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American Civil War

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Union commander who used a ¨total war¨ strategy to destroy Georgia

a)

Robert Anderson

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John C. Pemberton

d)

David Farragut

2.

The big difference between the Northern and Southern States were...

a)

the agriculture of the North and South

b)

the development of industry and technology

c)

the use of slaves

d)

All of the above

3.

What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?

a)

Cotton

b)

Immigration

c)

Slavery

d)

Native Americans

4.
Why was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?
a)
He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.
b)
He fought for the South to maintain slavery.
c)
He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.
d)
He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.
5.
A best-selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, that portrayed slavery as a great moral evil.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
secession
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.
Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but property. It fueled abolitionist movement, and hailed as victory for the South.
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
secession
7.

Following the Civil War, which action was taken to ensure education, jobs, and aid to formerly enslaved people?

a)

creating the Freedman's Bureau

b)

signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

readmitting the former Confederate states

d)

ratifying new amendments to the US Constitution

8.

The Monitor and Merrimack where what type of naval ship that changed the world?

a)

Ironclads

b)

Contrabands

c)

Blockade runners

d)

Copperheads

9.
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
10.
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
11.

What is the Underground Railroad?

a)

A railroad that travels around the world

b)

A railroad that travels west to California

c)

A group of abolitionists that help slaves escape to the north to freedom

d)

A railroad that travels east to New York

12.
What was the time period that followed the Civil War called?
a)
The Golden Age
b)
The Roaring Twenties
c)
The Industrial Revolution
d)
Reconstruction
13.

What did Congress think about President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?

a)

They agreed with his plan.

b)

They helped President Johnson form his plan.

c)

They thought his plan was too easy or lenient on the South.

d)

They thought his plan was too hard on the South.

14.
Who won the war?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
c)
England
d)
France
15.

What was the capital of the Union?

a)

New York City, New York

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

d)

Washington, D.C.

16.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Austin, Texas

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Washington, M.S.

d)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

17.

Which side won the Siege of Vicksburg and gained control of the Mississippi River?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

France

d)

Mexico

18.

What was the event that ended the war?

a)

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Signing of the Treaty of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Resignation of Jefferson Davis

19.
What landform was key to the Union to divide and weaken the Confederacy?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Port of Galveston
c)
Port of New Orleans
d)
Sabine River
20.
What were the 'black codes'?
a)
laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
b)
laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
c)
another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
d)
secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan
21.
Prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?
a)
black codes
b)
basis for the 13, 14 and 15th amendments
c)
inclusions to the new Texas Constitution of 1866
d)
laws that the Freedman's Bureau tried to abolish
22.

What is sectionalism?

a)

One place having slavery

b)

Loyalty to a section or part of the country

c)

Loyalty to your country and no where else

d)

Some parts outlawing slavery

23.
True or False: Lincoln thought southerners should be punished for the war.
a)
True
b)
False
24.

What territory saw a mini Civil War break out over the issue of free/slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Kansas

c)

California

d)

Nebraska

25.

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

a)

John Breckenridge

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Bell

d)

Stephen Douglas

26.

The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here and inspires the Emancipation Proclamation.

a)

Appomatox

b)

Bull Run

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

27.

This group used fear & violence to prevent African Americans from voting in the South following Reconstruction

a)

Black Codes

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Carpetbaggers

28.

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Grants citizenship and equal protection

c)

Made slavery illegal

d)

Guarantees voting rights

29.
The 13th Amendment ended...
a)
Black Codes.
b)
discrimination.
c)
Jim Crow laws.
d)
slavery.
30.
The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to...
a)
citizenship.
b)
vote.
c)
own land.
d)
hold political office.
31.

Nurse whose work formed the basis for what would later become the American Red Cross

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Sally Louisa Tompkins

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

32.
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had to rights.
a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Worcester v Georgia
33.

Who was the Confederate president?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Adams

34.

Who was the Union president?

a)

George Washington

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Abraham Lincoln

35.
American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star".
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Angelina Grimke
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
36.
"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state. All states North of the 36th parallel would be free states and all the South slave states.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
secession
37.
Attempted to compromise by passing the Fugitive Slave Act , banning slave trade in DC, admitting California as a free state, splitting up the Texas territory, and allowing Popular Sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
secession
38.
1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
secession
39.
(1850) a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders.
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
40.

During the American Civil War, the northern states were known as

a)

The underground

b)

The Union

c)

The United States

d)

North America

41.

During the American Civil War, the southern states were known as

a)

The Conference States

b)

The Confederate States

c)

The Confined States

d)

The Confirmation States

42.

True or False? Black soldiers fought in the American Civil war.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C., gave popular sovereignty in New Mexico & Utah, & created a new tougher Fugitive Slave Law.

a)

Missiouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1820

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

44.

An abolitionist led his men to an arsenal in Virginia with plans of starting a slave rebellion. They seized federal arsenal but his plan did not work; he was captured & executed.

a)

Denmark Vesey

b)

John Brown

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Abe Lincoln

45.
Who had greater industrial capacity at the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
The North
b)
The South 
c)
The Confederacy
d)
Mexico
46.
Who had better Generals throughout the Civil War?
a)
The Union
b)
Lincoln
c)
The South
d)
Canada
47.
Who had greater manpower in the Civil War?
a)
The North
b)
The South
c)
The West
d)
American Indians
48.
The Union strategy at the beginning of the Civil War was called the...
a)
Defense First plan
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
King Cotton
d)
Try to Compromise Plan
49.
The Civil War officially started at....
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Ft Sumter
50.
Which battle helped both sides that the war would not be won quickly or easily.
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Bull Run
c)
Saratoga
d)
Yorktown
51.
Over 600,000 people died in the Civil War, one cause for the high casualty rate was
a)
advanced weapons and outdated tactics
b)
lack of supplies
c)
nuclear weapons
d)
Ninjas who killed indiscriminately
52.
It was the bloodiest battle in American history, Union victory there led to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Ft. Sumter
53.

Why was the 54th Massachusetts regiment significant?

a)

It was a regiment that switched from the Union to Confederacy mid-way through the war.

b)

It was the best-known African American regiment.

c)

It was a naval unit known for their decisive victories at sea.

d)

It helped return escaped slaves back to the South.

54.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Red Kansas

c)

Civil War I

d)

Missouri Compromise Conflict

55.

What is a Civil War?

a)

A war between TWO DIFFERENT countries

b)

A war between people of the SAME country

c)

A war between TWO different CONTINENTS

d)

A war involving MULTIPLE countries

56.

Abolitionists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Dred Scott and Harriet Tubman had the main goal of

a)

protecting States' Rights

b)

joining the South

c)

stopping the South from seceding

d)

ending slavery

57.
Which was the biggest ECONOMIC disadvantage for the South during the war.
a)
port avaliability
b)
agricultural production
c)
industrial production
d)
available resources
58.
Confederate soldiers during the Civil War enjoyed a geographic advantage over Union soldiers because
a)
Most battles were fought on Confederate soil
b)
Southern troops disrupted Union trade routes.
c)
the railroad lines could not penetrate Confederate lands.
d)
the Union could not break the Southern coastal blockade
59.
Which of these statements BEST describes the result of the First Battle of Bull run in July 1861?
a)
The Confederates soon invaded the North with disastrous results.
b)
The Union was inspired by the outcome and quit recruiting soldiers.
c)
The Confederates began considering drafting slaves into the military.
d)
The Union realized that the war would not end quickly and easily.
60.
 During the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts regiment is most noteworthy for
a)
defeating the Union troops at Ft. Sumter.
b)
being the first all-black regiment in the U.S. Army.
c)
being massacred by the Confederates at Ft. Pillow.
d)
defending "Little Round Top" at Gettysburg.

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