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WorksheetsLillard Civil War Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following were causes of the Civil War?
Slavery
States' Rights
Kansas-Nebraska Act
All of the above
Who was the Confederate General in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
The Civil War began with the shots at...
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Appomattox Courthouse
Vicksburg
Which of the following battles had the most casualties?
The Battle at Wilderness
Wilson's Creek
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
What was the main purpose and impact of this book?
To help pass the Fugitive Slave Act
To grow support for the abolitionist movement
To persuade the North to have slaves
To give money made from the book to slave owners
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, or "Bleeding Kansas," resulted in which of the following?
Kansas joined the Union as a free state.
Kansas joined the Union as a slave state.
It brought the nation together on the issue of slavery.
It persuaded General Lee to fight for the Confederacy.
The picture above portrays which Civil War event?
Gettysburg
The beginning of the war
The surrender of Robert E. Lee to the Union at Appomattox Court House
The surrender of Ulysses S. Grant to the Confederacy at Appomattox Court House
Slave owners most likely wanted to capture Harriet Tubman because she
led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad
fought against the Fugitive Slave Law
sang forbidden spirituals to enslaved people
worked hard and they wanted her as a worker
Which of the following is true as an effect of the Compromise of 1850?
California joined as a free state and the territories were able to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
Missouri joined as a free state and the territories were able to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
Texas joined as a free state and the territories were able to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
Maine joined as a free state and the territories were able to decide if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
Which of the following was the General of the Union army during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
General Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Which of the following is true of Dred Scott's story during the Civil War?
Took his case to the Supreme Court
Argued that time spent in a free state gave him freedom
Supreme Court ruled that no slave could claim U. S. citizenship.
All of the above
The image above was taken from Abraham Lincoln's famous speech during the Civil War. What was the name of the speech?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Appomattox Court House
The 13th Amendment
Which amendment allowed the abolitionists to achieve their goal of abolishing slavery?
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Which of the following describes the result of the 13th Amendment?
It abolished slavery.
It gave citizenship to African Americans.
It allowed African Americans the right to vote.
Which of the following describes the result of the 14th amendment?
It abolished slavery.
It gave citizenship to African Americans.
It gave African Americans the right to vote.
Which of the following describes the result of the 15th amendment?
It abolished slavery.
It gave citizenship to African Americans.
It gave African Americans the right to vote.
After the war was over, what do you think would have been the main goal of the United States?
To start completely over
To build a new White House
To destroy all military
To create a plan to bring the Confederate states back to the Union
What was one of the main laws created under Black Codes in the South?
segregation
unionization
support for African Americans
punishment of plantation owners
In addition to slavery, what was one of the main reasons for the Civil War?
Segregation
Black Codes
States' Rights
The elections of Madison
The North's economy was mostly based on which of the following?
Factories
Cash Crops
Wheat Farming
Mining
The South's economy was mostly based on which of the following?
Factories
Cash Crops
Wheat Farming
Mining
Which of the following is a way in which the West made money?
Farming
Opening small businesses
Mining
All of the above
The Underground Railroad
was a real railroad that took slaves to the South.
was a real railroad that helped slaves escape.
was a secret that politicians used to meet and make secret decisions.
was a system of secret pathways that helped slaves escape to freedom.
The states that separated from the Union after the election of President Lincoln were called
Union states
Confederate states
Border states
The free states that stayed with the Union after the election of President Lincoln were called
Union states
Confederate states
Border states
The slave states that stayed with the Union after the election of President Lincoln were called
Union states
Confederate states
Border states
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the
Union states
Confederate states
Jefferson Davis was the President of the
Union states
Confederate states
Richmond, VA was the capital of which country during the Civil War?
Union states
Confederate states
Border states
Another name for the South?
Union
Confederacy
Another name for the North?
Union
Confederacy
Who had a war strategy that called for fighting a defensive war until the other side grew tired of fighting?
Union
Confederacy
What was the purpose of the Union's naval blockade strategy?
to keep slaves from escaping
to cut-off Southern trade & ruin the Confederate economy
to supply markets for Northern industries
to capture the Missisiipi& Missouri Rivers
Who had the advantage of fighting to defend its homeland from invasion?
Union
Confederacy
Who had the advantage in population- 22 million to 9 million?
Union
Confederacy
Who had the advantage in war resources- factories, railroad, workers, draft animals, etc.?
Union
Confederacy
The North had plenty of factories, people, money and few ______ during the Civil War.
large plantations
railroads
small farms
banks
The South had a lot of farming-mostly tobacco and cotton, few or incomplete Railroads, and
a lot of factories that made clothes
a lot of men to fight the war.
a lot of apple plantations.
few banks with money.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
Bull Run
San Jacinto
Appomattox Court House
Fort Sumter
Who won the Civil War?
Union
Confederacy
The Confederates surrendered to the Union at the ____________________ in April of 1865 preserving the Union.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Fort Sumter
Appomattox Court House
Slaves usually traveled on the Underground Railroad during the _______________.
night time
day time
