WorksheetsModule 3 Study Guide Civil War
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
What event led to the war with Mexico?
Annexing the Texas Republic
Arkansas joining the Union
Select the FALSE statement below on President Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.
President Lincoln was present to help dedicate the opening of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
President Lincoln was the main speaker at Gettysburg.
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 call to quickly end slavery.
A call to action for Americans.
Union forces were able to outnumber General Lee and bring victory at what location?
Appomattox Court House
Richmond
Following the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for the land these states currently reside.
New Mexico and California
Texas
This trail was used for settlers going west for the rain and farmland.
Oregon Trail
Santa Fa Trail
What event led to the war with Mexico?
Annexing the Texas Republic
Settlers Moving West
Americans moving west found which of the following in doing so?
Religious Freedom
Freedom from Debts in the East
New Prosperity
All of the Above
Following the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army started to accept African Americans as soldiers.
True
False
The Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was shocking because it provided the brutality that would come during the Civil War.
True
False
The Civil War ended with Lee surrendering at Appomattox Court House.
True
False
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.
True
False
The Emancipation Proclamation was seen as a method or way to shorten the civil war.
True
False
In 1860, the Democrat Party was formed over the question of slavery in the United States.
True
False
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.
True
False
At the start of the Civil War, the southern states had a technological advantage over the north.
True
False
Which led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?
Texas gaining Independence
The results of the Mexican War.
Lincoln want which of the following before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A major Union victory.
A southern surrender.
Following the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for the land these states currently reside.
New Mexico and California
Texas
People who believed in Manifest Destiny were also known as
Expansionists
War Hawks
General Sherman had success at Atlanta after doing what?
Cut Railroad Lines
Save the City Store Fronts
Union forces were able to outnumber General Lee and bring victory at what location?
Appomattox Court House
Atlanta
Union success at Vicksburg was critical because it gave primary access to what?
Additional Supplies
Control of the Mississippi River
What major tiding turning event occurred after the Battle of Antietam, in the Civil War.
Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
Start of the Anaconda Plan
Select the FALSE statement below on President Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.
President Lincoln was present to help dedicate the opening of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
President Lincoln’s address is widely respected today and remembered.
President Lincoln was the main speaker at Gettysburg.
Which of the following is an advantage of the southern states during the civil war?
The ability to produce their own food.
A vast outline of railroads.
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
The Fugitive Slave law was not passed.
California was admitted as a free state.
How many total years did it take for the United States to expand from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?
65 years
1 year
Americans moving west found which of the following in doing so?
Religious Freedom
New Prosperity
Freedom from Debts in the East
All of the Above
During the war with Mexico, according to the lesson, what were the strengths of the United States? Check all that apply (3)
High Morale
Strong Economy
Strong Leaders
Abraham Lincoln
Strong Army
The Civil War was born out of what movement in the United States?
Second Great Awakening
Industrial Revolution
This trail was used for settlers going west to look for gold.
Santa Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
