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Vocabulary of the Civil War

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a plantation?

a)

A factory in the north that produced textiles

b)

A large farm, especially in the south of U.S., that usually grows one type of crop

c)

A type of plant that grows in the United States

d)

The way a farmer grew his crops

2.

What is the Union?

a)

The Northern states of the United States that fought in the Civil War

b)

The Southern states of the United States that fought in the Civil War

c)

A vegetable with lots of layers

d)

A newspaper

3.

What are States' Rights?

a)

Equal rights for all people

b)

The right to choose who can live in each state

c)

The right of each United States state to make its own local laws

d)

The right to exit the United States

4.

What is a compromise?

a)

A situation when groups on each side of an issue each give in a little to reach an agreement

b)

A promise given to another

c)

A duel where two fight to the death

d)

A situation where each side never agrees on an issue

5.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

A railroad that was underground

b)

A trail to the West

c)

A highway to the South

d)

A series of secret routes out of the South along which escaped slaves traveled to freedom to the North

6.

What is an Abolitionist?

a)

A plantation owner

b)

A person who works to end or get rid of something, especially slavery

c)

A person who supported slavery

d)

A group of people who supported the Civil War

7.

What does the word Secession mean?

a)

The separation of a state from a nation

b)

When you succeed at a task

c)

A meeting of Representatives

d)

The joining of a state to a nation

8.

What is the Confederacy?

a)

A group of pioneers that traveled West

b)

The Northern states that left the U.S. and formed their own nation

c)

The Southern states that left the U.S. and formed their own nation

d)

A branch of government in charge of economics

9.

Which is the Union Flag?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Which is the Confederate Flag?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Who was the President of the Union?

a)

George Washington

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James Madison

12.

Which side in the Civil War surrendered to the other?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Neither, it was a tie

13.

What were the causes of the Civil War?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

States' Rights

c)

Science

d)

Slavery

e)

Symbolism

14.

What color represented the Union?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

What color represented the Confederacy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Who was the General of the Confederate Army?

a)

General Robert E. Lee

b)

General George Washington

c)

General Luke Sky Walker

d)

General Ulysses S. Grant

17.

Who was the General of the Union of America?

a)

General Thomas Jackson

b)

General Robert E. Lee

c)

General Ulysses S. Grant

d)

General Darth Vador