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Sectionalism, Civil War, Reconstruction

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 2hrs 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Ulysses S. Grant had a significant role in the Civil War. What was his role?

a)
General of the Union Army
b)
General of the Confederate Army
c)
President of the Union
d)
President of the Confederate
2.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
3.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
4.

The North's economy was mainly based on what?

a)

Tourism

b)

Agriculture: Cash crops like cotton and indigo

c)

Agriculture: Food crops like wheat and corn

d)

Industry and Trade

5.

The South's economy was mainly based on what?

a)

Tourism

b)

Agriculture: Cash crops like cotton and indigo

c)

Agriculture: Food crops like wheat and corn

d)

Industry and Trade

6.

The Compromise of 1850 added which state as a free state?

a)

Nevada

b)

Georgia

c)

Alaska

d)

California

7.

The Compromise of 1850 said that Congress would do what about slavery in territories?

a)

not make any new laws about slavery

b)

ban slavery north of the 36 degree North parallel

c)

ban slavery in all territory

d)

keep slavery where it already was

8.

The Compromise of 1850 banned Slave Trade in this city.

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Boston

c)

New York City

d)

Atlanta

9.

The Compromise of 1850 also added this law to help Southern slave owners collect their runaway slaves.

a)

Runaway Slave Act

b)

Missing Slave Act

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Return Slave Act

10.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act explained how states would become either free or slave states. Which of the descriptions is correct?

a)

Representatives from the territories would vote and decide.

b)

The people living in the territory would vote and decide.

c)

Governors of the territories would vote and decide.

d)

A coin would be flipped. Heads = free and tails = slave.

11.

Because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, many proslavery and anti-slavery groups began moving to the new territories which lead to what?

a)

Fighting breaking out in the territories that would be called "Bleeding Kansas"

b)

More free states being added to the Union (United States)

c)

More slave states being added to the Union (United States)

d)

Fighting breaking out in the territories that would be called "Bleeding Nebraska"

12.

The Dred Scott Case was important because the Supreme Court ruled what? (Choose all of the correct answers)

a)

Dred Scott was property and could not sue for his freedom.

b)

Dred Scott would become free since his master died in land where slavery was banned.

c)

Laws that banned slavery were unconstitutional.

d)

Laws that banned slavery were constitutional.

13.

Kansas earned this nickname as a result of the violence that broke out over disagreements for the expansion of slavery.

a)

Pottowatomie massacre

b)

The Jayhawk State

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

The mob state

14.
Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?
a)
It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
b)
It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
c)
It made cotton easier to plant
d)
It was invented by James Monroe
15.
The event which is considered to be the start of the Civil War is__________________________ . (3-4.4) 
a)
the election of President Lincoln
b)
 the election of Jefferson Davis
c)
 the firing on Fort Sumter
d)
the sinking of the Hunley
16.
The first and only President of the Confederate States of America was______________________. (3-4.4) 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
17.
Reconstruction was a time when________________________________________.   
a)
burned forts were rebuilt by slaves
b)
the federal government protected the rights of the newly freed slaves
c)
 towns and cities developed their own governments
d)
new weapons were given to Confederate soldiers
18.
When Congress passed the 15thamendment___________________________________________.    
a)
African Americans were given the right to vote
b)
slavery was abolished
c)
women became landowners
d)
a new Constitution was established
19.
Reconstruction helped African Americans  because______________________________________.(3-4.6)
a)
their rights were protected
b)
 they were able to vote
c)
they were able to be elected in the government
d)
All of the above
20.
Following the end of Reconstruction, federal troops withdrew from the southern states. As a result,_________________________________________.(3-4.6)    
a)
a system of sharecropping was developed which used African American workers
b)
the 13th and 14th amendments were passed to protect African Americans
c)
the Civil Rights Movement was started to fight discrimination
d)
white leaders passed laws to limit the rights of African Americans
21.

Why was the 54th Massachusetts regiment significant?

a)

It was a regiment that switched from the Union to Confederacy mid-way through the war.

b)

It was the best-known African American regiment.

c)

It was a naval unit known for their decisive victories at sea.

d)

It helped return escaped slaves back to the South.

22.

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

23.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
24.
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
25.
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.
26.
Who was the military general of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
27.
Who was the military general of the Union who helped the North win the war?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
28.
Which new amendment to the Constitution "Freed" the Slaves.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
29.
What economic system replaces slavery during Reconstruction keeping African-Americans in poverty and debt?
a)
Sharecropping 
b)
40 Acres and a Mule
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Plantation Farming
30.
What was the name of the terrorist group that drove African-Americans out of political control during and after Reconstruction? 
a)
Al Qaeda 
b)
Klu Klux Klan
c)
Nazis
d)
Sons of  the Confederacy
31.
What was the name of the Union War Strategy that called for a Naval Blockade of the Confederacy?
a)
Cotton Diplomacy
b)
Total War
c)
Anaconda Plan
d)
Blitzkrieg 
32.
This Civil War Battle gave the Union control over the Mississippi River that divided the Confederacy. 
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Vicksburg
d)
Battle of Fort Wagner
33.
Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Vicksburg
34.
What system allowed for a farmer to rent land and tools from a landowner in exchange for a portion of the crops at harvest?
a)
sharecropping
b)
plantation system
c)
tenant farming
35.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
36.

What battle was the single bloodiest day of the war. The Union won and Lincoln decided to write the Emancipation Proclamation.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

37.

Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

38.

Which amendment granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States?

a)

12th amendment

b)

13th amendment

c)

14th amendment

d)

15th amendment

39.

Which amendment granted the right to vote to all men?

a)

12th amendment

b)

13th amendment

c)

14th amendment

d)

15th amendment

40.

What was Reconstruction?

a)

a time period of readmitting states and rebuilding the South after the Civil War

b)

Building new homes for citizens in the North

c)

laws to limit the rights of all Confederate soldiers

41.

When the war began Lincoln's only concern was ___________.

a)

ending slavery

b)

getting reelected

c)

punishing the south

d)

preserving the Union

42.

Andrew Johnson became president when

a)

Grant lost the battle at Gettysburg

b)

Lincoln's assassination

c)

Robert E Lee captured Richmond, VA

d)

the South seceded

43.
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Mark David Chapman
d)
Sirhan Sirhan
44.

Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was also know as _____?

a)

the five percent plan

b)

the ten percent plan

c)

the one hundred percent plan

d)

the fifty percent plan

45.

Why was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction never implemented?

a)

The Radical Republicans voted against it

b)

Lincoln lost the election to Andrew Johnson

c)

Lincoln was assassinated

d)

Congress passed the Wade Davis bill

46.

Whose did not punish the South except for the rich & highest ranking Confederate officers; opposed equal rights for African Americans.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Dredd Scott

47.
Which of the following was NOT a cause for the Civil War?
a)
Slavery issues as the country expanded West
b)
Continued arguments over protective tariffs
c)
States’ rights issues to include the right of secession
d)
Falling prices of farm products
48.
Which of the following is a correct list of war strategies of the North?
a)
Building a defensive wall to separate the North and South and waiting to be attacked
b)
Blockade of the South, capture the Mississippi River, capture Richmond
c)
Control over mountain passes, invading the South through Florida, capture Atlanta
d)
Burn all southern fields, capture the Missouri River, assassination Jefferson Davis
49.
This state was the site of the first battle of the Civil War and the 1st to secede
a)
North Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
South Carolina 
d)
Middle Carolina
50.
This battle is considered a turning point in the war, after which the North began winning
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Shiloh
51.
Sherman's _______ tore up major rail lines, burned cities, broke the will of the South to fight
a)
Vicksburg
b)
March to the Sea
c)
Antietam
d)
Gettysburg
52.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

53.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

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