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The American Civil War

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)

industrial

c)
union
2.
The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.
a)
immigrants
b)
slaves
3.
Southern states wanted the new states created out of the western territory to be ______.
a)
free
b)
slave
4.
________ campaigned or worked to get the United States government to end slavery
a)
slave owners
b)
abolitionist
5.
__used a secret route, called the Underground Railroad, that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada
a)
John Brown
b)
Hariett Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
6.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, West Virginia in 1859.
a)
Howardville
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Hop a Ferry
7.

Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states to form the ______.

a)

Confederate Union

b)

Confederate States Of America

8.

_____ established a secret route that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada.

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

The Freedom Trail

c)

The Turner-Tarleton Route

9.
The capital of the Confederacy was ____.
a)
Washington
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Richmond
10.

What was NOT an issue during the Civil War?

a)

Uniform colors

b)

Slavery

c)

States' rights

11.
A civil war is a war between _________________.
a)
people of the same race
b)
people of the same country
c)
two different countries
12.

The Civil War began in ______.

a)

1865

b)

1960

c)

1861

13.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
14.

When did the Civil War end?

a)

December, 1964

b)

April, 1800

c)

April, 1865

15.

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

James Monroe

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

16.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
17.

The name give to the north was what?

a)

The Confederacy

b)

The Union

18.

What event freed the slaves?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Declaration of Independence

19.

What amendment abolished slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

20.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
21.

At which court house did the south finally surrender unconditionally?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Richmond

d)

Appomatox

22.

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Abraham Lincoln

23.
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
24.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay 
d)
Robert E. Lee
25.

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)

Native Americans

26.
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
27.
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
28.

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire starting the Civil War.

a)

Sherman's March to Sea

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Atlanta Campaign

d)

Fort Sumter

29.
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
30.

Who gave the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Katelyn BOSS

b)

Ulysess S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Victoria Alexander

31.

What was the most divisive issue and main cause of the Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

Land ownership

c)

Religion

d)

Taxes

32.

The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine to enter as a _____________ state?

a)

free

b)

slave

33.
This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.
a)
Annexation of Texas
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Laws
d)
Missouri Compromise
34.
It allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders through popular sovereignty.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Dredd Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
35.

What was the name of the slave that sued his master when he went north?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Dredd Scott

d)

Abraham Lincoln

36.
What was the name of the slave that sued his master when he went north?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Scott Dredd
c)
Dredd Scott
d)
Stevie Wonder
37.

Slaves were considered _______ after the Dredd Scott Decision

a)

citizens

b)

Property

38.

The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.

a)

Constitution

b)

States' Rights

c)

Federalism

d)

Confederacy

39.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
40.

Which region? More factories, population, and a better navy

a)

Southern

b)

Northern

41.

Which region? cash crops

a)

North

b)

South

42.

Union soldiers uniforms were which color?

a)

Blue

b)

Grey

43.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
44.

Confederate soldiers uniforms were which color?

a)

gray

b)

blue

45.

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

a)

factories

b)

smaller populations

c)

larger populations

46.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It made slavery more important to the South.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
47.

What was Abraham Lincoln's main GOAL throughout the Civil War?

a)

to preserve the Union

b)

to end British control of the Western territories

c)

to make a profit selling war supplies

48.

The document that freed the slaves in the South was the:

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Consitution

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

49.

The army that fought to keep the country UNITED was the

a)

Native Americans

b)

Union Army

c)

Confederate Army

d)

African Americans

50.
This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 
a)
Harriet's Cabin
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery 
d)
State's Rights
51.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
52.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
53.
Which one of  the following was NOT a cause to the Civil War?
a)
Farming
b)
Slavery
c)
State's Rights
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
54.
The North used what for their economy?
a)
Plantations 
b)
Factories 
c)
Slaves 
d)
Farming
55.

What was it called when Sherman went from Atlanta to Savannah with his men and torched everything in his path?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Atlanta Campaign

c)

Sherman's March to the Sea

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

56.
How many years was the Civil War?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
1
d)
4
57.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel that described the cruelty of slavery. Who was its author?

a)

Harriet Beacher Stowe

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Brown

58.

What happened when Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States?

a)

the first shots were fired to start the Civil War

b)

11 southern states succeeded from the Union

c)

13 colonies formed the United States of America

d)

the Battle of Gettysburg

59.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
60.

Why did the South want slavery?

a)

to work plantations

b)

to help teach children

c)

to fight the North

d)

to protect their farms

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