WorksheetsCivil War Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What was the significance of the 36o 30' paralell?
Separated the North and South
Northern border of Missouri
Border of the U.S.
Indicated where slavery was allowed and banned
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
Losing respect
Losing tax money
Losing voting power
Losing elections
How did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
Created taxes for railroad construction.
Ended slave trade in Washington DC.
Created the Fugitive Slave Act.
Disbanded the Underground Railroad.
What was the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Created a slave revolt.
Turned more people against slavery.
Slavery was abolished by Congress.
South became more anxious to secede from the Union.
Which was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Led to violence over slavery in Kansas.
Settled the issue of slavery in Nebraska.
Calmed the country's dispute over slavery.
Required new territories to be free.
What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
Slavery made the country look bad.
Rights of African Americans were protected under the Constitution.
African Americans did not have the right to sue in court.
Slavery should be abolished by the president.
Why did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?
To create a slave rebellion.
To bring attention to the conflict between the North and South.
To form a compromise between the North and South.
To create a war between the states.
What did the results of the 1860 presidential election show?
The nation was divided over slavery.
Lincoln was popular through out the U.S.
There was little support for abolitionists in the North.
Southern states wanted to abolish slavery.
Which was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri could join as a free state.
Missouri could join as a slave state.
Maine could join as a slave state.
Maine and Missouri could join as slave states.
Why did the Supreme Court rule that African Americans did not have a right to sue in court?
They were not allowed in courthouses.
They were not citizens.
Few of them could read.
They were not allowed to vote.
Which candidate was not on the ballot in most southern states?
Breckinridge
Lincoln
Bell
Douglass
Which in a Northern advantage at the start of the war?
Highly train soldiers.
Lots of natural resources.
Fighting in familiar territory.
Control of Mississippi River.
Why did General Lee join the Confederate army?
He favored slavery.
He was loyal to his state of Virginia.
He believed in states rights.
He had lost in the presidential election.
Which of these was a southern advantage at the start of the war?
Large population.
Strong military leadership.
Control of the railroads.
Many factories and businesses.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared...
All slaves in the U.S. were free.
Slaves throughout the world were free.
Slaves in confederate states were free.
Slaves in union states were free.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
Lee final captured a city in the North.
The south suffered many losses.
The loss of troops convinced Lee to never invade the North again.
The loss convinced European countries to help the South.
What other document did Lincoln reference in his Gettysburg Address?
Constitution
Emancipation Proclamation
Preamble to the Constitution
Declaration of Independence
What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg?
Confederate troops deserted.
Union controlled all southern ports.
Union controlled the Mississippi River.
The Confederacy enlisted more troops.
Which describes General Sherman's march to the sea?
Total war.
Defeat for both armies.
Peaceful end to the conflict.
Bloodies battle of the war.
What were Grant's terms of surrender for the Confederate army?
Punishment.
Generous to avoid suffering.
Stern demand for payment.
Showed forgiveness.
Clara Barton's work with wounded soldiers helped her to found...
American Field Hospital
Nurses' Union
American Red Cross
Hospital for soldiers
What was the North's main goal at the start of the war?
Make slavery an issue.
Destroy the south.
Preserve the Union.
Please abolitionists.
The main goal for the south was to gain recognition for...
skilled soldiers.
slaveholders.
being an independent nation.
agricultural economy.
What new naval technology was used during the war?
Submarines
Iron clad steamships
Battleships
Torpedoes
What was Lincoln's approach to the South at the end of the war?
Punish the south.
Treat them with kindness and justice.
Make them ratify the 14th amendment.
Make the South pay for damages.
What was a lasting effect of the Freedman's Bureau?
Job security
Land distribution
Medical care
Education opportunities
hat was the purpose of Black Codes?
Control former slaves.
Provide fair wages to former slaves.
Reconstruct plantations.
Teach reading and writing to former slaves.
What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?
Abolish slavery.
Give slaves citizenship.
Allow Freedmen to hold political office.
Provide free treatment of all citizens.
What did the 14th amendment guarantee to all people in the U.S.?
Right to vote.
Right to medical care.
Equal protection under the law.
Separate but equal public facilities.
During Congressional Reconstruction who held political power in the South?
Wealthy, white landowners.
Former Confederate leaders.
Members of the KKK.
People who remained loyal to the U.S.
After Military Reconstruction who made up the largest group of southern voters?
African Americans
Southern Democrats
Former Confederate soldiers
Northerners who moved south.
What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?
Gave all citizens the right to vote.
Provide education for all citizens.
Raise taxes to pay for war damages.
Protect voting rights of African American men.
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
To ensure equal education for all.
To encourage southerners to move north.
To separate African Americans and whites in public.
To prevent unqualified African American from voting.
What was the purpose of southern poll taxes?
To prevent African Americans from voting.
To raise money to fund education.
To fund small businesses.
To vote southern Democrats out of office.
The Military Reconstruction was in response to which president?
Grant
Johnson
Lincoln
Hayes
