Worksheets8th Grade Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 19mins
The state in which pro-slavery Southerners and anti-slavery Northerners moved to affect the Popular Sovereignty vote was...
Kansas
Illinois
Maine
Texas
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed the territory of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and which state to enter as a free state...
Kansas
Illinois
Maine
California
The Compromise of 1850 had how many compromises wrapped into one big law...
One
Three
Five
Seven
Popular Sovereignty allowed the people living in a territory or state to __________ on whether or now to allow slavery
Argue
Vote
Petition
Fight
The Fugitive Slave Laws allowed what group of people to come into Northern states, and 'bring back' runaway slaves to the South...
Abolitionists
Democrats
Republicans
Slave Catchers
What two things could happen to a Northerner if they were caught helping a runaway slave under the Fugitive Slave Laws...
Fine
Jail Time
Both A & B
None of the Above
What 'organization' did more Northerners join after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Laws...
Underground Railroad
The KKK
The Abolitionists
Slave Owners
Who wrote 'Uncle Toms Cabin'...
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Johnson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre...
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What object did Preston Brooks use to beat Charles Sumner on the Senate floor...
Bat
Cane
Chair
Stick
What southern state was the first to 'leave' the Union in 1860...
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Which president was elected in 1860 that caused Southern states to begin to leave the Union...
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the newly formed country that housed 13 former Southern states...
Unites States of America
Union
Confederate States of America
None of the Above
Who was responsible for the Raid on Harpers Ferry...
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In the Dred Scott Supreme Court case, Dred Scott is ruled to not be free although he traveled and lived in free states with his mater. What was the Supreme Courts reason behind their decision...
The laws in the free states and slave states were different
Slaves are not citizens
Slaves are property protected by the 5th amendment
All of the Above
Which war was fought between 1861-1865 in America?
Revolutionary War
Civil War
World War One
World War Two
Which side (North or South) had a larger population at the start of the Civil War...
(a)
Which side (North or South) had more farms at the start of the Civil War...
(a)
Which side (North or South) had more factories at the start of the Civil War...
(a)
Which side (North or South) had better generals at the start of the Civil War...
(a)
Which side (North or South) had more railroad miles at the start of the Civil War...
(a)
What was the name of the 1st battle of the American Civil War...
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of the Ironclads
What group of people fought in the Civil War...
White men
African American men
Women
All of the Above
What was the name of the Northern strategy plan to win the Civil War...
Anaconda Plan
Snake Plan
The North had no plan
None of the Above
What was the name of the major general for the Southern States...
General Lee
General Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
What was the name of the major general for the Northern States...
General Lee
General Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Which general was responsible for the 'March to the Sea' or the total warfare path from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia...
General Lee
General Grant
General Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
This was a proclamtion stated by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in the United States during the Civil War...
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Fort Sumter
Emancipation Proclamation
None of the Above
The famous 2 minute speech spoken by Abraham Lincoln after the bloodest battle of the Civil War...
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Fort Sumter
Emancipation Proclamation
None of the Above
The name of the four slave states that chose to stay with the Union during the Civil War rather than joining the Confederacy...
Union States
Border States
Confederate States
None of the Above
The location where Southern General Lee surrendered to Northern General Grant at the end of the Civil War...
Washington D.C.
The White House
Appomattox Court House
None of the Above
The name of the Era immediately following the end of the American Civil War...
Industrial Revolution
Pre Civil War
Revolutionary War
Reconstruction
The name of the man who assissinated President Abraham Lincoln...
General Lee
General Grant
Andrew Johnson
John Wilks Booth
The name of President Lincolns vice-president, who took over after Lincolns assissination...
General Lee
General Grant
Andrew Johnson
John Wilks Booth
How many Reconstruction plans were put into place during this era...
One
Two
Three
Four
Which Reconstruction Plan gave NO HELP to the newly freed African Americans in the South?
Lincoln's 10% Plan
Johnsons Plan
Congressional Reconstruction Plan
Radical Reconstruction Plan
How many military districts was the South broken into under the Radical Reconstruction Plan?
Two
Four
Five
Seven
The 13th Amendment...
Ended slavery
Gave citizenship to all persons born on US soil
Gave voting rights to all men
None of the Above
The 14th Amendment...
Ended Slavery
Gave citizenship to all persons born on US soil
Gave voting rights to all men
None of the Above
The 15th Amendment...
Ended Slavery
Gave citizenship to all persons born on US soil
Gave voting rights to all men
None of the Above
The 'group' created at the end of the Civil War to help newly freed African Americans in the South...
The KKK
The Underground Railraod
The Freedmen's Bureau
None of the Above
What was the name of the 1st A.A. elected to office?
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Rainey
Jefferson Davis
Hiram Rhodes
Which president was almost impeached by the House of Representatives during Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
By how many votes did President Johnson escape Impeachment by the House of Representatives?
One
Two
Three
Ten
What was one way the Freedmen's Bureau DID NOT help the freedmen
Supplying Food
Building Hospitals
Marriages Licenses
Bring them to the North
What was NOT a hinderance to the Freedmen's Bureau during the Reconstruction Era?
Congress
President Johnson
Money
The KKK
What was the name of the railroad that connected East and West for the first time in America?
Transconinental Railroad
US Railroad
All Aboard Railroad
None of the Above
What were the names of the towns that suddenly sprang up in the west, most following the railroad...
Ghost Towns
Railroad Towns
Boom Towns
Wild West Towns
This group of people tried to keep law in order in the Wild West
Lawman
Vigilante
Outlaws
None of the Above
The term that describes those who DID NOT follow the laws in the wild west
Lawman
Vigilante
Outlaws
None of the Above
In what state did Cowboys lead cattle up to the Transcontinetial Railroad?
Illinois
Wyoming
Arizona
Texas
What animal was completely used by Native American Tribes but almost killed off by whites in the Wset?
Cattle
Cows
Buffalo
Horses
What did Native Americans use Buffalo for...
Tools
Clothing
Food
All of the Above
What was found in the Black Hills that caused Whites to rush into the Mountains were the Native Americans had been pushed...
Water
Gold
Diamonds
Unicorns
Which American General foolishly charged with his 700 soldiers, a Native American encampment with 7,000, all who ended up being killed...
Washington
Grant
Lee
Custer
