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Social Studies Civil War Test

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
a)
Being popular in the world
b)
People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
c)
People voting
d)
The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.
2.
Killed, wounded, missing, captured
a)
casualty
b)
death toll
c)
dysentery
d)
artillery
3.

Another name for the South?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

4.
The President of the Confederacy was:
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
5.
An advantage that the Union had was: 
a)
a larger population
b)
more railroads
c)
more factories
d)
All of these were Union advantages
6.

When Lincoln was elected president, his number one priority was:

a)

to preserve the Union.

b)

to defeat Jefferson Davis.

c)

to end slavery.

d)

to compromise with the South about the expansion of slavery.

7.

To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.

a)

Secede

b)

Blockade

c)

Sovereign

d)

Freedmen

8.

Using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports.

a)

Blockade

b)

Sovereign

c)

Conscription

d)

Secede

9.

What is annexation?

a)

A process by which a country or city expands its boundaries into adjacent areas not already incorporated into the country or city

b)

The process of being shortened or reduced in size and character

c)

Beneficial to one’s health, social and personal well being

d)

Not of the necessary quality or standard to meet the purpose

10.
What is Emancipation?
a)
A slave who left their owner to escape to the North
b)
a public announcement
c)
the act of freeing/setting someone or something free
11.

A group of people who helped slaves get to freedom.

a)

the Hidden House

b)

the Underground Railroad

c)

the Pony Express

12.

The Dred Scott judges said they would not end

a)

black business

b)

slavery

c)

going to Canada

13.

An abolitionist wants to

a)

keep slavery

b)

end slavery

c)

pay slaves

14.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
15.
This law meant the South would get less land and less votes in Congress.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
16.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written shortly after this law was passed.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
17.
This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
18.
This event was the first time Americans acted violently against slavery.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
19.
This event said Congress could not prohibit (stop) slavery anywhere in the United States.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
20.

a state that allowed slavery

a)

free state

b)

slave state

c)

Northern state

21.

a person who worked to get the United States government to end slavery

a)

abolish

b)

abolishionist

c)

slavery

22.

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession

23.

land set aside for American Indians

a)

frontier

b)

nation

c)

tribe

d)

reservation

24.

These show how far the area or country extends or goes.

a)

Capital

b)

Cities

c)

Farmland

d)

Boundary Lines

25.

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Gold Rush

26.

The purchase of Louisiana

a)

was a costly mistake

b)

was opposed by western farmers

c)

doubled the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River

d)

led to war with Great Britain

27.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
28.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California

b)

Maine

c)

Missouri

d)

Texas

29.
The primary issue of the war changed. What was the underlying issue that became profound?  
a)
Money
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Slavery
d)
Self-defense
30.
Which side won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
31.
What was the North's point of view on slavery by the 1850s?
a)
They thought slavery was profitable.
b)
They believed slavery had its place.
c)
They saw slavery as a luxury.
d)
They wanted to outlaw slavery.
32.
These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities
a)
True
b)
False
33.

The Legislative Branch is the _______________ branch of the federal government.

a)

Lawmaking

b)

Law enforcing

c)

Law ignoring

d)

Court

34.

How is the number of members in the House of Representatives determined?

a)

Equality

b)

How big the state is

c)

The state's population

d)

The President picks

35.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
36.

Man learnt ..... by understanding nature.

a)

Food

b)

Agriculture

c)

Eating

37.

It is the process of growing plants and raising animals for food, clothing, and other useful products.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Animal Science

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Agricultural Science

38.
Economy is...
a)
The wealth and resources of a country or region.
b)
Something we talked about in the old days only.
c)
Not something kids need to know.
d)
Something that is made up by the government.