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Worksheets8th Social Studies Part 3 Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 46mins
What was a cause of the Civil War
state's rights
slavery
sectionalism
All of the above
When was Abraham Lincoln's assasination?
1861
1865
1809
None of the above
Lincoln was assasinated by
John Wikes Booth
Mary
Ford's theatre officials
Stephen Douglas
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Antietam
Sharpsburg
Who served as the President of the Confederate States of America (CSA)?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
What was one of the main effects of the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Several more southern states seceded
More states joined the Union
Abraham Lincoln wanted a peace treaty
Slavery was immediately abolished.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union
The Confederacy
Mexico
Europe
What did President Lincoln put Ulysses in charge of?
volunteers from Illinois
The Union Army
capturing Southern territories.
At what battle did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses Grant?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Appomattox
Battle of Antietam
What was the point of blockading southern ports?
To Cripple the Confederate economy by ending the cotton trade
To stop British ships from importing weapons
To Capture the Capital City of Richmond
To train the new US Navy
The first step in the Anaconda plan was to block southern seaports.
True
False
What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Confederate president Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.
Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.
Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
All of the above
How many slaves were immediately set free by the proclamation?
All 4 million
Around half.
No slaves were set free.
50,000
1,000
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Paine
George Washington
What war did the Battle of Gettysburg take place during?
World War I
World War II
American Civil War
Revolutionary War
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?
Justice
Equality
Liberty
Democracy
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincolns old address
A union victory that stopped General Robert E. Lee
A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln
None of the above
How does The Union eventually take the city of Vicksburg?
He uses the Navy to draw attention away from the Army
They don't, the city remains in the hands of the Confederacy for the entire war
Starves the Civilians and Soldiers by not allowing anything in or out of the city
A heavy bombardment of cannon fire on the same section of defensive walls
Who was promoted to the overall Union Commander after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
What was the primary purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
To urge the country to continue its struggle for unification and political freedom
To establish a peace treaty with the South
The extend the war as long as possible
To get the southerners to surrender.
Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?
It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)
It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region
It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia
It allowed the Union to attack Richmond
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.
True
False
What was Sherman's plan to end the war quickly?
Asking soldiers to surrender
Total war
Capture as many confederates as possible
Free all the slaves in the South
What is being celebrated on Juneteenth?
America's Freedom
Freedom from Slavery
Fireworks
When was the Civil War?
1861-176
1861-1865
1870-1876
2015-2019
Why did Southern states pass Black Codes immediately following the Civil War?
to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
to expand the power of ex-Confederate leaders
to give Southern women voting rights
to jail carpetbaggers
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 --
Civil Rights Acts of 1866
Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction Acts
Articles of Impeachment for Andrew Johnson.
What organization created public education, health care and training in the South for freedmen?
the Ku Klux Klan
the Radical Republicans
the Freedmen's Bureau
the Carpetbaggers
What did the 14th Amendment do?
It made slavery illegal.
It made formerly enslaved peoples citizens and granted them full legal rights.
It gave formerly enslaved black men the right to vote.
It gave formerly enslaved peoples land to begin farms.
During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --
support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states
actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans
give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves
create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union
Group of Northern Republicans who wanted to punish the Southern states and to insure civil rights for African-Americans.
Radical Republicans
Union Republicans
Righteous Republicans
Right Republicans
Gave African-American men the right to vote
19th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
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.
Andrew "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
