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Civil War Summative 2019

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which challenge did the North face following the Civil War?

a)

how to repair trade relations with foreign nations

b)

how to reintegrate the Confederate states into the nation’s political system

c)

how to repay the debts incurred by the Confederate states

d)

how to redistribute seized lands among emancipated slaves

2.

Which statement describes a long-term effect of the Civil War?

a)

Military leaders began to run for political office more frequently.

b)

The American population became more divided by regional cultural differences.

c)

The president became a more important and powerful political figure.

d)

African Americans began to exercise a significant amount of political power.

3.

Which statement best explains how economic developments in the North contributed to the growing importance of slavery in the South?

a)

Increased demand for wage laborers in the North led to a migration of non-slave farmworkers from the South.

b)

Industrialization in the North increased demand for the agricultural products grown by slaves on Southern plantations.

c)

Improvements in productivity in the North reduced prices for manufactured goods, which allowed slave owners to spend more money on slaves.

d)

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.

4.

“[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?

a)

preserving the Union

b)

ending slavery

c)

enforcing the laws

d)

allowing everyone voting rights

5.

Which event is often considered to be the final decisive event of the Civil War?

a)

Lincoln’s announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Sherman’s march across Georgia

c)

Meade’s victory at Gettysburg

d)

Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox Court House

6.

Supporters of popular sovereignty argued that

a)

enslaved persons were private property who belonged to their owners

b)

individuals are solely responsible for their own actions

c)

the president should be selected by a single national election

d)

residents of individual states should decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery

7.

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted most directly in

a)

rapid migration of settlers into Kansas and Nebraska

b)

the maintenance of the balance of power in the Senate

c)

the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as free states

d)

reinforcement of the terms of the Missouri Compromise

8.

Who was the President of the United States of America (Union) during the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.

In what years did the Civil War take place?

a)

1820-1832

b)

1861-1865

c)

1850-1852

d)

1873-1870

10.

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the Civil War

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

11.

What was one major advantage the South had, at the start of the Civil War, over the North?

a)

The south had more cotton.

b)

The south had more industry.

c)

The south had better military leaders

d)

They had more total states after seceding from the Union.

12.

What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

All slaves were free.

b)

The war became an issue of slavery.

c)

Although the slaves were free many were still held captive by their owners.

d)

All of the above.

13.

Which Civil War event happened 1st?

a)

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

b)

Lincoln becomes President of United States

c)

South Carolina secedes from the United States of America

d)

The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

14.

Which civil war event happened 2nd?

a)

The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

b)

Abraham Lincoln becomes President of United States

c)

South Carolina secedes from the United States of America

d)

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

15.

Which Civil War event happened 3rd?

a)

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

b)

Lincoln becomes President

c)

South Carolina secedes from the United States of America

d)

The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina

16.

Which Civil War event happened last?

a)

The Confederacy uses cannonball fire to attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

b)

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.

c)

Lincoln becomes President

d)

South Carolina secedes from the United States of America

17.

What definition best describes Total War?

a)

The United States; especially the northern states during the Civil War, which remained with the original United States government.

b)

The state or condition of those subjected, forcefully, to exhausting labor or restricted freedom.

c)

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.

18.

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.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Slavery

d)

Dred Scott Decision

19.

An inventor known for his creation of a machine used for separating cotton from seeds 50x faster.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Steven Douglas

20.

A famous Supreme Court Case that is infamously known for making slavery “legal” throughout the United States.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Dred Scott Decision

21.

The state or condition of those subjected, forcefully, to exhausting labor or restricted freedom.

a)

Slavery

b)

total war

c)

freedom

d)

secession

22.

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.

a)

secede

b)

total war

c)

compromise

d)

propaganda

23.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The four border states: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all slave states that did not leave or secede from the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman were two notable abolitionists whose contributions created opportunities for enslaved African-Americans during the Civil War Era.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

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.”

a)

True

b)

False

28.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Civil War had only one cause which was slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Who led a raid at Harper’s Ferry, in 1859, in an attempt to try and start a slave rebellion?

a)

John Brown

b)

Steven Douglas

c)

William Sherman

d)

Dred Scott

31.

Which of the following options is NOT a cause of the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln being elected as President of the United States in 1860.

b)

The publishing of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852

c)

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859

d)

The Northern states having more industrial cities and factories than the Southern states.

32.

Who was the Commanding General of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

33.

Who was the Commanding General of the United States of America (Union) during the Civil War

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln