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Ch. 8 Civil War and Ohio Test

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 5hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main reason for the cause of the Civil War?

a)

tariffs

b)

slavery

c)

divided territories

d)

imports and exports

2.

Which one of these was not a reason for the Civil War?

a)

States rights

b)

federal rights

c)

tariffs

d)

trade

3.

How many troops did Lincoln ask for to help fight for the North?

a)

25,000

b)

5,000

c)

13,000

d)

20,000

4.

What was the name of the only battle during the Civil War that occurred in Portland, Ohio?

a)

Battle of Rustic Creek

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Appomatox Courthouse

d)

Battle of Buffington Island (Morgan's Raid)

5.

What was the nickname of the soldiers of the North during the Civil War?

a)

The Rebels

b)

The Yankees

c)

The Paleo's

d)

The Red Coats

6.

What was the nickname of the soldiers of the South during the Civil War?

a)

The Rebels

b)

The Yankees

c)

The Roanke's

d)

The Puritans

7.

What were the troops of the North and South called?

a)

The Steelers and the Browns

b)

The Raider's and the Crusaders

c)

The Union and the Confederacy

d)

The Puritan's and Pilgrims

8.

On January 1, 1863 Lincoln made a presidential proclamation and executive order. WHAT WAS THIS CALLED?

a)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

b)

ELECTORAL SPEECH

c)

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

d)

15TH AMENDMENT

9.

What did the 13th Amendment state?

a)

Allowed African American's the right to vote

b)

Abolished Slavery

c)

Did away with the Civil War

d)

Ended the Gettysburg Battle

10.

What was the name of the capital city in the South during the Civil War?

a)

Raleigh, North Carolina

b)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

c)

Richmond, Virginia

d)

New Orleans, Louisiana

11.

What year did the Civil War end?

a)

1863

b)

1865

c)

1861

d)

1860

12.

What was the name of the fictional book title, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that discussed the importance of abolishing slavery?

a)

The Chronicle

b)

The diaries of Lewis and Clark

c)

The Alamanc

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

13.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Northern General Ulyssess S. Grant?

a)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

b)

Appomatox Courthouse, Virginia

c)

Nashville, Tennesse

d)

Gettysburg, PA

14.

This city was the auto capital of the world...

a)

Cleveland

b)

Detroit

c)

Columbus

d)

Cincinnati

15.

This city was the rubber capital of the world...

a)

Akron

b)

Columbus

c)

Youngstown

d)

Cleveland

16.

What did General Braxton Braggs tell John Hunt Morgan not to cross...

a)

The Cincinnati creek

b)

Lake Erie

c)

The West Virginia New River

d)

The Ohio River

17.

What job did Abe Lincoln work at before he ran in the 1861 president election?

a)

teacher

b)

doctor

c)

lawyer

d)

nurse

18.

Ohio had many natural resources. Named 2 that could be used for fuel:

a)

gold and silver

b)

aluminum and zinc

c)

coal and oil

d)

obsidian and copper

19.

This man was the President of the North...

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abe Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

20.

This man was the General of the South during the Civil War...

a)

John Hunt Morgan

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

BF Goodrich

21.

This man was President of the South during the Civil War...

a)

George Washington

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abe Lincoln

22.

This man was an American oil industry business developer, industrialist and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time...

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

James A. Garfield

c)

John D. Rockfeller

23.

What did it mean when South Carolina seceded from the United States?

a)

to join forces

b)

to trade with another state

c)

to leave

d)

to reach an agreement

24.

The bombardment at Fort Sumter by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War is located where?

a)

Gettysburg, PA

b)

Charleston, SC

c)

Vicksburg, MS

d)

Lynchburg, TN

25.

What was the name of the land bridge connecting Asia and North America?

a)

The Seaside Bridge

b)

The Connecting Bridge

c)

The Bering Land Bridge

26.

(REVIEW QUESTON) The Woodland Indians consisted to two main groups called the ...______________

a)

Native Americans

b)

Hope and Faith

c)

Hopewell and Adena

27.

Name one extinct animal that many early people to North America hunted?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Mammoth

c)

Wyandot Indians

28.

Name the first ten presidents in correct order.

a)

Washington, Van Buren, Jackson, Monroe, Jefferson, Adams, Madison,

b)

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler