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SS8H5 Civil War

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 47mins

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Class
Date
1.

What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?

a)

low wages for work

b)

sold into slavery to make room

c)

hunger, exposure, and disease

d)

no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

2.

What importance did Atlanta have to the South in the Civil War?

a)

Due to its railroads, it was the center of major trade and transportation.

b)

It was the capital of the CSA

c)

All of the Confederate Military spent their nights there

d)

The French allies were stationed there.

3.

Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War fought in GA, and was over control of the south's railroads?

a)

Battle of Alexandria

b)

Battle of Winterfell

c)

Battle of Hogwarts

d)

Battles of Chickamauga

4.

What was the primary goal of the Union Blockade?

a)

to prevent Confederate support from Spain.

b)

to keep the South from building up a powerful navy.

c)

prevent the South from shipping cotton to Britain and France in exchange for weapons

d)

to block African slaves from being brought in the southern ports.

5.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Southern states agreed to end slavery before the war

b)

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

c)

California was admitted as a free state.

d)

It created a power imbalance in House and Senate.

6.

Why did many Southerners feel that states rights were violated by the abolition of slavery?

a)

they believed that the North should practice slavery.

b)

they believed that abolition violated the state's right to choose the laws that were best for them.

c)

they believed that freed slaves would take control of their states.

d)

they believed that abolition would bring back tariffs.

7.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A place where slaves were sold
b)
It was a railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.
c)
A network slaves used to get to freedom.
d)
A smooth form of transportation.
8.
Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
a)
Shiloh
b)
Antietam
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Gettysburg
9.
Atlanta's military importance to the Confederacy was that it was the 
a)
capital of the Confederacy.
b)
most populated city in the Confederacy.
c)
industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy.
d)
home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.
10.
What Union general led the northern army on its "March to the Sea" and saw to it that much of Georgia's capital resources were destroyed?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
William T. Sherman
d)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
11.
Where was the notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
a)
Fulton
b)
Alcatraz
c)
Belle Isle
d)
Andersonville
12.
Many southern states believe that the state should be the final authority over slavery. This belief is an example of
a)
abolition
b)
sectionalism
c)
states' rights
d)
popular sovereignty
13.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, many southern states, including Georgia, left the union, or _______.
a)
nullified
b)
seceded
c)
exercised sectionalism
d)
exercised states' rights
14.
Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the American Civil War?
a)
The North supported states' rights.
b)
Regional differences caused tension
c)
Economic differences caused tension
d)
The North and South disagreed about slavery
15.
Which Georgia statesman disagreed with secession warning that a civil war would lead to the economic ruin of the south?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
John Breckenridge
16.
What law allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
17.
The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?
a)
Maine
b)
Kansas
c)
Missouri
d)
California
18.
People who campaigned to end slavery were called ____.
a)
conformists
b)
rebels
c)
abolitionists
d)
yankees
19.
What was the US Supreme Court's decision when Dred Scott, a slave, attempted to sue for his freedom? The US Supreme Court determined that he
a)
would be granted his freedom
b)
was lying about living in a free state
c)
was property, not a citizen, and had no legal right to sue
d)
he should fight for the Union army and win his freedom
20.
How was the issue of slavery determined in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
a)
Popular sovereignty determined slave status.
b)
Kansas would become a slave state and Nebraska would become a free state.
c)
Nebraska would become a slave state and Kansas would become a free state.
d)
Because they are north of the 36 30' parallel, they would become free states.
21.
Why would the Election of 1860 cause Georgia to secede from the Union? 
a)
The Union’s democratic party split because of slavery. Union? 
b)
Georgia feared President Lincoln’s anti-slavery views would be harmful to its economy.
c)
Georgia voted for Stephen Douglas, and did not support President Lincoln. 
d)
The Dred Scott court case ended in 1860.
22.

What did President Lincoln hope to accomplish when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

He wanted to free slaves living in the North.

b)

He hoped to bring a quick end to the war and to preserve the Union.

c)

He hoped to stop Sherman’s March through Georgia.

d)

He hoped to gained support from England to help in the war and preserve the Union.

23.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?  
a)
A. It freed all slaves in states fighting against the Union.
b)
B. It freed all slaves in the United States
c)
C. It put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of all Union forces. 
d)
 D. It allowed slaves to fight in the Confederate army.
24.
What was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea”? 
a)
 A. It convinced the South that they could win the war.
b)
B. It convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
c)
C. It forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Georgia. 
d)
D. It left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah that crippled the Confederacy.
25.
What was the purpose of the Union’s blockade of Georgia’s coast? 
a)
A. To destroy rail lines
b)
B. To take Atlanta
c)
 C. To keep the South from trading goods by ship
d)
D. To force Lee’s surrender at Gettysburg
26.
The economy of the South depended largely on  
a)
A. New technology. 
b)
B. Manufacturing. 
c)
C. Politics.
d)
D. Slave labor.
27.
The idea that a state can declare a federal law invaid within its borders
a)
tariff
b)
regionalism
c)
abolitionists
d)
nullification
28.

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to

a)

let Missouri have slavery until 1850

b)

allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri

c)

maintain a balance of slave and free states

d)

return slaves captured in free states to slave states

29.

Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?

a)

It was near a major railroad center

b)

It was a major recruiting center for the South.

c)

It was located halfway between two state capitals.

d)

It had a number of factories that produced war supplies.

30.

The South needed to keep its ports open during the war

a)

to maintain navy for attacks on northern seaports

b)

to maintain the only major transportation resource in the South.

c)

to ship and sell its cotton in Europe in exchange for supplies and weapons.

d)

to protect the privateers who were making millions in profits from the war.

31.

After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?

a)

Joseph Brown

b)

Thomas Cobb

c)

Robert Toombs

d)

Alexander Stephens

32.
What was the name of this Union strategy?
a)
The Anaconda Attack
b)
The Anaconda Plan
c)
Operation Snake Bite
d)
The Great Bite
33.
Which term refers to the idea that southern states had the authority to make their own laws regarding slavery?
a)
secession
b)
sectionalism
c)
states' rights
d)
due process
34.
Dred Scott sued his owners because
a)
he had worked long enough and had earned his freedom
b)
he and his family had saved enough money to buy their freedom
c)
because his owner had died, the owner had no legal right to Scott's family
d)
since he had lived in free states, he should be considered a free man
35.
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Andrew Jackson
36.

Which Civil War battle won by Sherman and Union troops led to the Union control over the RR supply line for the CSA and set up the March to the Sea?

a)

Battle of Chickamauga

b)

Battle of Atlanta

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Andersonville

37.
During the 1800s, Southern states were economically dependent on __ while the North became economically dependent on __.
a)
industry, agriculture
b)
agriculture, industry
c)
paid labor, free labor
d)
sharecropping, tenant farming
38.

Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

William Sherman

c)

Morgan Freeman

d)

Jefferson Davis

39.

The commanding general of the Union army was

a)

Ulysses Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Sherman

d)

John Wilkes Booth

40.

The commanding general of the Confederate army was

a)

Ulysses Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

William Sherman

41.

The Confederacy surrendered to the Union army at this courthouse in Virginia.

a)

Appomattox

b)

Antietam

c)

Manassas

d)

Richmond

42.

During the Civil War, after burning Atlanta, towards which city did William T. Sherman march his men?

a)

Augusta

b)

Savannah

c)

Columbus

d)

Chattanooga

43.

What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?

a)

low wages for work

b)

sold into slavery to make room

c)

hunger, exposure to the elements, and disease

d)

no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

44.
Which compromise brought in the Georgia Platform?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
45.
Which statement would be supported by someone believing in states' rights?
a)
The federal government has no right to tell states how to operate.
b)
Federal laws always take precedence over state laws.
c)
States may only pass laws on issues allowed by the U.S. Constitution.
d)
Disputes between states should always be settled by the national government.
46.
The notorious confederate prison where 13,000 Union soldiers died was in
a)
Andersonville
b)
Griswaldville
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Adairsville
47.
The Emancipation Proclamation's major weakness was
a)
it allowed former slaves to join the Union army
b)
it freed slaves in the South
c)
it was issued without Congressional approval
d)
it allowed slavery ro remain in the border states.
48.
What is the BEST reason that Sherman would use the strategy of "total war" to defeat the South?
a)
The total war strategy would keep the South from trading with Great Britain and France.
b)
Sherman's men wanted revenge for the treatment of Union soldiers in the Andersonville prison camp.
c)
The invasion of Georgia would lead to armed revolt by the slaves, and this would help the Union win the war.
d)
The destruction of Georgia would be so complete that it would break the Confederacy's will to continue fighting.
49.

Southerners could buy goods cheaper by __ them from Europe rather than buying from the North, so President Jackson imposed a __.

a)

importing; tariff

b)

growing; law

c)

trading; sanction

d)

making; tax

50.

What were the 4 main reasons for the Civil War

a)

Anaconda Plan, Andersonville Prison, Tariffs, Taxes

b)

Nullification, Taxes, Emancipation Proclamation, Anaconda Plan

c)

Tariffs, State's Rights, Slavery, and the Election of 1860

d)

Election of 1860, Taxes, Union Blockade, State's Rights