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Civil War Test

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the devotion to the interests of one region instead of to the country as a whole called?
a)
isolationism
b)
sectionalism
c)
states' rights
d)
patriotism
2.

Which is true about the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

law permitted fugitives to testify on their behalf

b)

people helping runaway slaves often served as witnesses

c)

commissioners benefited from returning slaves to slaveholders

d)

enforcement of law began 10 years after it was passed

3.

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the U.S.?

a)

slavery would not be permitted in unofficial states

b)

states/territories would decide to permit slavery

c)

slavery would not be permitted anywhere

d)

federal government would have final say on slavery

4.

Which was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California would enter Union as a free state

b)

more strict fugitive slave law was passed

c)

slavery would not be allowed in any future territories/states

d)

slave trade would end in Washington D.C., but not slavery itself

5.

How did Harriet Beecher Stowe influence the debate over slavery?

a)

pushed for the start of the Civil War

b)

exposed harsh realities of slave life

c)

accused federal government of obeying the southern states

d)

attacked political figures who supported slavery in the South

6.

Who was afraid of losing voting power if there were more free states than slave states?

a)

Southern Senators

b)

Northern Senators

c)

The President

d)

All of Congress

7.

The Compromise of 1850 was passed to satisfy the concerns of leaders from the North and South. Select the answers that were passed to satisfy the concerns of the South.

a)

A strong fugitive slave law would be passed.

b)

California would join the Union as a free state

c)

The slave trade would end in Washington, DC.

d)

Territories from the Mexican Cession would use popular sovereignty to decide on slavery

8.

You have to put each event in chronological order from first to last. There will be 5 questions.


Choose the first event.

a)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

b)

Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

c)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

e)

Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

9.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.


Choose the second event.

a)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

b)

Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

c)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

e)

Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

10.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.


Choose the third event.

a)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

b)

Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

c)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

e)

Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

11.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.


Choose the fourth event.

a)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

b)

Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

c)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

e)

Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

12.

The following 5 questions ask you to put each event in chronological order from first to 5th.


Choose the fifth event.

a)

Stephen Douglas proposes organizing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in order to build a transcontinental railroad.

b)

Violence between pro-slavery and antislavery groups starts.

c)

Pro-slavery Missouri citizens vote in Kansas elections

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed.

e)

Rival antislavery and pro-slavery Kansas governments are formed.

13.

How did the Dred Scott decision impact the expansion of slavery?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled that only the people living in the territory could forbid slavery.

b)

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not forbid slavery from federal territories.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that the president could not allow slavery into newly acquired lands.

d)

The Supreme Court ruled that slavery could exist only where it did already

14.

What did Preston Brooks do to Charles Sumner on the Senate floor?

a)

beat him with a cane

b)

stabbed him in the back

c)

punched him in the face

d)

pushed him down and spat on him

15.
What was the South's belief that states should be equal to or more powerful than the federal government?
a)
southern rights
b)
states' rights
c)
national rights
d)
inalienable rights
16.
What was the Republican Party's position on slavery during the Election of 1860? Abraham Lincoln was their candidate.
a)
wanted to immediately abolish slavery in the entire nation
b)
wanted to allow slavery to exist in the entire nation
c)
wanted to stop the spread of slavery into the Western territories
d)
wanted to let the people in the new territories vote on the issue
17.
What was the first state to secede (break away) from the Union after the Election of 1860?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Texas
18.

How did Southern leaders justify secession?

a)

They claimed that the Declaration of Independence gave Southerners the right to revolt against an oppressive government

b)

They used John Locke’s theories of natural law and inalienable rights to justify forming a government that would protect their property

c)

They cited the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which protected property owners against unlawful government attacks on their property

d)

They argued that since each state had voluntarily entered the Union, a state had the right to decide to leave the Union.

19.

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Fort Sumter

20.
What was Missouri's classification during the Civil War?
a)
Union free state
b)
Confederate slave state
c)
Union slave state (Border State)
d)
Confederate free state
21.
Where was the Confederate capital city located?
a)
Charleston, South Carolina
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Richmond, Virginia
d)
Montgomery, Alabama
22.

Which side had more soldiers, money, and weapons?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

NEITHER

23.

Which side had better trained soldiers and better officers?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

NEITHER

24.

Which side had a stronger desire to fight?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

NEITHER

25.

Which side had more railroad tracks and telegraph wires?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

NEITHER

26.

Which side had a geographical advantage?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

NEITHER

27.

In the years before the Civil War, _______________ on imported goods led to political conflict between Northern and Southern senators.

a)

Blockades

b)

Boycotts

c)

Tariffs

d)

Shipping rights

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.

The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

30.

How did cotton gin make cotton growing more profitable?

a)

It spun cotton thread into organized spools

b)

It planted cotton plants much faster than by hand

c)

It used a steam engine to process the cotton bolls.

d)

It produced usable cotton fibers quickly and easily

31.

What were some advantages to growing cotton? Pick three.

a)

It provided nutrients to the soil

b)

There was a high demand for it

c)

It was inexpensive to transport

d)

There was little labor involved

e)

It could be stored for a long time

32.

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

to outlaw the Underground Railroad in the South

b)

to make it easier to catch and return runaway slaves

c)

to outlaw the slave trade

d)

to make it a crime to help slaves leave plantations in the South

33.

Which of the following describes "Bleeding Kansas"

a)

the fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery groups in Kansas

b)

the voting of pro-slavery Missouri citizens in the Kansas territorial election

c)

the fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery senators in Congress over Kansas

d)

the elections of rival pro-slavery and antislavery territorial governments in Kansas

34.

What was the importance of the Battle of Antietam?

a)

It prevented the advance of General Pope's army on Richmond and forced his retreat to Washington, DC.

b)

It halted the northern advance of General Lee's army and resulted in heavy casaulties

c)

It forced General McClellan's army away from Richmond and back onto the peninsula

d)

It allowed General Jackson's army to invade the North and threaten Washington, DC.

35.

Which of the following groups were freed officially by the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

slaves living in border states

b)

slaves living in areas controlled by the Union

c)

slaves living in areas controlled by the Confederacy

d)

slaves living in western territories

36.

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so important to the outcome of the Civil War?

a)

It allowed the Union to divide the Confederacy in two

b)

It caused many Union leaders to call for an end to the war

c)

It ended any chance that Great Britain and France would aid the Confederacy

d)

It forced Union leaders to enact a draft to resupply the Union army with new soldiers

37.

"This dust was once the man,

Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,

Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,

Was saved the Union of these States."

a)

the high percentage of Confederate soldier casaulties

b)

the high percentage of Union soldier casualties

c)

the beginning of the Civil War

d)

the assassination of President Lincoln

38.

Why did very few southerners invest in industry?

a)

It was a better investment to buy land and plant crops

b)

there weren't enough rivers for the waterpower needed to run factories

c)

southerners preferred importing their goods from the North and Europe

d)

the South didn't have the labor necessary to support factory work

39.

Even though they were the largest social group this group did not have the most political power...

a)

planters - those who owned plantations

b)

yeoman - small farmers

c)

poor whites - hunted, fished, had small gardens and did odd jobs

d)

industrial class - those who lived in urban centers on the coast

40.

What was a constant threat to the family life of a slave?

a)

having a family member assigned to work in the planter's house

b)

having a family member freed

c)

having a family member sold

d)

having a family member "loaned" to an area business or small farm

41.

Which of the following correctly describes the slave culture in the Americas?

a)

Since they were broken apart so much, families were an unimportant part of slave culture

b)

Slaves viewed religion as a refuge, which game them a sense of self-worth and hope for freedom.

c)

Slaves shared common cultural backgrounds and languages that they brought with them to the Americas.

d)

Since they had little free time, slaves had no opportunity to express themselves through art, dance, and music.

42.

Which of these was an outcome of Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion?

a)

Nat Turner was able to get the plantation owners to meet some of his demands.

b)

States adopted new slave codes that were more strict.

c)

Nat Turner escaped to the North and joined the abolition movement

d)

The rebels were allowed to return to their plantations with only minor punishments.

43.

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on people in the North?

a)

Many northerners did not want to break the new law and stopped helping fugitive slaves

b)

Many northerners were angered by the new law and began to talk of secession.

c)

Many northerners approved of the new law and turned against the abolitionists.

d)

Many northerners were outraged by the treatment of fugitive slaves and joined the abolitionist cause.

44.

How did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860?

a)

He won a clear majority of the popular vote.

b)

Three other candidates failed to win a majority of the popular vote

c)

He won over southern voters by promising not to interfere with slavery.

d)

Three other candidates split the slave-state vote and failed to win more than one free state.

45.

What was the symbolism of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

It described how the war would be won

b)

It defined what the Union was fighting against

c)

It outlined how new civil rights would be extended

d)

It restated the principles and values of the Union