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Unit 6 Civil War

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What amendment brought about the end of slavery?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The 14th Amendment

c)

The 13th Amendment

d)

Whattt

2.

Who was Dred Scott?

a)

Dred Scott was an Southern Slave who escaped to the North to fight for them and his freedom

b)

He was a farmer

c)

A soldier in the Confederate Army

d)

He was an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom but was unsuccessful in the end

3.

When was Abraham Lincoln elected

a)

December 10, 1857

b)

November 6, 1860

c)

1783

d)

1885

4.

Who said the famous words, "Four score and seven years ago" at the Gettysburg Address

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

Uncle Sam

5.

The Battle of ________ was the bloodiest days in American history

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Normandy

d)

Fort Sumter

6.

Why did slavery create so much conflict between the South and North?

a)

The North opposed slavery while the South still approved if it. Through multiple failed attempts and compromises to keep the two Regions together it finally led to the Civil War

b)

Southerner's just didn't like African Americans

c)

The North was making profits off slaves while the South wasn't

d)

Many loved their slaves and didn't want to see them go

7.

What were the Black Codes

a)

A form of laws (before Jim Crow) specifically made for African American's

b)

They were the Jim Crow laws

c)

A Tariff

d)

Called on by the Congress to stop the flow of free black Americans after the Civil War

8.

Why did the South nullify federal tariffs?

a)

They hated President Andrew Jackson

b)

They believed that the tariffs only benefited the North and that they were unconstitutional

c)

A sense of rebellion againist abolitionist in the North

d)

They didn't like taxes

9.

Sherman's March occured in 1864, how long did it last?

a)

May 1st - 19th, 1864

b)

October 5th - Januray 17th

c)

November 15th - December 21st

d)

February 6th - March 1st

10.

Why did the North and South fight?

a)

The main purpose was slavery, althougth other factors helped the conflict between the two spiral into war.

b)

The Nullification Crisis

c)

Failed Compromises

d)

Fort Sumter

11.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

An Confederate Soldier

d)

Andrew Jackson

12.

How did the Civil War end and with what war?

a)

The battle of Gettysburg were general Robert E. Lee was captured

b)

The North finished off the Confederacy in the battle of antietam

c)

The South won at the battle of Fort Sumter

d)

The battle of Palmito Ranch, were Robert E. Lee surrendered and the North won the war

13.

What was Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan?

a)

He wanted to restore Southern states to their former glory, of course with loyalty towards the "new" United States government

b)

Plan to enslave former southerners who opposed the Union

c)

The essence of what would later be called the black codes

d)

idk

14.

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address)

c)

Abraham Lincoln (Emancipation Proclamation)

d)

Benjamin Franklin

15.

How were the Jim Crow laws created

a)

Andrew Johnson signed off on it

b)

An extension was added to the Black Codes

c)

When Confederates regained political power

d)

Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan

16.

How many people were killed in the Civil War?

a)

1,000,000

b)

620,000

c)

100,000

d)

253,000

17.

Why did African American's serve in the Civil War

a)

Many free African American's wanted to fight for their freedom, winning the Civil War meant that they were truthfully free from slavery

b)

They were forced to fight for the southern region

c)

The war paid salaries and many free African American's needed money

d)

The war put blacks in a spotlight which only increased slave methods

18.

What led up to the events of the Civil War?

a)

Failed Compromises, Tariffs, Slavery, Regional conflicts

b)

Tariffs, Trail of Tears, Westward Expansion, Slavery

c)

Underground Railroad, Westward Expansion, Slavery, Regional Conflicts

d)

Congress

19.

The 13th Amendment states...

a)

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

b)

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury..."

c)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

d)

"All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."

20.

Why did reconstruction occur after the Civil War?

a)

Much of the South had been left in ruins and needed a reform not just physically but economically and politically as well

b)

To punish the Southerns for their traditional ways

c)

The South wanted to further themselves from the lifestyle of the North

d)

The North wanted the South to be more like them

21.

Why didn't Europe help the South in the Civil War?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

Because America refused to help out France in the French Revolution

c)

Much like the North, Europe (through Uncle Tom's Cabin) saw the horrors of slavery and saw no need in help the South anyway

d)

They wanted to stay neutral

22.

How long did the Civil War last?

a)

April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865

b)

April 19, 1775 - September 3, 1783

c)

May 5, 1789 - November 9, 1799

d)

July 18, 1914 - November 11, 1918

23.

What year was the battle of Antietam

a)

1862

b)

1875

c)

1864

d)

1850

24.

Why was Abraham Lincoln an important president?

a)

He accomplished many things while in office. He won a war between the south and freed all slaves while doing so.

b)

His 10 Percent Plan

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

He helped the South win the war

25.

List the correct order

a)

Civil War > Battle of Gettysburg > Failed Compromises > Union wins

b)

Failed Compromises > Union wins > Battle of Gettysburg > Civil War

c)

Failed Compromises > Civil War > Battle of Gettysburg > Union wins

d)

Union wins > Battle of Gettysburg > Civil War > Failed Compromises