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Review for Unit 4 Test Civil War

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the president of the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
George Washington
2.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
3.
Who was the top general of the Confederate army?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Lincoln
d)
Sam Houston
4.
Who was the top general of the Union?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Santa Anna
5.
Why could the North move troops and supplies more easily than the South?
a)
The North had more agricultural resources and slaves.
b)
The North had more factories to produce goods for the army.
c)
The North had more railroad tracks, stations, and trains.
6.
Which of the following was an advantage held by the South at the  beginning of the war?
a)
Experienced military leaders
b)
Larger population from which to draft soldiers
c)
More factories and industrial resources
7.
Upon which institution did the South's economy rely on?
a)
slavery
b)
the cotton gin
c)
factories
8.

The death of a large number of young men was a loss for the..

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Both the North and the South

d)

West

9.

Which side was considered to have the better, more well trained officers?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The West

d)

Abraham Lincoln

10.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Union occupied regions of the Confederacy. But the 13th amendment..

a)

Stopped the expansion of Slavery to the West

b)

Allowed slavery where it already existed

c)

Ended the Civil War

d)

Freed slaves throughout the United States

11.

The main goal of the South to win the Civil War was to hold out against the North to protect its way of life. The goal of the North was to..

a)

block all foreign trade with the South

b)

conquer the South and preserve the Union

c)

end slavery and change the agriculture of the South

d)

simply keep Lincoln as president.

12.

President LIncoln's original purpose for fighting the Civil War was to

a)

End Slavery

b)

Preserve the Union

c)

Prevent an economic collapse

d)

protect states' rights

13.

Which of the following was the main cause of death of the Civil War?

a)

bullets

b)

cannon balls

c)

canister

d)

disease and sickness

14.

The main effect of the attack at Fort Sumter was

a)

several states would secede from the Union

b)

this would end the Civil War

c)

thousands of Union Soldiers died

d)

the Union kept the Fort from the Confederates

15.

Define the term 'Total War' used by General Sherman in his march to the sea

a)

tanks, planes and carriers...Oh MY!

b)

The use of the trench warfare

c)

The creation of a committee to create a treaty that was fair to all

d)

Burn and destroy factories to wipe out the economy of a region

16.
Which item would best complete the list?
a)
Inexperienced military leaders
b)
Lack of Industries
c)
Larger Population
d)
Lack of agricultural land
17.
The speech above shows that Lincoln believed that the South should--
a)
be allowed to continue the practice of slavery
b)
pay for the damages suffered by the Union
c)
receive fair treatment after the war
d)
be punished for seceding from the Union
18.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --
a)
United State's freedom from Great Britain
b)
an end to the Civil War
c)
freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
d)
the beginning of Reconstruction
19.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
a)
slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
b)
sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
c)
the Souther states should be allowed to secede
d)
to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery
20.
What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?
a)
unified popular support for the war effort
b)
superior military leadership
c)
economic aid from Great Britain and France
d)
greater human and economic resources
21.
What conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?
a)
The North and the South had equal percentages of their population working for railroads
b)
The North had fewer manufacturing plants than the South
c)
Most of the nation's railroads ran through the South
d)
The North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South
22.
What document is considered a primary source from the Civil War?
a)
a biography of the life of a war general
b)
a letter from the wife of a soldier during the war
c)
an encyclopedia article about women in the war
d)
a documentary on medical treatments used during the war
23.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln presented the Civil War as a struggle for the --
a)
North's domination over the South
b)
preservation of the Union and democracy
c)
South's fight to become an independent nation
d)
preservation of the rights of American as individuals
24.
Which event belongs in the blank box?
a)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed
b)
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
c)
Jefferson Davis is named President of the Confederacy
d)
John Brown is captured at Harpers Ferry
25.
This is where the Civil War Ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
26.

A general of the northern soldiers who came through SC destroying it. He blamed SC for starting the Civil War.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert Smalls

c)

William T Sherman

d)

Robert E Lee

27.
Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country is known as
a)
states' rights
b)
secede
c)
sharecropper
d)
sectionalism
28.

Which event happened first?

a)

Battle Fort Sumter

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina secedes

29.

Which event happened second?

a)

Battle Fort Sumter

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina secedes

30.

Which event happened last?

a)

Battle Fort Sumter

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Lincoln is elected president

d)

South Carolina secedes

31.

Which event happened first?

a)

Lincoln assassinated

b)

Confederacy surrenders

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

South Carolina secedes

32.

Which event happened second?

a)

Lincoln assassinated

b)

Confederacy surrenders

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

South Carolina secedes

33.

Which event happened third?

a)

Lincoln assassinated

b)

Confederacy surrenders

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

South Carolina secedes

34.

Which event happened last?

a)

Lincoln assassinated

b)

Confederacy surrenders

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

South Carolina secedes

35.

what are border states?

a)

Allowed slavery and seceded the Union

b)

Prohibited slavery and stayed with Union

c)

Allowed slavery and stayed with the Union

d)

Prohibited slavery and seceded the Union

36.
What was Lincoln’s primary purpose for delivering the Gettysburg Address? 
a)
to commemorate a great Union victory
b)
to dedicate a cemetery
c)
to launch his reelection campaign
d)
to consecrate the ground
37.
According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg ______.
a)
to hallow the ground
b)
that the nation might live
c)
to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania
d)
so that slavery would be abolished
38.
The word dedicate is repeated several times in the speech. Which of the following is NOT a definition of the word dedicate?
a)
 total committment
b)
all in
c)
to be made sacred or special
d)
committed to a particular course of action
39.
Lincoln believes that victory in the war will result in _____.
a)
a full measure of devotion
b)
a new birth of freedom
c)
an altogether fitting and proper memorial. 
d)
a belief that all men are created equal.
40.
What does perish mean? 
a)
continue
b)
liberate
c)
spoil
d)
die
41.
What does resolve mean?
a)
set aside as holy
b)
rotate or substitute
c)
decide
d)
change one's mind
42.
What does Lincoln mean when he says, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here” (lines 13–15)? 
a)
Actions are more important than words. 
b)
It is more important to talk about beliefs than to take action about those beliefs. 
c)
The consequences of commemoration will last far longer than the consequences of their heroism.
d)
The soldiers dedication to the Union should be honored with our words and the commemoration of the cemetery.
43.

which army was an African American Solider more likely to fight for

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Border States

d)

The West