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WorksheetsThe Civil War Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why was slavery important to the Southern states?
Slaves were needed to produce cotton and other crops.
Southern factories depended on slave labor.
Slaves were the only people who could read and write.
Slaves were needed to build the roads.
The abolitionist movement contributed to __________________.
the Civil War
secession of the South
the ending of slavery
all of the above
Which abolitionists were convincing speakers and once enslaved themselves?
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
John Brown and William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth
Harriet B. Stowe and Angelina Grimke
Who tried to lead an armed rebellion against slavery?
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Andrew Jackson
Frederick Douglass
The Confederate States of America elected who to be their president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglas
The election of Lincoln as President in 1860 led to which of the following?
Southern states agreed to abolish slavery in the next five years.
Northern states made plans to stop the spread of slavery to the new states.
Lincoln passed laws to protect the rights of slaves.
Southern states withdrew from the Union and formed their own country.
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Many states in the South seceded from the Union. What was the name of their country?
Liberators
War Between the States
Confederate States of America
United States of America
What was the most serious disagreement between the North and the South?
how much money farmers in the south should be paid for their crops.
how best to deal with the Indian people living in the North.
whether slavery should be allowed to spread to the frontier.
whether to pay Eli Whitney for the invention of the cotton gin.
Who was known as the “conductor” who helped free slaves through the Underground
Railroad?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
The North Star newspaper was published by______________________.
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Which novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the cruelty of slavery?
Little House in the Prairie
The Liberator
Slavery Must Be Stopped
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Which statement best describes the causes of the Civil War?
The North wanted to bring slavery to their region
The South wanted both slavery and strong states’ rights.
The South wanted a stronger federal government and an industrial economy (factories).
The North was angry because of Lincoln’s death.
Which word best describes the work of the North before the Civil War?
farming
agriculture
factories
plantations
The South developed as an agricultural region because of its fertile soil and temperate climate that permitted the growing of cash crops. The big industry in the south was________________________.
education
cotton
mills
factories
Why did immigrants choose to go to northern cities?
wanted to farm
were brought there as slaves
There was factory work.
to search for gold
The North had rocky soil and a much short growing season, economic emphasis rapidly shifted away from agriculture. Due to these conditions the North______________________.
developed and economy based on shipbuilding and commerce
North shifted away from agriculture
Both A and B
None of the above
Which of the following is not a characteristics does NOT belong to the Northern states?
lumber
railroad
towns and cities
agriculture
Which abolitionist was a freed African American slave who was a strong anti-slavery speaker?
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Which of the following characteristics describes the Southern states?
slaves
cash crops
fertile soil
all of the above
