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Civil War Torres

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy. What positions did he hold, before being President of the Confederacy

a)

Senator from Mississippi

b)

Secretary of Agriculture

c)

Secretary of War

d)

Vice President to Abraham Lincoln

2.

Andrew Johnson became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. What did congress try to do to him because of his Presidential Reconstruction plan?

a)

Re-elect him for another term

b)

impeach him

c)

assassinate him

d)

Ask him to become Republican

3.

President from 1868-1876; Led the Union army to victory during the Civil War, but was not a very effective president

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

Andrew Johnson

4.

The Commanding General for the Confederate Army. Led Confederacy to early victories during the Civil War, despite having less men and supplies.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

This Confederate General led confederate troops to victory at the battle of Bull Run. Died in the Civil War from friendly fire

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William Tecumseh Sherman

6.

Led a march through with 60,000 Union soldiers. Using total warfare tactics, they left a path of destruction (including the burned remains of Atlanta).

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

George McClellan

7.

What is the title of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, describing the horrible treatment of slaves.

a)

The Liberator

b)

Confessions of Nat Turner

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

The North Star

8.

Led one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history. 50+ people murdered in South Hampton County Virginia

a)

John Brown

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Frederick Douglass

9.

This War led to new Southwestern territory in the U.S. It also led to a new debate over what territory should be slave or free

a)

Civil War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

Mexican American War

d)

War of 1812

10.

Supreme Court Case which ruled that slaves are property, and there for have no rights of a citizen in the U.S.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Scott vs. Sanford

d)

Bakke vs. California

11.

When did Abraham Lincoln first get recognized for how he felt about slavery.

a)

during the Civil War

b)

during the presidential election of 1860

c)

during the Illinois senate election of 1858

12.

Fort Sumter was the first official battle of the Civil War. What state did it take place in?

a)

Mississippi

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

13.

The bloodiest single day of fighting during the Civil War took place at Antietam, Maryland where 23,000 casualties occurred. What famous document did Lincoln release after the battle?

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

House Divided Speech

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

14.

This battle was attempting to take control of the Mississippi River. This Union victory would cut the Confederate forces in half.

a)

Sherman's March

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

15.

Major battle that resulted in over 50,000 casualties. This union Victory is remembered as the turning point of the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Antietam

16.

What was the site of Robert E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (marking the end of the Civil War).

a)

Gettysburg Pennsylvania

b)

Appomattox Courthouse Virginia

c)

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

d)

Harpers Ferry Virginia

17.

What was the name of the political group that wanted revenge against the South, after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Dueling Democrats

c)

Rebelling Republicans

d)

Thrashing Third Party

18.

Historic Black college founded in 1867, that provided education to African American men in the fields of ministry and education

a)

Howard

b)

Morehouse Collge

c)

Tuskegee

d)

Florida A&M University

19.

Grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

20.

abolishes slavery in the United States

a)

14th amendment

b)

13th amendment

c)

15th amendment

21.

Grants African American men the right to vote

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

22.

Laws created to limit the rights of African Americans in the South

a)

Black codes

b)

Reconstruction amendments

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Southern Establishment Laws

23.

select ALL types of assistance provided by the Freedman's Bureau

a)

Food

b)

Shelter

c)

Education

d)

Medical assistance

24.

Which of the following plans focused on punishing the South for the Civil War

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Reconstruction

c)

Civil Reconstruction

25.

plan made in 1820, declared maine a free-state, and stated that all future states below the 36` 30` latitude line would be slave states.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

3/5ths compromise

26.

Reconstruction (assistance to rebuild the country after the Civil war), ended when this man became president in 1877

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

James Buchanan

27.

This compromise did the following:

*California is a free state

*New Mexico and Utah will use Popular Sovereignty

*Washington D.C. will ban the slave trade

*Strengthened Fugitive Slave Law

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

3/5ths Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1877

28.

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln states that the U.S. must do what, in order to truly honor fallen soldiers

a)

end slavery

b)

finish the war

c)

find another president

d)

give money to families of fallen soldiers

29.

This man was hanged after attempting to raid the Harper's Ferry arsenal to arm slaves

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Attica Fox

30.

Former slave who made 19 trips to the north and freed over 300 slaves using the Underground Railroad

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

Dredd Scott

31.

To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.

a)

Secede

b)

Blockade

c)

Sovereign

d)

Freedmen

32.

The effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Blockade

c)

Conscription

d)

Unionist

33.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Union and the Confederacy.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Which was true of Fredrick Douglass

a)

He ran an abolitionists newspaper known as the North Star

b)

He was the Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

He helped create the Underground Railroad

35.

When the war began Lincoln's only concern was ___________.

a)

ending slavery

b)

getting reelected

c)

punishing the south

d)

preserving the Union

36.

Poll taxes and Literacy Tests were used throughout the south in order to keep African Americans

a)

from making a lot of money

b)

from voting

c)

from getting proper health care

d)

from owning property

37.

This picture, taken in the 1880s, is more than likely a picture of a _______________, which is what many, if not most African Americans in the south were at that time.

a)

slave

b)

indentured servant

c)

share cropper

d)

plantation owner

38.

What ended the Reconstruction Era?

a)

the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

b)

the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

c)

the Compromise of 1877

d)

Lincoln's assassination

39.

Who had the early advantage of superior military leaders?

a)

The South

b)

The North

40.

Eli Whitney's invention of _______________ lead to a significant increase in manufacturing

a)

Cotton gin

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

share cropping

d)

black codes