped slavery and became one of America’s best speakers and writers about the horrors of slavery. I was a personal friend to Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Sojourner Truth
31.
Between 1840 and 1860, the largest group of immigrants came to the US from where?
a)
Ireland
b)
Russia
c)
France
d)
Italy
32.
An extreme shortage of food
a)
Famine
b)
Nativist
c)
Immigration
d)
Segregation
33.
The movement of people into a country
a)
Famine
b)
Nativist
c)
Immigration
d)
Segregation
34.
Person favoring those born in his country and opposed to immigrants
a)
Famine
b)
Nativist
c)
Immigration
d)
Segregation
35.
Called for stricter citizenship laws
a)
Know-Nothings
b)
Upper South
c)
Deep South
d)
Yeomen
36.
Southerner; small farm owner; did not have enslaved people
a)
Know-Nothings
b)
Upper South
c)
Deep South
d)
Yeomen
37.
An African American religious folk song
a)
Segregation
b)
Spiritual
c)
Strike
d)
Yeomen
38.
What is Sojourner Truth's most famous speech called?
a)
Ain't I a Woman?
b)
Truth's Truth
c)
Sojourner's Speech
d)
The Life of Truth
39.
What two things did Sojourner Truth care about the most according to our reading?
a)
African American rights and women's rights
b)
Speaking about her children and teaching them to read
c)
Being pro-salvery and anti-women
40.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by:
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Dred Scott
d)
John Brown
41.
Who won the Election of 1860?
a)
Ulysses S Grant
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Uncle Tom
42.
After Lincoln was elected:
a)
Southern states were happy
b)
Northern states hated him
c)
He began to establish more slave states
d)
Southern states began to secede
43.
In 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at:
a)
Fort Bragg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Summer Camp
d)
Antietam
44.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
45.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
46.
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
47.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
48.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
49.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
50.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
51.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
52.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
53.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
54.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
55.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
56.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
57.
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
58.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
59.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
60.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
61.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
62.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
63.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
64.
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
65.
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
66.
The single bloodiest day of the war was the Battle of __________.
a)
Shiloh
b)
Antietam
c)
Atlanta
d)
Chancellorsville
67.
One of the most famous African American regiments was the __________.
a)
801st Kentucky
b)
54th Massachussets
c)
61st New York
d)
2nd Cavalry Maryland
68.
The founder of the American Red Cross was __________.
a)
Clara Barton
b)
Florence Nightingale
c)
Belle Boyd
d)
Mary Cross
69.
The phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is from __________.
a)
the document of surrender
b)
Stonewall Jackson’s declaration at the First Battle of Bull Run
c)
the Emancipation Proclamation
d)
he Gettysburg Address
70.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Mary Todd Lincoln
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