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Reconstruction (Civil War) Preassessment

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
2.
What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?
a)
Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
b)
the election of Lincoln as President
c)
The Missouri Compromise
d)
the annexation of Texas
3.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
The South’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the North’s economy was based  on farming

b)
The North’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the South’s economy was based on farming
c)
The North and South both had an economy based on farming.
d)
The North and South both had an economy based on industry and manufacturing.
4.

At the start of the Civil War, what was the primary goal of the Union?

a)

end slavery

b)

increase taxes

c)

expand American territory

d)

preserve the Union

5.

Which word means people killed or wounded?

a)

Yankees

b)

Rebels

c)

resistance

d)

casualties

e)

entrenched

6.

The first and only President of the Confederacy

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

7.

President of the Union and 16th president of the United States.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

8.
Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
9.

What was the name of the States who left the United States during the Civil War?

a)

The United States of America

b)

The Union

c)

The Confederate States of America

d)

The Southern Union

10.
What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
a)
11th
b)
13th
c)
18th
d)
8th
11.

Which statement best describes the Southern attitude toward enslaved Africans?

a)

They were property owned by a master.

b)

They were hard workers and should be paid good wages.

c)

They should be free to make their own choices.

12.

What was the purpose of the abolitionist movement?

a)

To move slaves to Canada.

b)

To outlaw slavery across the United States.

c)

To allow slavery in the western territories.

13.

The new nation formed by the Southern states that seceded from the United States was called the _____.

a)

Southern States of America

b)

Union

c)

Confederate States of America

d)

Canada

14.

The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people escape to _________.

a)

California

b)

Mexico

c)

The South and Canada

d)

The North and Canada

15.

Why were the leaders of South Carolina against the election of Abraham Lincoln?

a)

They feared he would start a new country in the North.

b)

They feared he would end slavery in the North.

c)

They feared he would end slavery throughout the United States.

16.

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

a)

Foreign Invasion

b)

Immigration

c)

Taxes

d)

Slavery

17.

This compromise was made prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in order to ease tensions over the issue of slavery in new territories

a)

California Compromise

b)

New York Compromise

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Compromise

18.

What were the common ways people at home learned about the war?

a)

Newspapers, photographs, and letters

b)

Internet, newspapers, and photographs

c)

Photographs, television, and letters

d)

Letters, internet, and photographs

19.

Why did the southern states secede from the Union?

a)

John Brown had attacked Harpers Ferry

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

Abraham Lincoln was elected President

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

20.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
21.
This freed the slaves in Confederate states.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address 
c)
The Battle of Antietam 
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
22.

In the Gettysburg Address; President Lincoln said the the Union Soldiers had sacrificed their lives to ensure a "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.


What type of government was Lincoln referring to?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Obligarchy

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Democracy

23.
Why did plantation owners in the South believe they needed slavery?
a)
In order to treat them kindly
b)
So the owners could feel important
c)
So the slaves could pick their cotton
d)
So the slaves could wear the cotton they grew.
24.
An abolitionist is a person who
a)
is in favor of slavery
b)
is greatly opposed to slavery
c)
is in favor of going to war
d)
is in opposed to going to war
25.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote and anti-slavery book called________________ that inspired many people to join the movement to end slavery.
a)
The Life of a Slave
b)
The Liberator
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
The Quilt Maker
26.
This novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and turned many people against slavery.
a)
"Harry Potter"
b)
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
c)
"Bridge to Terabithia
d)
"Gone With the Wind"
27.
Which side believed that slavery was wrong and should be abolished?
a)
North
b)
South
28.
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
29.
This was the turning point and bloodiest battle of the war.  
a)
Gettysburg
b)
The Atlanta Campaign
c)
Appomattox Courthouse
d)
Fort Sumter
30.
This man was President during the Civil War.  He opposed slavery and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.  His goal was to preserve the Union.  He wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address.
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Jefferson Davis
31.
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech after the battle at Gettysburg.
a)
The Emancipation Proclamtion
b)
I Have a Dream
c)
The Inaugural Address
d)
The Gettysburg Address
32.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1939
b)
2001
c)
1812
d)
1863
33.
John Brown wanted to arm the ____ and start a war. He was stopped when he was captured by United States Marine troops.
a)
abolitionist
b)
slaves
c)
plantation owners
34.

The southern states that seceded from the Union were called the ______.

a)

Confederate States of the Union

b)

Confederate States Of America

c)

Confederate Union

35.
After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
John Adams
36.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
37.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
38.
This person was the president of the Confederacy. 
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
39.
Why did Southerners want to keep slavery?
a)
Slavery made them feel important.
b)
Slavery made them money. 
c)
Slaves obeyed them
40.

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

a)

Foreign Invasion

b)

Immigration

c)

Taxes

d)

Slavery

41.

A ____________ is someone who fought to end slavery.

a)

Freedomist

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Lincoln's Lads

42.

Who fought in the Civil War?

a)

Americans and Germans

b)

Democrats and Republicans

c)

Confederate and the Union

43.

Who had a higher population?

a)

North

b)

South

44.
Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
a)
antebellum
b)
popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
secession
45.
What did slaves use to escape to Freedom?
a)
The Anaconda Plan
b)
The Oregon Trail
c)
The Union Express Railroad
d)
The Underground Railroad
46.
Who was President of the Union (North) during the Civil War?
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
47.
What is the definition of abolitionist?
a)
to withdraw from a country
b)
a war fought within a country
c)
a person who works to end slavery
d)
a system where people are treated as property
48.
What is the definition of secede?
a)
to withdraw from a country
b)
someone who works to end slavery
c)
a change to the U.S. Constitution
d)
a war within a country
49.
What is the definition of amendment?
a)
to withdraw from a country
b)
someone who works to end slavery
c)
a change to the U.S. Constitution
d)
a war within a country
50.
What is the definition of civil war?
a)
to withdraw from a country
b)
someone who works to end slavery
c)
a change to the U.S. Constitution
d)
a war within a country
51.
Cotton connected the North and the South before the Civil War.  What role did the NORTH have?
a)
produced cotton
b)
sold cotton
c)
made cloth from cotton
d)
grew cotton
52.
Cotton connected the North and the South before the Civil War.  What role did the SOUTH have?
a)
produced cotton
b)
sold cotton
c)
made cloth from cotton
d)
grew cotton
53.
What was the name of the North during the Civil War?
a)
Confederacy
b)
The Confederate States of America
c)
the Union
d)
the United
54.
What was the name of the South during the Civil War?
a)
Confederacy
b)
The Confederate States of America
c)
the Union
d)
Both Confederacy and The Confederate States of America
55.
Why did Dred Scott sue the U.S. government?
a)
He believed he was free, because He had lived in free territory.
b)
His owner died.
c)
He was married to a free woman.
d)
He was set free.
56.
When did South Carolina secede from the Union?
a)
After the Battle of Bull Run.
b)
After Fort Sumter was attacked.
c)
After the Surrender at Appomattox.
d)
After President Lincoln was elected.
57.
What was the document called that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in 1863?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
15th Amendment
58.

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that...

a)

the Scotts were free as long as they stayed in Minnesota.

b)

the Scotts were free as long as they returned to Missouri.

c)

the Scotts were "property" not citizens, and remain enslaved.

59.

Large cities and economy based on factories

a)

North

b)

South

60.

Small, mainly rural population with large plantations

a)

North

b)

South

61.

The economy depended on slave labor

a)

North

b)

South

62.

Thought slavery was morally wrong

a)

North

b)

South

63.

A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war.

a)

Casualty

b)

Cavalry

c)

Enlisted

d)

Blockade

64.

In the South, Plantations were areas where...

a)

crops were grown through the labor of workers, usually slaves, who lived on the land

b)

leaders of government would meet to make laws

c)

traders would sell goods to customers

d)

where banking and money making took place to help the community

65.

Which one of these is President Abraham Lincoln?

a)
b)
c)
d)
66.

True or False: the North won the Civil War?

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Which means to put an end to?

a)

Boom

b)

Slavery

c)

Polish

d)

Abolish

68.
The practice of owning and controlling people.
a)
Being a Mom
b)
Slavery
c)
Abolition
d)
Fugitive
69.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
a)
Amnesty
b)
Reconstruction
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
70.
A secret society of ex-Confederates who used intimidation to return political power to white men
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Radical Republicans
71.
Meaning "to set free"
a)
Emancipate
b)
Abolish
c)
Secede
72.

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

a)

discrimination

b)

disenfranchise

c)

suffrage

d)

redeemers

73.

former slaves

a)

freedmen

b)

redeemers

c)

carpetbaggers

d)

scalawags

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