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WorksheetsThe Civil War
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What movement grew, in part, due to the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
the free speech movement
the abolition movement
the environmental movement
the women's rights movement
What was one impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
by increasing demands for the government to end slavery in all states
by causing the federal government to increase taxes in Southern states
by convincing Southerners they should not buy goods made in the North
by increasing discrimination against African Americans in the North
What is the principle called “states’ rights”?
The belief that a state can make its own laws even if citizens do not like them.
The belief that a state has to follow all federal laws.
The belief that a state can ignore any federal law it does not like.
The belief that a state can have slaves as long as they count them in the census.
Who was the general of the Union army during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Use the quote to answer the question.
“He has made his point very clear. He wants to preserve the Union, and he will not let southern states form their own country.” -Journalist Arthur Smith, 1881
Who is the subject of the quote?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Use the information to answer the question.
General of the Confederate Army.
Led troops at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Considered to be a very skilled military leader.
Which name would be the BEST title for this list?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Boston, MA
Gettysburg, PA
New York City, NY
Washington, DC
“If it wasn’t for this war, my family and I would not have the freedom. We still suffer injustice and segregation, but at least we are free.”
Who MOST LIKELY would have said these words?
A factory worker in the North
A soldier from the Union Army
A Confederate soldier from the South
A former slave in the southern states
Shortages of many resources.
Shrank the available labor force.
Destroyed ways of transportation.
What is the BEST title for this list?
Impacts of the War on Northern States
Impacts of the War on Southern States
Impacts of the War on Just African Americans
Impacts of the War on Just White Southerners
Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?
Other countries would not trade with the Southern states.
Most of the fighting during the war took place in the South.
Slavery continued to be legal in the North but not in the South.
The federal government made the Southern states pay for the war.
Why did southern states want to practice states’ rights so much?
They were concerned that the slave population was growing too fast too quickly.
They wanted to ignore any new laws against slavery that northern lawmakers might make.
They were concerned that new laws requiring factories in the South could hurt cotton production.
They wanted to ignore any new laws helping northern states that northern lawmakers might make.
Which difference between the North and South helped caused the Civil War?
There were more slaves in the South, and wealthy slaveowners believed their way of life would be destroyed if the federal government outlawed slavery.
There were more factories in the South, and many factory workers believed their way of life would be destroyed if the federal government raised taxes.
There were more shipping companies in the South, and boat builders believed they would not have enough business if the federal government outlawed foreign trade.
There were more American Indians in the South, and many farmers believed they would not have enough labor if the federal government forced the American Indians to move.
