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Unit 5: Civil War Review

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During this event John Brown led men in an attempt to begin a slave rebellion.

a)

Harper's Ferry Raid in Virginia

b)

Kansas vs. Nebraska Act

c)

secession

2.

The battle of ____________ lasted for three days and was the bloodiest battle in the war.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Bull Run

3.
What was the Civil War originally fought over?
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Exports
d)
Taxes
4.
Which states were essential to victory for each side?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Border
5.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
6.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
7.
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
8.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
9.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
10.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
11.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
12.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
13.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
14.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
15.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
16.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
17.
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
18.
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
19.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
20.
Does the Emancipation Proclamation makes the institution of slavery illegal?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
25.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
26.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay 
d)
Robert E. Lee
27.
What was the first battle on northern soil?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Shermans March
28.
Who were the majority of soldiers on both sides?
a)
Freed African Americans
b)
Upper white class senators
c)
Poor and middle class farmers
d)
German and Irish immigrants
29.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
30.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
31.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
32.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
33.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
34.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
35.
How many lives were lost in the Civil War?
a)
5,000,000
b)
90
c)
500
d)
600,000
36.

Which of the following was the first major land battle during the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Vicksburg

c)

The First Battle of Bull Run

d)

Gettysburg

37.
The Emancipation Proclamation  
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
38.
The border states Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all
a)
free states that sided with the Union 
b)
completely unified in their feelings about the war 
c)
against President Lincoln’s war policies
d)
slave states that did not join the Confederacy 
39.
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Make the citizens like him
b)
surrender to the Confederacy
c)
remind Americans of why the Civil War was being fought
d)
declare and end to the Civil War
40.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that…
a)
Dred Scott was forever free
b)
Dred Scott was allowed his freedom, but only have another year of slavery
c)
Dred Scott, and all former slaves, could never be citizens
d)
Dred Scott was not only denied his freedom, but was ordered to be executed the next day
41.
Which law set a precedent, or example, for admitting two states at a time: one free and one slave?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
42.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
a)
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
b)
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c)
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
d)
It added California as a slave state
43.
Who proposed the compromise of 1850?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
44.
What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?
a)
The underground railroad was ended
b)
Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
c)
Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
d)
Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves
45.
What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850
a)
Oregon
b)
California
c)
Michigan
d)
Iowa
46.
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
It created a slave revolt in Kentucky.
b)
It turned many more people against slavery.
c)
Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.
d)
The Fugitive slave law was cancelled.
47.
How did the Kansas- Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
a)
It changed the borders of Missouri
b)
It required that all Missouri be free.
c)
It allowed slavery in Kansas and Nebraska Territories 
d)
It established new interstate trade rules.
48.
What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?
a)
Fugitive Dog Acts
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Abolition Act of 1850
d)
I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!
49.
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?
a)
The Senate would vote
b)
The House of Representatives would vote
c)
The President would vote
d)
Popular sovereignty
50.
Why was the South against California entering the union?
a)
California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate
b)
California wanted to be a slave state
c)
California was the scene of violence and bloodshed
d)
I don't have the foggiest idea
51.
Who was known as the Great Compromiser?
a)
John C Calhoun
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Henry Clay
d)
George Washington
52.
The term means that people in the state would VOTE to make decisions about being a free state or a slave state.
a)
independent choice
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
popular election
53.
What overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of the latitude boundary line?
a)
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
b)
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
c)
KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT
d)
CONSOLODATION ACT
54.

The Underground Railroad helped

a)

religious minded people.

b)

slaves escape to freedom.

c)

system of getting weapons to abolitionist.

d)

technology progress.

55.
Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 
a)
being sued by someone else
b)
suing for his freedom
c)
being in the military
d)
being a famous doctor
56.
Dred Scott took his case to _________. 
a)
the state court
b)
the north
c)
the supreme court
d)
the south
57.
Dred Scott _____ his case in the Supreme Court
a)
won
b)
lost
c)
tied
d)
dropped
58.

Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River. It was called the Anaconda Plan as the strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Georgia Platform

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Anaconda Plan

59.
What is a conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
A person who checks tickets on board a train. 
b)
A person who helped people escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
c)
A person who sells tickets before you board the train.
d)
A person who checks your tickets when you are on board a boat. 
60.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

a)

his idea for instituting an income tax.

b)

how to draft more men into the Union Army.

c)

re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

d)

his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

61.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

a)

to create equality for all Americans

b)

to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

c)

to limit the power of the federal government

d)

to give all people the right to vote

62.

This system of agriculture developed in the late 19th century, in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a portion of what was produced. It was called

a)

slash and burn farming

b)

share cropping

c)

rent farming

d)

farm to fork farming

63.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

64.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

a)

a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

b)

a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

c)

a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

d)

a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

65.

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Know Nothing Party

d)

White Circle Council

66.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

67.

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

68.

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

a)

The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.

b)

The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor

c)

The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.

d)

The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.

69.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

70.

members of Congress who though the people of the South should be punished for seceding and causing the war

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Carpet Baggers

c)

Redeemers

d)

Radical Republicans

71.

Which amendment called for the equal treatment of ALL people?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

72.

Which amendment gave black males the right to vote?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

73.

These laws were passed in many Southern states after the Civil War; designed to regulate labor, movement and behavior or former slaves.

a)

10% Plan

b)

Reconstruction Acts

c)

Black Codes

d)

White League

74.

Which event marks the end of the Reconstruction period?

a)

10% plan

b)

formation of the Returning Board

c)

formation of the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Federal troops withdrawing

75.

Which Amendment stated that anyone born in the United States was a citizen?

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

16th

76.
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
Idk
c)
16th
d)
15th
77.

The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states that limited the new-found __________ of African Americans.

a)

rights

b)

freedom

c)

right to vote

d)

right to own property

78.
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Mark David Chapman
d)
Sirhan Sirhan
79.
In which theater did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln take place?
a)
Ford's Theater
b)
Kennedy Center Performing Arts Theater
c)
Strathmore Theater
d)
Warner Theater
80.

What was a part of the Anaconda Plan?

a)

blockade the southern coast

b)

capture Richmond

c)

control the Mississippi River

d)

all of these

81.

Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

a)

Manasseh

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Bull Run

82.

Which is the BEST description of the significance of the Union victory in the siege of Vicksburg?

a)

The Union victory at Vicksburg resulted in northern control of the Mississippi River and split the south into two halves.

b)

The Union victory at Vicksburg stopped the Confederate army's invasion into Pennsylvania, and forced Lee to go on the defensive for the remainder of the war.

c)

The Union victory at Vicksburg resulted in the immediate surrender of the Confederacy and the end of the war.

d)

The Union victory at Vicksburg resulted in overwhelming support for President Lincoln in the election of 1860, and helped Republicans gain control of both the house and the senate.

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