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Unit 6 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the states that are shaded red known as?

a)

Split states

b)

Border states

c)

Red states

d)

Blue stated

2.

True or False:

Border states remained loyal to the Union, but were very divided because some still had slavery, and supplied more troops, supplies, and money to the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Jefferson Davis represented the _____________________ during the Civil War.

a)

Union States

b)

Veteran States

c)

Confederate States

d)

British States

4.

What was the purpose of the Anaconda Plan?

a)

To blockade and divide the South

b)

To unite the South under one command

c)

To protect the northern capital from attack

d)

To ensure the war was fought outside the border states

5.

Which plan used the geographic features of the South against the Confederacy?

a)

The Bobcat Plan

b)

The Patriot Plan

c)

The Anaconda Plan

d)

The Lobsterback Plan

6.

Why did the Union strategy include taking control of the Mississippi River?

a)

It kept the fighting limited to the western areas

b)

It gave the Union control of the Confederate navy

c)

It divided the Confederacy and isolated the western states

d)

It allowed the Union to ship trade goods down the Mississippi River

7.

Why did the Union Navy surround the coast in the Anaconda Plan?

a)

The Confederates needed to protect the coastline of the southern states

b)

To blockade and isolate the south from trade

c)

The British Navy was sent to help the Confederacy defeat the Union Navy

d)

To increase the money supply by trading

8.

After winning the battle of Vicksburg, Lincoln promoted this person to overall command of the Union Army.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

George McClellan

9.

Who was a successful Confederate General who had overall command of the armies?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

George McClellan

10.

What was President Lincoln's reasoning for declaring the Civil War?

a)

He wanted to punish the Southern States for seceding

b)

He wanted to officially end slavery

c)

He wanted to prove he was a great leader for the U.S

d)

He wanted to preserve the Union

11.

Who was the person recognized for aiding the poor and mentally ill in moving into better living conditions?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Martha Washington

12.

Who was the person that was a wartime nurse and started the American Red Cross?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Martha Washington

13.

What was the importance of the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

It made a difference in the war's outcome

b)

It showed the North the impact that capturing railroads could have

c)

It showed the North the war would be long and costly

d)

It won over the critics in the South who didn't want the war to occur

14.

Which battle was known as the bloodiest battle of the war up until that point and gave Lincoln an opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation because of the Union's Victory?

a)

First Battle of Bull Run

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Shiloh

15.

Why was Gettysburg thought to be the turning point in the Civil War?

a)

Capturing the Mississippi River divided the South

b)

Orders to fire on the fort brought the South into the Civil War

c)

All slaves were freed in the speech Lincoln gave

d)

General Lee was never able to mount an offensive campaign after his loss

16.

True or False:

Lincoln announced the freedom of slaves only in the rebellion states because he didn't want to push those states into the Confederacy.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

Which purpose was the Civil War being fought for from Lincoln's point of view?

a)

To force the slave owners to free slaves

b)

To make sure northerners remain free

c)

To bring democracy to the whole nation

d)

To test the endurance of the principles of liberty

18.

What was the primary purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

To explain how the country was extremely divided

b)

To prove how the South was wrong to secede from the Union

c)

The struggle for unification of the country and political freedom must be continued

d)

The war would end soon so they needed to decided how to reconstruct the Union

19.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulyssess S. Grant?

a)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

b)

Washington D.C

c)

Clarksville, Tennessee

d)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

20.

What was a social consequence of the Civil War on the South?

a)

Slavery was abolished

b)

The government in the South became stronger

c)

Cash crops were destroyed

d)

Southern plantations thrived

21.

What was a physical impact of the Civil War on the South?

a)

The emancipation of slaves

b)

Private homes, farms, and public structures were burned and railroad tracks uprooted

c)

The economy was devastated

d)

Most people were angry about the division the war caused

22.

Which major event caused the Radical Republicans to gain power and divide the country again?

a)

Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

b)

The Gettysburg Address

c)

The creation of the trumpet division

d)

The second secession

23.

Why did Lincoln's assassination make things worse for Southerners?

a)

The slaves were not freed in border states

b)

He promised to give land to the slaves that had been freed

c)

He was their best hope for a fair and dignified peace

d)

He did not want Americans to copy his speech

24.

Was does the 14th Amendment to the Constitution allow?

a)

All slaves to be given free land

b)

The South to secede again

c)

African Americans granted citizenship

d)

African Americans to be free from slavery

25.

What issue caused conflict between Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans?

a)

How the North should rebuild

b)

If slaves that were considered free should be allowed back into the North

c)

How the people who assassinated Lincoln should be punished

d)

How the South should be brought back into the Union

26.

Putting southern states under military governments until the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified were part of

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Plan for Reconstruction

c)

Union Plan for Reconstruction

27.

The election of Rutherford B.Hayes resulted in

a)

the right for women to vote

b)

the boundaries of the southern states changing

c)

removal of federal troops from southern states

d)

freed slaves to be allowed into the North

28.

The end of Reconstruction is recognized by when

a)

Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address

b)

Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Congress passed the 13th-15th Amendments

d)

the Democrats and Republicans arranged the Compromise of 1877

29.

The 13th Amendment is

a)

A Constitutional Amendment that gave voting rights to African Americans

b)

A Constitutional Amendment ending slavery

c)

A Constitutional Amendment that made secession illegal

d)

A Constitutional Amendment that gave increased funding to the military

30.

The 15th Amendment is

a)

A Constitutional Amendment that gave voting rights to African American men

b)

A Constitutional Amendment ending slavery

c)

A Constitutional Amendment that made secession illegal

d)

A Constitutional Amendment that gave increased funding to the military