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Civil War Causes and Vocabulary Test Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prior to the American Civil War many Northern citizens began to view slavery as ________________.

a)

a useful economic tool

b)

a good way to make money

c)

unconstitutional

d)

acceptable

2.

Whose economy is driven by agriculture?

a)

North

b)

South

3.

the word secede means to _______________________.

a)

Add a piece of land to a country

b)

Plant crops on a farm

c)

Leave or break away

d)

Buy or sell slaves from one plantation to another

4.

The idea that each state had the right to determine whether or not to follow federal laws.

a)

States Rights

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Arsenal

d)

Bloackade

5.

Loyalty to a person's state or section of the country , rather than to their nation or country.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Slavery

c)

Vigilante

d)

Unionist

6.

Before the US Civil War most Southerners favored the politics of the _______________.

a)

The Republican Party

b)

The Democratic party

c)

The Sam Houston Party

d)

British Colonial Party

7.

Who won the 1860 election and was voted president of the United States of America?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

James K. Polk

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

8.

Southern Troops attacked Ft. Sumter, a union garrison, off the coast of South Carolina on?

a)

July 4, 1865

b)

June 7, 1941

c)

February 21, 1977

d)

April 12, 1861

9.

Most southerners viewed themselves first as citizens of their _____________________________.

a)

Hemisphere

b)

State

c)

Country

d)

Plantation

10.

Both Northerners and Southerners fought fiercely over the moral and political issue of?

a)

states rights

b)

slavery

c)

over taxation

d)

voter intimidation

11.

Before the US Civil War most Northerners favored the politics of the _________________.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Democratic Party

c)

Hawes World Domination Party

d)

British National Party

12.

Who would support the Confederacy?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

W

13.

An economy based primarily on agriculture is more characteristic of ___________________.

a)

Southern States

b)

Northern States

c)

Vigilantes

d)

Factories

14.

North is to Yankee as South is to ________________.

a)

Blue

b)

Grey

c)

Rebel

d)

Industry

15.

An economy based primarily on industry and small farms is most characteristics of _______________________.

a)

Southern States

b)

Agribusiness

c)

Northern States

d)

Subsistence Farming

16.

________________ means to block trade; to position troops or ships so nothing can get through.

a)

Vigilante

b)

Arsenal

c)

Muster

d)

Blockade

17.

Who is considered yankees?

a)

North

b)

South

18.

What was the name of the group of 11 states that seceded from the Union (United States)

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

United States of America

c)

Canada

d)

West Coast Alliance

19.

A person who takes the law into his own hand is called a(n) _________________.

a)

Muster

b)

Conquistador

c)

Filibuster

d)

Vigilante

20.

Whose economy is driven by Industrialization?

a)

North

b)

South

21.

A person who wanted to end slavery was called a(n) ___________________.

a)

Unionist

b)

Vigilante

c)

Minuteman

d)

Abolitionist

22.

Refers to the national government and the 23 free states and 5 border states that supported it.

a)

Union

b)

South

c)

Confederacy

d)

Blue

23.

Characteristics of which region included industry, large cities/populations, and Republican Party

a)

South

b)

North

c)

American Territories

d)

American Colonial Possessions

24.

The forced enrollment of people into military service is known as ________________.

a)

blockading

b)

vigilante

c)

compensation

d)

conscription

25.

Support of Slavery, economy based on agriculture, plantation lifestyle, and Democratic Party.

a)

South

b)

North

c)

American Colonial Possessions

d)

Midwest Territory

26.

Who wears "Blue" uniforms?

a)

North

b)

South

27.

The civilian world in wartime is called the _______________.

a)

Battlefront

b)

Homefront

c)

Homespun

d)

Rebellion

28.

Who was removed from office as governor of Texas for refusing to swear loyalty to the South

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Mirabeau Lamar

c)

James K Polk

d)

Greg Abbott

29.

Who would support the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

a)

North

b)

South

30.

Who would support States' Rights?

a)

North

b)

South

31.

Who would support the Union?

a)

North

b)

South

32.

Who would support General Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

North

b)

South

33.

Who would support Slavery as part of their economic wealth?

a)

North

b)

South

34.

Who would support the Confederate States of America?

a)

North

b)

South

35.

Who wears "Grey" uniforms

a)

North

b)

South

36.

Who would support the abolitionist movement?

a)

North

b)

South

37.

Who would support General Robert E. Lee?

a)

North

b)

South