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American Civil War Vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Meaning to break away from ...

a)

Secede

b)

Recede

c)

Union

d)

Precede

2.

Soldiers who fight 'on foot'

a)

Foot soldiers

b)

Cavalry

c)

Infantry

d)

Chivalry

3.

2 similar words to countryside ...

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

c)

Suburb

d)

Agrarian

4.

Meaning to reach an agreement ... both side give up something to get something

a)

Solution

b)

Impose

c)

Alliance

d)

Compromise

5.

Highest, best or most important ...

a)

Federal

b)

Supreme

c)

Fugitive

d)

Garrison

6.

A person who did not want slavery to be allowed into new territories ... best answer

a)

Free Soiler

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Yankee

d)

Unionist

7.

The 'big goverment' that governs over the smaller states ...

a)

Fugitive

b)

Feds

c)

FBI

d)

Federal

8.

Odd one out ...

a)

Southerner

b)

Unionist

c)

Confederate

9.

Reference to a northerner in the Civil War... (New York)

a)

Confederate

b)

Yankee

c)

Red Sox

d)

Blue Man Group

10.

Division and distruct due to regional and cultural differences - a Civil War cause

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Professionalism

c)

States' Rights

d)

North south divide

11.

Who was elected president in 1860?

a)

Ronald Mc Donald

b)

Donald J Trumpet

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Bob Marley

e)

Frderick Douglass

12.

Abraham Lincoln said he would ....

a)

End slavery as soon as he was the president

b)

Allow slavery where it already existed

c)

Help with the expansion of slavery

13.

Part of the U.S. Goverment - makes laws - Upper Chamber

a)

White House

b)

Senate

c)

Supreme Court

14.

What happened to Charles Sumner?

a)

He invented the pritt stick

b)

He got beaten up in the Senate

c)

He became president of the Confederacy

15.

More urban, had a stronger economy and better infastructure ....

a)

The North

b)

The South

16.

Source type - a cannonball from the Civil War

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

17.

Source type - a model showing a Civil War battle

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

18.

Soldiers left to protect a specific place

a)

Army

b)

Battalion

c)

Garrison

d)

Militia

19.

The first state to secede from the United States

a)

Florida

b)

South Carolina

c)

New York

d)

Kansas

20.

Which side fired the first shots of the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

The North

c)

Confederacy

21.

The American Civil War started in ...

a)

1980

b)

1861

c)

1750

d)

1690