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H5 Civil War Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term best describes the following

description? “Southerners’ belief that

states should have higher authority than the

federal government”

a)

National rights

b)

Confederate rights

c)

States’ rights

d)

Popular sovereignty

2.

Which law, which greatly angered Abolitionists, made helping runaway slaves in the North illegal?

a)

Nebraska Act

b)

Underground Railroad Act

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

3.

Which Supreme Court ruling declared slaves were not citizens?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Grant v. Lee Decision

d)

Dred Scott Decision

4.

Shortly after Lincoln was elected, what did 11 southern states, starting with South Carolina, do?

a)

Seceded from the Union

b)

Rewrote the Constitution

c)

Abolished slavery

d)

Called for a new election

5.

This is considered to be the first fighting that took place during the Civil War

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

John Brown seizing Harper's Ferry

c)

Attack on Fort Sumter

d)

the Monitor vs the Merrimack

6.

What was the name taken by the 11 southern states that seceded?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Cotton Kingdom

d)

Border States

7.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a)

Jeffereson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Stonewall Jackson

8.

What did Lincoln issue to free the slaves in 11 Confederate States?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Free Em All Act

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Gettysburg Address

9.

Who were the two main generals of each side, who signed the letter of surrender at Appomattox?

a)

Lincoln & Davis

b)

Sherman & Jackson

c)

Grant & Lee

d)

Washington & Cornwallis

10.

The South was known for

a)

urbanization

b)

slavery

c)

fishing

d)

poor land for farming

11.

The attack at Fort Sumter was launched by

a)

Mexico

b)

Europe

c)

Union forces

d)

Confederate forces

12.

Lincoln’s main goal was to preserve

a)

the Union

b)

slavery

c)

the Confederacy

d)

Southern way of life

13.

The first Republican President.

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Bill Clinton

14.

The commander of the Confederate Army.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

15.

Commander of the Union Army.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

16.

The first state to secede from the Union.

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Mississippi

d)

Virginia

17.

The president of the Confederate States.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln

18.

What does it mean to be an abolitionist?

a)

You benefit from slavery.

b)

You want to see slavery end.

c)

You are a Confederate soldier.

d)

You have the right to vote.

19.
What is sectionalism?
a)
Alliance between sections or regions
b)
Competition between sections or regions
c)
Alliance between foreign countries
d)
Competition between foreign countries
20.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for sectionalism between the North and South?
a)
Slavery
b)
State Rights
c)
Military leadership
d)
Tariffs (taxes)
21.
What were the economic differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War?
a)
N-industrial  S-agricultural
b)
N-industrial  S-industrial
c)
N-agricultural  S-industrial
d)
N-agricultural  S-agricultural
22.
What controversial issue did the compromises over western territories attempt to resolve?
a)
The number of states that should be admitted to the union
b)
The debate over states' rights vs the power of the federal gov't
c)
The argument that popular sovereignty was unconstitutional
d)
The balance of representation in congress between slave and free states
23.
How did the Fugitive Slave Act compromise with Southern slave holders?
a)
It allowed for runaway slaves to be returned to their masters
b)
It said that Kansas could vote on the future of slavery 
c)
It allowed for runaway slaves to find freedom in the North
d)
It said that California would enter the Union as a free state
24.
What was the impact of the Underground Railroad?
a)
It was a literal railroad that moved people easily
b)
It helped slaves escape to freedom
c)
It helped slave catchers return slaves to the South
d)
It supplied the South during the war
25.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
26.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
27.
After Lincoln was elected:
a)
Southern states were happy
b)
Northern states hated him
c)
He began to establish more slave states
d)
Southern states began to secede
28.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
29.
Which region was more industrial?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
30.
Which region was more agricultural?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
31.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1800-1812
b)
1900-1906
c)
1861-1865
d)
1862-1863

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