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WorksheetsCivil War Summative 2019
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which challenge did the North face following the Civil War?
how to repair trade relations with foreign nations
how to reintegrate the Confederate states into the nation’s political system
how to repay the debts incurred by the Confederate states
how to redistribute seized lands among emancipated slaves
Which statement describes a long-term effect of the Civil War?
Military leaders began to run for political office more frequently.
The American population became more divided by regional cultural differences.
The president became a more important and powerful political figure.
African Americans began to exercise a significant amount of political power.
Which statement best explains how economic developments in the North contributed to the growing importance of slavery in the South?
Increased demand for wage laborers in the North led to a migration of non-slave farmworkers from the South.
Industrialization in the North increased demand for the agricultural products grown by slaves on Southern plantations.
Improvements in productivity in the North reduced prices for manufactured goods, which allowed slave owners to spend more money on slaves.
The gradual abolition of slavery in the North increased the supply of slaves, which drove down prices that Southern slave owners had to pay to buy new slaves.
“[W]e here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain ... and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
—Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
The quotation refers to which of President Lincoln’s objectives for fighting the Civil War?
preserving the Union
ending slavery
enforcing the laws
allowing everyone voting rights
Which event is often considered to be the final decisive event of the Civil War?
Lincoln’s announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation
Sherman’s march across Georgia
Meade’s victory at Gettysburg
Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox Court House
Supporters of popular sovereignty argued that
enslaved persons were private property who belonged to their owners
individuals are solely responsible for their own actions
the president should be selected by a single national election
residents of individual states should decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted most directly in
rapid migration of settlers into Kansas and Nebraska
the maintenance of the balance of power in the Senate
the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as free states
reinforcement of the terms of the Missouri Compromise
Who was the President of the United States of America (Union) during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
In what years did the Civil War take place?
1820-1832
1861-1865
1850-1852
1873-1870
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
What was one major advantage the South had, at the start of the Civil War, over the North?
The south had more cotton.
The south had more industry.
The south had better military leaders
They had more total states after seceding from the Union.
What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves were free.
The war became an issue of slavery.
Although the slaves were free many were still held captive by their owners.
All of the above.
Which Civil War event happened 1st?
In 1856, “Bleeding Kansas” occured. The aftermath, resulted in 200 total lives lost from the massacre of persons between both the anti & pro slavery forces
Lincoln becomes President of United States
South Carolina secedes from the United States of America
The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
Which civil war event happened 2nd?
The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
Abraham Lincoln becomes President of United States
South Carolina secedes from the United States of America
In 1856, “Bleeding Kansas” occured. The aftermath, resulted in 200 total lives lost from the massacre of persons between both the anti & pro slavery forces
Which Civil War event happened 3rd?
In 1856, “Bleeding Kansas” occured. The aftermath, resulted in 200 total lives lost from the massacre of persons between both the anti & pro slavery forces
Lincoln becomes President
South Carolina secedes from the United States of America
The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Which Civil War event happened last?
The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
In 1856, “Bleeding Kansas” occured. The aftermath, resulted in 200 total lives lost from the massacre of persons between both the anti & pro slavery forces.
Lincoln becomes President
South Carolina secedes from the United States of America
What definition best describes Total War?
The United States; especially the northern states during the Civil War, which remained with the original United States government.
The state or condition of those subjected, forcefully, to exhausting labor or restricted freedom.
War that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
A speech given by Abraham Lincoln which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be free.
Eli Whitney
Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery
Dred Scott Decision
An inventor known for his creation of a machine used for separating cotton from seeds 50x faster.
Eli Whitney
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Steven Douglas
A famous Supreme Court Case that is infamously known for making slavery “legal” throughout the United States.
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Decision
The state or condition of those subjected, forcefully, to exhausting labor or restricted freedom.
Slavery
total war
freedom
secession
The withdrawal of Southern States from the United States, starting with South Carolina on December 20, 1860, in order to form the Confederate States of America.
secede
total war
compromise
propaganda
The Fugitive Act (Law) of 1850 required that citizens of the North were to turn-in runaway slaves, so that they could be returned to their owners in the South,at the risk of being imprisoned and or fined.
True
False
After the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, when Kansas was voting using “popular sovereignty” to become a free or slave state, people relocated from other states in order to vote illegally.
True
False
The four border states: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all slave states that did not leave or secede from the Union.
True
False
Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman were two notable abolitionists whose contributions created opportunities for enslaved African-Americans during the Civil War Era.
True
False
In the Northern states, also known as the Union, slaves were allowed to be owned as “property” as long as they were treated like people instead of “property.”
True
False
The Civil War led to passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth , and Fifteen Amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments outlawed slavery, granted African Americans United States citizenship, and granted African-American males the right to vote.
True
False
The Civil War had only one cause which was slavery.
True
False
Who led a raid at Harper’s Ferry, in 1859, in an attempt to try and start a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Steven Douglas
William Sherman
Dred Scott
Which of the following options is NOT a cause of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln being elected as President of the United States in 1860.
The publishing of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859
The Northern states having more industrial cities and factories than the Southern states.
Who was the Commanding General of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Commanding General of the United States of America (Union) during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
