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Civil War : US1: 9a

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the economy of the North prior to the US Civil War?

a)

banking

b)

agricultural including cotton

c)

industrial with factories

d)

trading

2.

The Southern states favored which form of government to keep the states strong using their own laws?

a)

taxes

b)

strong national government

c)

states' rights

d)

strong military

3.

Since the south was mostly a society of people living in small villages, farms, and plantations , it is referred to as what typr of society?

a)

agricultural

b)

industrialized

c)

urban

d)

manufacturing

4.

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas- Nebraska Act were all written in an attempt to pass laws that would:

a)

force the North to adopt slavery

b)

anger the south into seceding( separating from the USA

c)

persuade voters to vote for Abraham Lincoln as president

d)

resolve the differences between the North and South

5.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
6.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
7.
The event held at this location encouraged the start of the civil war and rallied both sides to build up their armies.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Yorktown
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Appomattox 
8.
Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
9.
Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Border states
10.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Border states

11.

An abolitionist wants to

a)

spread slavery

b)

fight for the South (Confederacy)

c)

withdraw from the Union

d)

end slavery

12.
What day did the Civil War begin?
a)
April 12, 1865
b)
November 19, 1863
c)
July 1, 1863
d)
April 12, 1861
13.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
14.
Which side believed that slavery was wrong and should be abolished?
a)
North
b)
South
15.
This side depended on slavery for work on plantations, thought cash crops would be destroyed without slavery, and believed the federal government could not tell them what to do.
a)
North
b)
South