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Civil War Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

List 3-5 causes of the Civil War:

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2.

Which Compromise created the Fugitive Slave Act, ended slave trade in D.C., and admitted California as a free state?

(a)  

3.

What was a consequence of the Election of 1860?

a)

The North was dissatisfied with the results of the election and demanded a recount

b)

The South felt cheated because the winning candidate was not even on their ballot

c)

The North was concerned because another Southern candidate has been elected

d)

The South accepted the results of the election because they wanted another weak president

4.

Which event caused the declaration of the war by the C.S.A.?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Ft. Sumter

d)

Gettysburg

5.

Who was the Union general who later became president of the United States?

(a)  

6.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The population of the ________ was 9 million at the start of the war.

a)

North

b)

South

8.

Majority of factories were located in the _________.

a)

North

b)

South

9.

Majority of farms were in the ________.

a)

North

b)

South

10.

Border states are slave states that remained loyal to the union.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

When was the Civil War?

a)

1863-1865

b)

1865-1868

c)

1861-1865

d)

1861-1863

12.

What was the first battle of the Civil War and a victory for the South?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Bull Run

13.

Which of the following is known as the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

14.

Lincoln's main political goal was to abolish slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which of the following is known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Ft. Sumter

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

16.

Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

17.

The Emancipation Proclamation did which of the following?

a)

Gain support for the North by focusing the war on slavery

b)

Immediately abolish slavery

c)

End the war

d)

Free slaves only in the Union

18.

What did Lincoln explain in the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Too many people had died for no reason and the war needed to end

b)

The true meaning of the war- expanding American ideals of liberty and freedom

c)

The South was the true enemy and needed to be destroyed

d)

The purpose of the war was to ensure state's rights

19.

Where was the final battle fought, ending in a Union victory and General Lee surrendering?

a)

Ft. Sumter

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Washington, D.C.

d)

Appomattox Court House