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U.S. History Chapter 3 Test Review

Total questions: 135

Worksheet time: 3hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
2.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
3.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
4.
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
5.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
6.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
7.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
8.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
9.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
10.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
11.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
12.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
13.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
14.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
15.
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
16.
What kind of city is New Orleans, which makes it important to both the North and the South?
a)
Port City
b)
Southern Capital
c)
Border City
d)
Army Headquarters
17.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
18.
Does the Emancipation Proclamation makes the institution of slavery illegal?
a)
Yes
b)
No
19.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
20.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
21.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
22.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
23.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
24.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
25.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for  Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
26.
This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
a)
Election of Jefferson Davis
b)
Tariffs
c)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
27.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
28.
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
29.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
30.
What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?
a)
factories
b)
smaller populations
c)
larger populations
d)
poor populations
31.
The Anaconda Plan called for all of the following except
a)
A. blockade of Southern ports
b)
B.  dividing the South into two parts
c)
C.  capturing Richmond Virginia the capitol of the South
d)
D.  assassinating Jefferson Davis
32.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
33.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
34.
The North wanted to control the Mississippi River so that
a)
it could control the movement of trade and goods
b)
it was a natural division to “split the South”
c)
it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
d)
all of the above
35.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)

industrial

c)
union
36.

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Inflation

37.

(1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Habeas Corpus

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Gettysburg Address

38.

Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Total War

d)

Anaconda Plan

39.

A general and progressive increase in prices

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Inflation

d)

Anaconda Plan

40.

Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.

a)

Total War

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Anaconda Plan

41.

an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

42.

general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

43.

Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Habeas Corpus

44.

Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Inflation

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

45.

A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort

a)

Inflation

b)

Total War

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

Habeas Corpus

46.

A person who flees or tries to escape ...

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Fugitive

c)

Confront

d)

Faction

47.

An agreement made by congress in 1820 to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free State ...

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Union

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Compromise of 1850

48.

An act passed in 1854 that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed setters of these territories to decide if they would allow slavery in the new territories ...

a)

Union

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Dred Scott Decision

49.

This Supreme court decision in 1857 held that African Americans could never be citizens of the U.S. and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional ...

a)

Fugitive

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Lincoln-Douglas debates

d)

The Wilmot Proviso

50.

This was a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in which slavery was the main issue ...

a)

Faction

b)

Dred Scott decision

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Lincoln-Douglas debates

51.

This agreement admitted California as a free state, strengthened the Fugitive slave law, and allowed the territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide whether to allow slavery ...

a)

The Wilmot Proviso

b)

The Dred Scott decision

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

Lincoln-Douglas debates

52.

This was a proposal in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the new territories that resulted from the Mexican-American War ...

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

The Wilmot Proviso

c)

Faction

d)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

53.

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to show the cruelties of slavery

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Cannibals All

54.

Ordered all citizens to assist in the return of enslaved people who escaped from their owners.

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Prejudice

55.

Supported the idea of popular sovereignty - introduced by Stephen Douglas

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

56.

Letting people in a territory decide whether slavery would exist there

a)

Prejudice

b)

Mexican War

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Compromise of 1850

57.

Political party in 1848 that worked to ens slavery in the territories

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Free Soiler

58.

Supreme Court case that determined that African Americans could not sue in court and Congress could not contain slavery

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Cannibals All

59.

The _______________________ _________________________of 1820 prohibited slavery north of latitude 36° 30'.

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

popular sovereignty

60.

abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek

a)

Charles Sumner

b)

Nat Turner

c)

John Brown

d)

Millard Fillmore

61.

How did the Mexican War lead to the proposal of the Wilmot Proviso?

a)

The U.S. was suffering after the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso provided ideas on how to improve the economy.

b)

The U.S. received new land from the war and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to divide the new land into states.

c)

The U.S. gained territory from the war and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to settle the dispute over slavery in the territory.

d)

. The U.S. won the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso was written to help improve U.S. relations with Mexico after the war.

62.

Which of these was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California would enter the Union as a free state.

b)

Texas would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.

c)

The Mexican Cession would be divided into two territories.

d)

The slave trade would end in the nation’s capital.

63.

Which of these was a result of the Pottawatomie Massacre?

a)

Kansas collapsed into a civil war and many citizens were killed.

b)

Kansas’ citizens began a mass migration to northern states.

c)

Kansas’ government was no longer divided over the issue of slavery.

d)

Kansas was declared a free state by the federal government.

64.

The purpose of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was for Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas to

a)

fight for the rights of African American slaves in the U.S.

b)

announce their candidacies for the Senator of Illinois and gain the support of voters.

c)

spread the importance of the antislavery movement to the state of Illinois.

d)

gain supporters for the newly formed Republican Party in the U.S.

65.

Harriet Beecher Stowe decided to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin because she wanted to

a)

give voice to slaves so they could publicize their experiences.

b)

show southerners that the issue of slavery would divide the nation.

c)

educate northerners about the evils of slavery in the U.S.

d)

increase awareness about the need for strict fugitive slave laws.

66.
Which amendment banned Slavery for the United States?
a)
10th
b)
12th
c)
13th
d)
14th
67.
Who killed President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
John Boone
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
John Madden
d)
John Smith
68.
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guaranteed them equal protection under the law....
a)
14th
b)
6th
c)
12th
d)
9th
69.
The Freedmen's Bureau provided what things to the newly freed men and women....
a)
medical supplies
b)
food
c)
legal services
d)
all of the above
70.
The Freedmen's Bureau began in ____, the same year the Civil War ended.
a)
1861
b)
1865
c)
1863
d)
1869
71.
A black person from California moved to Georgia. The person was not allowed to buy a home because of their skin color. Which amendment is being broken?
a)
17th
b)
12th
c)
3rd
d)
14th
72.
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Bates went to register to vote in 1917, was she able to?
a)
Yes
b)
No
73.
Reconstruction lasted from....
a)
1863-1883
b)
1865-1877
c)
1865-1869
d)
1864-1872
74.
George Moon decided that he wanted to keep some of slaves to keep his labor cost from rising, what amendment is he going against?
a)
1st
b)
15th
c)
13th
d)
7th
75.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
76.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
77.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
78.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
79.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
80.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
81.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
82.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
83.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
84.
What aspect helped Radical Reconstruction change the South?
a)
Strong government leadership
b)
Military control
c)
White Southern support
d)
Lincoln's leadership
85.
Who took the office of President after President Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Andrew Livingston
d)
Andrew Young
86.
The main goal of Reconstruction was to......
a)
rebuild the South
b)
rebuild the North
c)
reunite the North and the South
d)
create more factories in the North
87.

Based on the quote below, which describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War?


"With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

a)

The South should be punished for its part in the war.

b)

The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

c)

The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

d)

The South should pay for property damage caused by the war

88.

All of these were included in President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan except

a)

cancellation of war debts.

b)

new state constitutions for Confederate states.

c)

ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

d)

guarantee of voting rights for freedmen.

89.

During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?

a)

wealthy, white landowners

b)

former Confederate leaders

c)

members of the Ku Klux Klan

d)

people who had been loyal to the United States

90.

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

a)

to integrate Southern schools

b)

to end government corruption

c)

to return white Democrats to power

d)

to protect the voting rights of Southerners

91.

16th president of the United States; saved the union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; assassinated by Booth

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John C. Breckinridge

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

None of these

92.

a political party formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into U.S territories

a)

Whig Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Democrat Party

d)

Free-Soil Party

93.

California admitted as a free state, popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, Fugitive Slave Law, advocated by Stephen Douglas

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Fugitive Slave Law

94.

1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the war with Mexico

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Dredd Scott Decision

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Missouri Compromise

95.

a government by which the people rule by their own consent

a)

secession

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

96.

American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

a)

Sarah Grimke

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Harriet Tubman

97.

American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

a)

Sarah Grimke

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Harriet Tubman

98.

anti-slavery advocate who believed that God had called upon him to abolish slavery. May or may not have been mentally unstable. Devoted over 20 years to fighting slavery, due to misunderstanding, in revenge he and his followers (his sons and others) killed five men in the pro slavery settlement of Pottawatomie Creek. Triggered dozens of incidents throughout Kansas some 200 people were killed. Was executed, still debated over whether he is a saint or killer.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Dredd Scott

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Brown

99.

A 1857 Supreme Court decision that inflamed hostilities between the north and the south regarding slavery.The Court stated that an African American,was not a citizen and did not have the right to sue for his freedom


Answer: Dredd Scott vs. Sanford

a)

True

b)

False

100.

1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.


Answer: Kansas-Nebraska Act

a)

True

b)

False

101.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
In which area did Lincoln receive the most votes?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Border States
d)
Territories
102.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
Which candidate carried the South in the Election of 1860?
a)
Bell
b)
Lincoln
c)
Douglas
d)
Breckenridge
103.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
Which political party was most popular in the North?
a)
Northern Democrats
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Republicans
d)
Constitutional Union
104.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
Which state had more votes in the Electoral College?
a)
New York 
b)
North Carolina
105.
Why do you think that Northern states had more votes in the Electoral College?
a)
The number of electoral votes depends on a states population and the north was more heavily populated.
b)
The North had more Electoral votes than the south because Congress gave proslavery states more votes. 
c)
The South had more Electoral votes because they had a higher population. 
d)
The territories had the highest number of Electoral Votes. 
106.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
North Carolinians voted overwhelmingly for __________________.
a)
Lincoln
b)
Douglas
c)
Bell 
d)
Breckenridge
107.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
What percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln receive in the Election of 1860?
a)
13
b)
29
c)
40
d)
18
108.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
Did Lincoln win his home state?
a)
Yes
b)
No 
109.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question
Bell won which group of states?
a)
The Northern States
b)
The Southern States
c)
The Territories
d)
The Border States
110.
Using the map on the Haiku, answer the following question.
Which candidate did California support?
a)
Bell
b)
Lincoln
c)
Douglas
d)
Breckenridge
111.

For the most part, southern ______________ fully supported slavery.

a)

Democrates

b)

Republicans

112.

To separate from a nation and become independent.

a)

tally

b)

secede

113.

Who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Douglas

114.

Rising tensions between the northern and southern states was largely over

a)

states' rights and the future of slavery in America.

b)

the economy and western expansion.

115.

Where did Democrats meet to select their presidential candidate?

a)

Charleston, South Carolina

b)

Chicago, Illinois

116.

Where did Republicans meet to select their presidential candidate?

a)

Charleston, South Carolina

b)

Chicago, Illinois

117.

Who won the election of 1860?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Douglas

118.

Who did the northern Democrats select as their nominee?

a)

Douglas

b)

Breckenridge

119.

Who did the southern Democrats select as their nominee?

a)

Douglas

b)

Breckenridge

120.

Who was the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party?

a)

John Bell

b)

Abe Lincoln

121.

Did the southern states accept the outcome of the election?

a)

Yes

b)

No

122.

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

a)

South Carolina

b)

California

123.

The new government for the southern states was called

a)

the Confederate States of America

b)

the Union States of America

124.

Who was elected as the President of the Confederate States?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

George Washington

125.

Who was president of the United States when the south seceded?

a)

James Buchanan

b)

Abraham Lincoln

126.

The north and south both believed this fort belonged to them.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Douglas

127.

When Lincoln became President, he decided to send provisions to Fort Sumter.

a)

true

b)

false

128.

Who fired the first shots of the Civil War?

a)

the Union

b)

the Confederates

129.

Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter?

a)

the Union

b)

the Confederates

130.

The Battle of Fort Sumter began the Civil War.

a)

true

b)

false

131.

An American statesman and politician who served as president of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Confederate States of America

d)

John C. Breckinridge

132.

Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War


Answer: Fort Sumter

a)

True

b)

False

133.

A last-ditch effort to resolve the secession crisis by compromise. It proposed to bar the government from intervening in the states' decision of slavery, to restore the Missouri Compromise, and to guarantee protection of slavery below the line. Lincoln rejected the proposal, causing the gateway to bloodshed to be open.


Answer: Confederated States of America

a)

True

b)

False

134.

A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Crittenden Compromise

c)

Confederate States of America

d)

None of these

135.

The South's pro-slavery Democratic candidate in the election of 1860. Completed the split of the Democratic Party by being nominated.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

John C. Breckinridge

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Crittenden Compromise

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