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WorksheetsAntebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Many people in the U.S. were only loyal to the region they lived in leading up to the Civil War. What is this an example of?
Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
Nationalism
Emancipation
Which of the following made it legal to capture and return people living in the North who had escaped from slavery?
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the practice of allowing each territory or state to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
Sectionalism
Dysentery
Secession
Which of the following were aspects of the Compromise of 1850?
California became a free state
The territories in the Mexican Cession were given popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
All of these choices are correct
Which of the following overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dredd Scott vs Sanford
Gettysburg Address
Fugitive Slave Act
Which of the following laws deals with the issue of extension of slavery into the territories?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
All of these choices are correct
Who was a successful conductor that guided enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Abraham Lincoln
How did the Northern states feel about tariffs?
They were in favor of them because they protected their manufacturing.
They were in favor of them because they helped with their agriculture.
They were against them because they imported most of their goods.
They were against them because they hurt their manufacturing industries.
How did the Southern states feel about tariffs?
They were in favor of them because they protected their manufacturing.
They were in favor of them because they helped with their agriculture.
They were against them because they imported most of their goods.
They were against them because they hurt their manufacturing industries.
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dredd Scott case?
Enslaved people are property and do not have the right to sue anyone.
Enslaved people are freed from slavery.
Enslaved people can buy their freedom.
Enslaved people could own property.
What was the economy in the North based on?
Industry/manufacturing
Agriculture
Mining
None of these choices are correct
What was the economy in the South based on?
Industry/manufacturing
Agriculture
Mining
None of these choices are correct
What issues did the North and South disagree on, which lead to the growth of sectionalism in the U.S.?
Extension of slavery into the territories
States' rights
Tariffs
All of these choices are correct
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?
The South had to fight more defensively.
The North had to fight more defensively.
The South won the battle.
The North surrendered.
What battle started the Civil War when Confederate troops shot at Union troops?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Appomattox Courthouse
What did Abraham Lincoln do to free the enslaved people in the Confederate States?
Issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Give the Gettysburg Address Speech
Win the Presidential Election of 1860
Approve the 14th Amendment
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
Grant citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. or naturalized
Grant voting rights to all male citizens
None of these choices are correct
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
Grant citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. or naturalized
Grant voting rights to all male citizens
None of these choices are correct
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
Grant citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. or naturalized
Grant voting rights to all male citizens
None of these choices are correct
Which of the following helped formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom by providing economic aid, voting instructions, and schools?
The Freedmen's Bureau
The Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Why did Southern states pass the Black Codes?
To restrict social & economic freedoms of formerly enslaved people
To help formerly enslaved people get jobs
To abolish slavery
To separate people of different races
After the Civil War ended, what did the U.S. need to do?
Rebuild the country
Bring the Southern states back into the Union
Create a Reconstruction plan
All of these choices are correct
What goal did Abraham Lincoln talk about in his First Inaugural Address?
Preserving the Union
Abolishing slavery
Letting slavery expand into the territories
Dedicating Gettysburg as a cemetery for dead soldiers
Which of the following were advantages of the Confederacy?
Greater knowledge of the land
Better military leaders
Strong motivation to preserve their way of life
All of these choices are correct
Which of the following were advantages of the Union?
More railroad tracks
More naval warships
Larger population
All of these choices are correct
What was the main message of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address?
Preserve the Union
Focus on peace, unity, and rebuilding the country
Gettysburg should be dedicated as a cemetery for fallen soldiers
The enslaved people in rebelling Confederate States are free
What was the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War?
Antebellum
Reconstruction
War of 1812
American Revolution
What did Jim Crow Laws enforce in the South?
Segregation
Integration
Emancipation
Secession
