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U.S. Civil War

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animal represents the Republican Party?

a)

elephant

b)

lion

c)

donkey

d)

giraffe

2.

How were the political party symbols created?

a)

in a book by Dred Scott

b)

in a commercial by Coca-Cola

c)

in a song by Julia Ward Howe

d)

in a political cartoon by Thomas Nast

3.

What was the main economic activity of the North?

a)

urban

b)

agrarian

c)

industrial

d)

agriculture

4.

Where was slavery banned?

a)

in the North

b)

in the South

c)

in the East

d)

In the West

5.

What contributed to sectionalism in the U.S. that was happened just before the Civil War?

a)

Republicanism

b)

patriotism

c)

slavery

d)

the Civil War

6.

What did the Southern states believe they could ignore?

a)

political parties' beliefs

b)

laws in other states when they visited that state

c)

national laws they disagreed with

d)

local laws they disagreed with

7.

What document freed slaves in rebelling states during the Civil War?

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Confederate States Constitution

8.

What ended slavery in the United States?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Declaration of Independence

9.

Whose election contributed to the beginning of the Civil War due to his belief that there should be no slavery?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

10.

Who developed the Republican Party and is known as its father?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Federick Douglas

d)

Sojourner Truth

11.

What popular song during the Civil War confirmed a soldier's belief that he was fighting for the right reasons?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

The Star-Spangled Banner

c)

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

12.

What exposed the horrible nature of slavery to thousands of people?

a)

The Election of 1860

b)

The court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

The song, The Battle Hymn of the Republic

d)

The book, Uncle Tom's Cabin

13.

Who continually made compromises in Congress to keep the North and South working together?

a)

John Brown

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Frederick Douglas

14.

How was it going to be decided which Western states would have slavery and which would be free?

a)

when a territory was made a slave state then another territory had to be made a free state

b)

the number of slaves there when it became a state

c)

the citizens there voting for it

d)

a lottery

15.

What began to happen in the Western states as they tried to determine if the area was a slave or free state?

a)

peaceful negotiations

b)

violence in the streets

c)

nothing happened and it was not important

d)

factories were built

16.

Which region of the country was better prepared for war and how?

a)

The North with more factories to build weapons and other goods and more railroad tracks to move goods and people quicker

b)

The West with more space to fight.

c)

The East with more ships for shipping goods.

d)

The South with more farmland to provide more food for their soldiers.

17.

Why would the South not want high tariffs?

a)

They don't want the West to be richer.

b)

They hate taxes.

c)

They don't want the competition.

d)

It reduces their ability to sell their cash crops.