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Module 3 Study Guide Civil War

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event led to the war with Mexico?

a)

Annexing the Texas Republic

b)

Arkansas joining the Union

2.

Select the FALSE statement below on President Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.

a)

President Lincoln was present to help dedicate the opening of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

b)

President Lincoln was the main speaker at Gettysburg.

3.

Read the following line from President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address then answer the question that follows.

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."

President Abraham Lincoln

[Source: National Archives, 2018]

In this line, Lincoln is giving which of the following?

a)

A call to quickly end slavery.

b)

A call to action for Americans.

4.

Union forces were able to outnumber General Lee and bring victory at what location?

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Richmond

5.

Following the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for the land these states currently reside.

a)

New Mexico and California

b)

Texas

6.

This trail was used for settlers going west for the rain and farmland.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fa Trail

7.

What event led to the war with Mexico?

a)

Annexing the Texas Republic

b)

Settlers Moving West

8.

Americans moving west found which of the following in doing so?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Freedom from Debts in the East

c)

New Prosperity

d)

All of the Above

9.

Following the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army started to accept African Americans as soldiers.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was shocking because it provided the brutality that would come during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Civil War ended with Lee surrendering at Appomattox Court House.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Read the statement from President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then answer the question that follows.


"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

President Abraham Lincoln

[Source: National Archives, 2018]

In this statement, Lincoln is referring to the ideas and time the United States was founded.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Emancipation Proclamation was seen as a method or way to shorten the civil war.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

In 1860, the Democrat Party was formed over the question of slavery in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

By 1850, only 1/3 of the nation's population lived in the southern states. Also, the south only produced 10% of the nation's goods too.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

At the start of the Civil War, the southern states had a technological advantage over the north.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?

a)

Texas gaining Independence

b)

The results of the Mexican War.

18.

Lincoln want which of the following before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

A major Union victory.

b)

A southern surrender.

19.

Following the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for the land these states currently reside.

a)

New Mexico and California

b)

Texas

20.

People who believed in Manifest Destiny were also known as

a)

Expansionists

b)

War Hawks

21.

General Sherman had success at Atlanta after doing what?

a)

Cut Railroad Lines

b)

Save the City Store Fronts

22.

Union forces were able to outnumber General Lee and bring victory at what location?

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Atlanta

23.

Union success at Vicksburg was critical because it gave primary access to what?

a)

Additional Supplies

b)

Control of the Mississippi River

24.

What major tiding turning event occurred after the Battle of Antietam, in the Civil War.

a)

Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Start of the Anaconda Plan

25.

Select the FALSE statement below on President Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.

a)

President Lincoln was present to help dedicate the opening of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

b)

President Lincoln’s address is widely respected today and remembered.

c)

President Lincoln was the main speaker at Gettysburg.

26.

Which of the following is an advantage of the southern states during the civil war?

a)

The ability to produce their own food.

b)

A vast outline of railroads.

27.

The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

a)

The Fugitive Slave law was not passed.

b)

California was admitted as a free state.

28.

How many total years did it take for the United States to expand from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?

a)

65 years

b)

1 year

29.

Americans moving west found which of the following in doing so?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

New Prosperity

c)

Freedom from Debts in the East

d)

All of the Above

30.

During the war with Mexico, according to the lesson, what were the strengths of the United States? Check all that apply (3)

a)

High Morale

b)

Strong Economy

c)

Strong Leaders

d)

Abraham Lincoln

e)

Strong Army

31.

The Civil War was born out of what movement in the United States?

a)

Second Great Awakening

b)

Industrial Revolution

32.

This trail was used for settlers going west to look for gold.

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Oregon Trail