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Unit 7 Test

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the people of West Virginia become a state?

a)

They were against slavery

b)

They wanted to have a cool new name

c)

Abraham Lincoln became president

d)

Nat Turner's revolt

2.

Which group of people would most likely attend this meting?

a)

Slave owners

b)

Slave catchers

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Confederate soldiers

3.

West Virginia became its own state because...

a)

they were against slavery

b)

they had a different religion

c)

they wanted more coal mines

4.

Which event occurred at Appomattox Court House?

a)

The very first battle of the Civil War

b)

Robert E. Lee surrenders

c)

The Confederate Capital is chosen

d)

Abraham Lincoln freed the slave here

5.

Mirror words: The Battle of _________ Run was the first major battle of the Civil War.

a)

Appomattox

b)

Yorktown

c)

Cow

d)

Bull

6.

True or False: The battle of "Ironclad" ships took place in water

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

a)

Ronald Regan

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

8.

If the capital of the Union was Washington DC, what was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Richmond

b)

Williamsburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Bull Run

9.

The Monitor and the Merrimack were war ships that were covered in metal, what was their nickname?

a)

Metal Machines

b)

Copper Covers

c)

Ironclads

d)

Wooden Warships

10.

Which newspaper headline would describe the result of the Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack?

a)

"Struggle Ends in a Draw"

b)

"Monitor Destroyed by Fire"

c)

"Merrimack Sinks After Attack"

d)

"Victory for the South"

11.

What presidential election in 1860 caused the southern states to secede?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Robert E. Lee

12.

What is the correct order of events?

1) Nat Turners Revolt

2) Lincoln becomes president

3) Harriet Tubman begins working with the Underground Railroad

a)

1, 2, 3

b)

3, 2, 1

c)

1, 3, 2

d)

2, 3, 1

13.

Which direction would MOST escaped slaves travel on the Underground Railroad?

a)

East

b)

South

c)

West

d)

North

14.

Which group of people relied on slave labor?

a)

Southern plantation owners

b)

Northern factory owners

c)

The Union

d)

Ship builders in Boston

15.

Mirror Words: In the North, people built stuff in _____________?

a)

Farms

b)

Factories

c)

Houses

d)

Barns

16.

Mirror words: The North was also called the ____________

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

South

d)

Waffle House

17.

Mirror Words: The South was also called the ________________

a)

Union

b)

Bojangles

c)

North

d)

Confederacy

18.

Who supported the secret route that escaped slaves would travel to the North?

a)

Plantation owners

b)

Harriet Tubmen

c)

Southerners

19.

Read this news report: "On October 16th, 1859, a man and nineteen other followers attempted to raid Harpers Ferry in hopes of starting a slave rebellion" Who is this article about?

a)

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Smith

b)

Nat Turner

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

20.

The Underground Railroad was all of the following EXCEPT

a)

An actual railroad that went under the ground

b)

A secret route for slaves to escape

c)

A series of "safe houses" that slaves could hide in during the day

d)

a path to the north and freedom

21.

Mirror words: Fort__________, was the very first battle of the Civil War.

a)

Bull Run

b)

Henry

c)

Sumter

d)

Richmond

22.

True or False: Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln were ALL abolitionists

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is the definition of a "blockade"

a)

Tasty sports drink

b)

To stop ships from going in or out of a place

c)

A law that stops trade

d)

To let all people pass

24.

True or False: The North relied on slave labor

a)

True

b)

False

25.

At the start of the Civil war Virginia had not chosen a side to fight, which side would Virginia eventually choose?

a)

North/Union

b)

South/Confederacy

c)

Border states

d)

Not fight at all

26.

Who was the leader of the 'Army of Northern Virginia'?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John Brown

27.

At the Fall of Richmond, who set the fires as the were escaping?

a)

Factory workers

b)

Union troops

c)

Slaves

d)

Confederate troops