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Suffield Chapter 8 Review Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Clara Barton was famous for.....

a)

Fighting in the civil war

b)

being a Union nurse that found the red cross

c)

fighting for women's rights in the 1760's

d)

helping slaves escape from the South

2.

This is a military encirclement of an enemy.

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Deserting

c)

Total War

d)

Siege

3.

Representative that beat Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor.

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Dredd Scott

c)

Preston Brooks

d)

Frederick Arthur

4.

Marshal Law is....

a)

when the army is in control instead of the government

b)

a law passed by Dan Marshal banning slavery

c)

a set of laws pertaining to town marshalls

d)

kinda like Newtons laws, but with more history

5.

This battle was a success for the Confederates but Stonewall Jackson was shot by his troops.

a)

Antietam

b)

Fredericksburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Chancellorsville

6.

These are Northern's that were against violence to bring the South back to the Union

a)

Republicans

b)

Copperheads

c)

Democrats

d)

Ruffians

7.

This woman helped over 300 slaves escape using the underground railroad

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Sally Tompkins

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

8.

Habeus corpus is....

a)

When there are too many corpses

b)

a law pertaining to slaves

c)

The right to be tried or have a hearing before being jailed

d)

the right for a state to disagree with the federal government

9.

This Massachusetts senator was against slavery but supported the Fugitive Slave Act

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Andrew Jackson

10.

This general led a failed charge at the Battle of Gettysburg

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

George Meade

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

George Pickett

11.

Border Ruffians were what kind of people?

a)

People in border states who fought against the Union

b)

Pro slavery forces from Missouri that entered kansas to battle anti slavery forces

c)

Indian tribes who fought against the westward expansion of the U.S

d)

People along the borders of the South who sympathized with the Union

12.

What was Dred Scott v. Sandford?

a)

Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were free

b)

Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were property

c)

Supreme Court decision that stated states could not secede

d)

Supreme Court decision that stated women could vote

13.

This battle was one of the worst defeats for the Union

a)

Fredericksburg

b)

Bull Run

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Chancelloresville

14.

This political party was created to keep slavery out of the western territories.

a)

Republicans

b)

Democrats

c)

Whigs

d)

Free Soil Party

15.

The Gettysburg Address is seen as......

a)

A repeat of Lincoln's inaugural addresses.

b)

a profound statement of American ideals

c)

a horrible mistake in history

d)

the piece that united the country.

16.

This man created the Missouri Compromise to keep balance between slave and free states.

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

William Carney

17.

Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for what?

a)

Helping slaves escape the South

b)

Being a member of congress that voted against slavery

c)

Voting before women were allowed to vote.

d)

Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

18.

Antietam is known for what?

a)

A complete win for the South

b)

End the Civil War

c)

Being the bloodiest military day in U.S history

d)

Starting the Civil War

19.

These people sold war goods at high costs to the government

a)

Investors

b)

Profiteers

c)

Manufacturers

d)

Abolotionists

20.

This man led the Confederate military

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Jefferson Davis

21.

Sally Tompkins is best known for?

a)

Creating the Red Cross

b)

Writing stories about slavery

c)

Setting up a hospital in Richmond, Virginia

d)

Fighting for reforms

22.

The Wilmot Proviso wanted what rule to be made in the West?

a)

Allowing popular sovereignty in new areas

b)

Creating Fugitive Slave Laws in each territory

c)

Allowing a line to be drawn through Missouri splitting the country from free to slave states.

d)

Banning slavery in territories won from Mexico.

23.

This Union general waged total war on the Shenandoah Valley

a)

William Sherman

b)

Ulysses S, Grant

c)

George Meade

d)

Philip Sheridan

24.

This surprise attack almost defeated Grant in the West, but he went on to win.

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Fort Henry

c)

Shiloh

d)

Petersburg

25.

Which one of these is NOT correct about Pickett's Charge?

a)

Made 15,000 men attack the Union soldiers

b)

was disasterous

c)

It led to a Confederate victory

d)

was Robert E. Lee's biggest mistake of the war

26.

This divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories and slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

27.

The Fugitive Slave Act required citizens to...

a)

pay judges when they vote on a court case

b)

support plantation owners in buying new slaves when one escapes

c)

report all free African American's to the authorities

d)

catch African Americans escaping slavery

28.

The town where General Lee surrendered

a)

Apples and Matts Court House

b)

Richmond Court House

c)

Appomattox Court House

d)

The Supreme Court House

29.

This battle left 50,000 men dead or wounded

a)

Anteitam

b)

Shiloh

c)

Wilderness

d)

Gettysburg

30.

Lincoln's decision to free slaves in the Confederate states

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Proclamation Emancipation

c)

Emanciprocla Mationpation

d)

Gettysburg Adress

31.

We know him for many things, but at one point he was so weak he had James Mason read his speech allowing slavery in California

a)

John C, Calhoun

b)

Brenkenridge

c)

William Bell

d)

William Taft

32.

He planned a raid on Harper's Ferry to free slaves.

a)

Philip Bazar

b)

John Brown

c)

William Carney

d)

Thomas Davis

33.

He was the president of the Confederacy.

a)

Davis Jefferson

b)

Jefferson Washington

c)

Thomas Davis

d)

Jefferson Davis

34.

This general burned Atlanta on his way to the sea.

a)

Philip Sheriden

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Tecumseh Sheriden

35.

This person was the leader of the Know-Nothing Party

a)

Millard Fillmore

b)

William Carney

c)

William Bell

d)

Was this even in Chapter 8? Yup it was!

36.

Elected President in 1860

a)

A Bro Named Lincoln

b)

You should know this

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen Douglas

37.

Commander of the Union at the end of the war.

a)

General Meade

b)

General Stonewall

c)

General Lee

d)

General Grant

38.

Stephen Douglas did which of these things?

a)

Spoke for popular sovereignty in the West when he ran against Lincoln in 1858

b)

Try to make slavery legal in the whole United States

c)

Debated Lincoln in the 1864 election

d)

Spoke for extending the Missouri Compromise in the West when he ran against Lincoln in 1858

39.

Who was William Carney?

a)

Was leader of the famed 54th Regiment

b)

The first African American to receive the Congregational Medal of Honor

c)

Ran for president in 1860 against Lincoln and carried the border states

d)

Was the first general for the Union Army.

40.

Define popular sovereignty.

a)

Only people who owned land were allowed to vote

b)

Places where free American Americans were allowed to vote.

c)

Voters in a new territory would decide whether slavery would be allowed

d)

Voting for all people (men and women)

41.

How do you spell Mr. C's last name?

a)

Chamberlain (looks good enough)

b)

Why is this a question?

c)

Finally a Mrs. Witt Question!!! It"s Chamberllin duh

d)

No no no. It's Chamberlin! Don't you guys pay attention