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Texas Joins a Divided Nation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Mollie Bailey most remembered for?

a)

She ran a successful circus business.

b)

She trained other nurses during the Civil War.

c)

She was a bandleader.

d)

She spied on Union soldiers for the Confederate soldiers.

2.

What was a result of Mollie Bailey spying on the Union soldiers?

a)

She was able to learn tips from the Union nurses.

b)

She was able to get medicine to soldiers who were sick.

c)

She sold a lot of cookies, and was able to start a successful business.

d)

She helped the Confederate soldiers win the Civil War.

3.

Why do you think the Union soldiers didn't suspect that Mollie Bailey was a spy?

a)

because she had been a nurse for the Union soldiers

b)

because she was a nurse for the Confederate soldiers

c)

because she was really nice, and sold them cookies

d)

because women weren't allowed to fight in wars

4.

Which was the first state to secede from the United States?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

Texas

d)

South Carolina

5.

Why did the new European settlements in Texas cause problems for the American Indians?

a)

Europeans and American Indians could not agree on what to call the new land they shared.

b)

American Indians moved onto the European settlements without permission.

c)

American Indians lived there for centuries and were being forced off their land.

d)

Europeans wanted the American Indians to help them find people to move to Texas.

6.

Answer this question after reading the article "Texas in the Civil War."

After Lincoln was elected president of the United States, Southerners were afraid that _____.

a)

a: Lincoln would not want the Southern states to be part of the United States

b)

b: Lincoln would make all Southern people slaves

c)

c: a law might be passed to end slavery

d)

d: everyone would have to move to the North

7.

Who was the commander of the Union army?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

8.

Many of the southern states _________ and formed the Confederate State of America.

a)

seceded

b)

ejected

c)

annexed

d)

ran away

9.

What is a frontier?

a)

It is the farthest part of a settled country. Next to the land that had not been settled yet.

b)

the third tier in a land

c)

open land

d)

cowboy country

10.

Texas was a part of the...

a)

Pacific North West

b)

Deep South

c)

Union

d)

Confederacy

11.

Who was president during the U.S. Civil War?

a)

T. Roosevelt

b)

Polk

c)

Washington

d)

Lincoln

12.

What was the difference between the North and South economies?

a)

The North was based on farming, while the South was based on manufacturing.

b)

The South had a few factories, but mainly depended on farming, while the North's economy was based on manufacturing.

c)

The South was based on fishing, while the North was based on hunting.

d)

The North depended on the South for crops.

13.

Why was the North suitable for factories?

a)

The North didn't have farmland.

b)

There were many immigrants in the North who were suitable for working in factories.

c)

The North did not want to farm.

d)

The South wanted to farm, and the North did not.

14.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
15.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
16.
The event held at this location encouraged the start of the civil war and rallied both sides to build up their armies.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Yorktown
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Appomattox 
17.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
18.

Who won the Civil war?

a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
c)
England
d)
France
19.

The primary reason the Civil War as fought was over the issue of

a)

tariffs

b)

slavery

c)

states rights

d)

trade with Europe

20.

The Confederate army was commanded by:

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Thomas Jefferson