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Civil War Day 2 Quiz (LN)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Slaves ruled as property is to Dred Scott v. Sanford

As the constitutionality of a law is to _____________

a)

cheap land and population boom

b)

mining

c)

Marbury V Madison

d)

Mayflower Compact

2.

-1607, the first permanent English settlement is to Jamestown, Virginia

-As 1620, established a system of self-government is to _____________

a)

cheap land and population boom

b)

mining

c)

Marbury V Madison

d)

Mayflower Compact

3.

-Southern economy is to farming

-As the Western economy is to farming and ______________

a)

cheap land and population boom

b)

mining

c)

Marbury V Madison

d)

Mayflower Compact

4.

-Reasons for Exploration is to expand empires

-As reasons for Manifest Density is _______________

a)

cheap land and population boom

b)

mining

c)

Marbury V Madison

d)

Mayflower Compact

5.

Identify the Presidential leadership of the Union and Confederacy -

a)

Union- Abraham Lincoln; Confederacy – Robert E. Lee

b)

Union- Ulysses S. Grant; Confederacy – Robert E. Lee

c)

Union- Abraham Lincoln; Confederacy – Jefferson Davis

d)

Union – Abraham Lincoln; Confederacy – Ulysses S. Grant

6.

Which of the following statements best describes the point of a person from the Union?

a)

“This war will be over in 3 months. We have more people and more factories to produce weapons than the Confederacy.”

b)

“This will be a short war, we have Britain and France as our allies. The confederates don’t have a chance.”

c)

“Slavery needs to stay around longer, and we will win this war and keep slavery for another 100 years.”

d)

“While the Confederacy has more soldiers, we have more spirit and fight in us than they do.”

7.

Which of the following best reflects the perspective of a person living in the Confederacy?

a)

“President Lincoln is one of the best presidential leaders that we’ve had since Thomas Jefferson. Under his leadership and the fiery spirit of our citizens, we will prevail.”

b)

“I don’t care if we lose the war, I’m not going to just let them take slavery away from us without a fight.”

c)

“The Union may have more people, but we have Robert E. Lee and the motivation to protect our land and way of life.”

d)

“I am astonished Abraham Lincoln tried to abolish slavery, we will fight to protect our property.”

8.

Which constitutional issue was Lincoln addressing?

a)

The right of citizens to choose their representatives

b)

The power of states to organize militias

c)

The unalienable rights of citizens

d)

The legal ability of states to secede

9.

Which accomplishment of Grant could be added to this diagram?

a)

Commanded the US military in the west during the Indian wars

b)

Led the radical Republicans in Congress during reconstruction

c)

Was appointed General and chief of the union army during the Civil War

d)

Became Andrew Johnson's vice president after Lincoln's assassination

10.

A strategy to keep the Confederate states from being unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue.

a)

Defend and Support

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

Tariff of Abomination

d)

Embargo Plan

11.

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Confederate president Jefferson Davis

e)

Andrew Johnson

13.

Lincoln gained the confidence to order the emancipation of the slaves due to the victory of the Union army in this battle:

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Fredericksburg

d)

Battle of Shiloh

e)

Battle of Fort Sumter

14.

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

a)

The thirteenth amendment

b)

The nineteenth amendment

c)

The fifth amendment

d)

The first amendment

e)

The twenty-first amendment

15.

What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

a)

To abolish slavery in the US

b)

To stop slavery from spreading west

c)

To preserve the unity of the country

d)

To get Europe to support the north in the war

16.

Lincoln specifically referred to which part of the country in the Emancipation Proclamation

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The East

d)

The West

17.

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

The East Coast

b)

The West Coast

c)

The Border States

d)

The Great Lakes State

18.

Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Slavery was already illegal in the Border States

b)

Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States

c)

The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery

d)

He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South