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8th Social Studies Part 3 Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a cause of the Civil War

a)

state's rights

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

All of the above

2.

When was Abraham Lincoln's assasination?

a)

1861

b)

1865

c)

1809

d)

None of the above

3.

Lincoln was assasinated by

a)

John Wikes Booth

b)

Mary

c)

Ford's theatre officials

d)

Stephen Douglas

4.
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that
a)
slaves in U.S. territories were free.
b)
slaves throughout the world were free.
c)
slaves in Confederate states were free.
d)
slaves in Union slave states were free.
5.
What laws were created after the 13th Amendment to restrict African Americans in the South?
a)
black codes
b)
Jim Crow laws
c)
segregation bill
6.
What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Liberal Republicans
7.
Which Supreme Court case set the standard of "separate but equal"?
a)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
c)
Baker vs. Carr
8.
 Who led the second phase of Reconstruction in the South?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Democrats
c)
Whigs
d)
Democratic-Republicans
9.
What was the effect of the Amnesty Act of 1872?
a)
Democrats regained control of Southern governments
b)
Slavery was returned to the South.
c)
All Confederate government officeholders were sentenced to death.
10.

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

11.
Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th 
d)
15th
12.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
13.
An advantage that the Union had was: 
a)
a larger population
b)
more railroads
c)
more factories
d)
All of these were Union advantages
14.
An advantage of the Confederacy was:
a)
A larger population
b)
Better weapons
c)
Better generals
d)
All of these are Confederate advantages
15.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Sharpsburg

16.

Who served as the President of the Confederate States of America (CSA)?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

17.

What was one of the main effects of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

a)

Several more southern states seceded

b)

More states joined the Union

c)

Abraham Lincoln wanted a peace treaty

d)

Slavery was immediately abolished.

18.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

19.

What did President Lincoln put Ulysses in charge of?

a)

volunteers from Illinois

b)

The Union Army

c)

capturing Southern territories.

20.

At what battle did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses Grant?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Appomattox

c)

Battle of Antietam

21.

What was the point of blockading southern ports?

a)

To Cripple the Confederate economy by ending the cotton trade

b)

To stop British ships from importing weapons

c)

To Capture the Capital City of Richmond

d)

To train the new US Navy

22.

The first step in the Anaconda plan was to block southern seaports.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

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

24.

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

b)

Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

c)

Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

d)

All of the above

25.

How many slaves were immediately set free by the proclamation?

a)

All 4 million

b)

Around half.

c)

No slaves were set free.

d)

50,000

e)

1,000

26.

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

27.

What war did the Battle of Gettysburg take place during?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

American Civil War

d)

Revolutionary War

28.

Lincoln ends his speech by stating, "that goverenment of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from earth." What idea id he describing?

a)

Justice

b)

Equality

c)

Liberty

d)

Democracy

29.

What is the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Abraham Lincolns old address

b)

A union victory that stopped General Robert E. Lee

c)

A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln

d)

None of the above

30.

How does The Union eventually take the city of Vicksburg?

a)

He uses the Navy to draw attention away from the Army

b)

They don't, the city remains in the hands of the Confederacy for the entire war

c)

Starves the Civilians and Soldiers by not allowing anything in or out of the city

d)

A heavy bombardment of cannon fire on the same section of defensive walls

31.

Who was promoted to the overall Union Commander after the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George McClellan

d)

Ambrose Burnside

32.

What was the primary purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

a)

To urge the country to continue its struggle for unification and political freedom

b)

To establish a peace treaty with the South

c)

The extend the war as long as possible

d)

To get the southerners to surrender.

33.

Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?

a)

It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)

b)

It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region

c)

It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia

d)

It allowed the Union to attack Richmond

34.

The following statement is an accurate description of Sherman's March to the Sea;


The March to the Sea was led by General William Sherman. It was the journey of the Union Army from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. During that trip the Union Army destroyed all factories, railroads, and farms along their path. This was known as total warfare.

a)

True

b)

False

35.
What did William Tecumseh Sherman give the city of Savannah to Abraham Lincoln as?
a)
His reward for victory in the Election of 1864
b)
His Christmas Gift
c)
His Birthday present
d)
His award for passage of the Emancipation Proclamation
36.

What was Sherman's plan to end the war quickly?

a)

Asking soldiers to surrender

b)

Total war

c)

Capture as many confederates as possible

d)

Free all the slaves in the South

37.

What is being celebrated on Juneteenth?

a)

America's Freedom

b)

Freedom from Slavery

c)

Fireworks

38.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
39.
This is where the Civil War Ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
40.

When was the Civil War?

a)

1861-176

b)

1861-1865

c)

1870-1876

d)

2015-2019

41.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
42.

Why did Southern states pass Black Codes immediately following the Civil War?

a)

to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

b)

to expand the power of ex-Confederate leaders

c)

to give Southern women voting rights

d)

to jail carpetbaggers

43.

Following the passage of the 13th Amendment, many Southern state governments enacted Black Codes.


When the Radical Republicans in Congress took control of Reconstruction, they responded to the discriminatory Black Codes by passing the --

a)

Civil Rights Acts of 1866

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Reconstruction Acts

d)

Articles of Impeachment for Andrew Johnson.

44.

What organization created public education, health care and training in the South for freedmen?

a)

the Ku Klux Klan

b)

the Radical Republicans

c)

the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

the Carpetbaggers

45.

What did the 14th Amendment do?

a)

It made slavery illegal.

b)

It made formerly enslaved peoples citizens and granted them full legal rights.

c)

It gave formerly enslaved black men the right to vote.

d)

It gave formerly enslaved peoples land to begin farms.

46.

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

a)

support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

b)

actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

c)

give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

d)

create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

47.

Group of Northern Republicans who wanted to punish the Southern states and to insure civil rights for African-Americans.

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Union Republicans

c)

Righteous Republicans

d)

Right Republicans

48.

Gave African-American men the right to vote

a)

19th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

49.
First African-American to be elected into the U.S. Senate, represented Mississippi. 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
50.

Confederate General who sttod like a "Stone Wall" against the Union at the Battle of Bull Run, helping the Confederacy win, which shocked the Union.

a)

Andrew "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

51.
What is the KKK?
a)
A group for children to play educational games.
b)
A political party founded by Abraham Lincoln  
c)
An organization focused on white supremacy 
d)
An organization focused on Black supremacy
52.
When was the KKK Founded?
a)
1862
b)
1869
c)
1866
d)
1867
53.
Why did they form the KKK?
a)
To attack union army bases
b)
To take away blacks freedoms
c)
To riot in front of factories 
d)
To beat up politicians