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The American Civil War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The tariff of Abomination was imposed to

a)

Protect the trade of southern states from cheaper European imports

b)

Protect the trade of Northern states from cheaper European imports

c)

A tax imposed on slave owners of the southern states

d)

A tax imposed on slave owners of northern states

2.

What was Nat Turner's uprising about ?

a)

Slave rebels who against their brutal owner's

b)

Slave rebels who demanded lesser tax imposed

c)

Slaves rebels who demanded citizenship

d)

Slave rebels who killed owners for a plot of land

3.

Why did the confederate states secede from the union ?

a)

The tariffs imposed did not benefit the south and only benefited the nor

b)

They felt trampled upon by the Northern states' legislations

c)

Abraham Lincoln proposed the abolishment of slavery upon becoming president

d)

The Northern states did not recognise the confederacy

4.

The Union's response to the 1832 tariff of abominationis is

a)

The Black Tariff of 1842

b)

The White Tariff of 1842

c)

The Compromise Tariff of 1833

d)

The Negotiable Tariff of 1835

5.

Who led the Northern Union Sates to victory in war ?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Meade

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

6.

The Northern states were agricultural based and had more population

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What Civil War battle caused the most casualties?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Shiloh

c)

Chickamauga

d)

Antelope

8.

What was the era after the Civil War called?

a)

Reunification

b)

Emancipation

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Reformation

9.

African Americans made up what percent of the Union army?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

15%

d)

2%

10.

What military procession was held immediately following the Civil War?

a)

The Great March

b)

The Trail of Blood and Tears

c)

The March of Victory

d)

The Grand Review