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WorksheetsUS - Sectionalism and Civil War - 21-22
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of these people played a significant role in the Abolitionist Movement prior to the Civil War?
William Lloyd Garrison - publisher of "The Liberator"
Frederick Douglass - founder of the "North Star"
Harriet Beecher Stowe - author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
ALL of these are correct
Members of the "Free-Soil" Party were AGAINST the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the U.S. What other political party was also against this slavery expansion?
the Republican Party
the Democratic Party
the American Party
the Know-Nothing Party
What machine, invented by Eli Whitney, helped expand the plantation system in the United States?
the cotton gin
the steel plow
the combine harvester
the mechanical reaper
The question of expanding slavery into the West caused -
sectional conflict in the years leading up to the Civil War
the populations of western states to increase rapidly
the country to unite in it's desire to abolish slavery
the U.S.-Mexican War to begin
The use of slaves on cash-crop plantations led to -
increased profits for plantation owners
the urbanization of most Northern cities
periods of flooding followed by long droughts
the building of more factories in the South
Look at the election map and circle graphs provided. Based on this information, Lincoln became President by winning -
the northern states, California, and Oregon
all of the southern states
the Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories
the Mid-Atlantic states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee
This quote is part of President Abraham Lincoln's response to several southern states seceding from the Union. Based on this quote, Lincoln feels that the South leaving the Union was -
unjustified
acceptable
foolish
reasonable
Where did the Civil War officially begin in April of 1861?
Fort Sumter - a Union fort located in Confederate territory
Washington D.C. - the capital of the Union
Richmond - the capital of the Confederacy
San Antonio - a military storehouse of weapons and supplies
According to the graph provided, which side had the resource advantage during the Civil War?
the Union
the Confederacy
the two sides were exactly even
this graph does not show that information
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which -
freed the slaves in the rebelling southern states
finally brought the long Civil War to an end
forced thousands of American males to join the Union army
formally declared that the U.S. would continue as two separate countries
Abraham Lincoln is to Jefferson Davis
- - -
Just as ____ is to Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William T. Sherman
J.E.B. Stuart
Which of these answers is a list of battles that occurred during the Civil War?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Gonzales
San Antonio
San Jacinto
Lexington
Saratoga
Yorktown
Palo Alto
Buena Vista
Mexico City
Read the quote provided. This is the last line of President Lincoln's famous speech given to dedicate a national cemetery at the site of an important Civil War battle. The short speech was known as the ____ Address.
Gettysburg
Civil War
Cemetery
Lincoln
The Battle of Vicksburg was a turning point in the Civil War because -
the Union won control of the Mississippi River and essentially divided the Confederacy into two parts
the Confederacy was able to defeat Ulysses S. Grant and forced the Union Army to retreat all the way to Washington D.C.
the President of the Confederacy [a man named Jefferson Davis] was captured by the Union during the fighting
the Confederacy used a new weapon [the submarine] to attack and defeat the Union forces defending the area
Which of these gives the best paraphrased SUMMARY for the conclusion of Lincoln's Second Inaugural speech, given in March of 1865?
"Lets stop fighting and start healing"
"We're not going to stop fighting until we've destroyed the Confederacy completely"
"We cannot agree, so let's move forward as two separate nations"
"It's time for us to rewrite the Constitution and make new rules for our new nation"
In April of 1865, the Civil War officially came to an end at ____ when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Appomattox Courthouse
the White House
New York City
Montgomery, Alabama
What happened to President Abraham Lincoln just five days after the Civil War officially ended?
he was shot and killed while watching a play in Washington D.C.
he was kidnapped by Confederate spies and taken to Richmond
he was re-elected for a 3rd term as President of the U.S.
he was impeached and replaced by Confederate President Jefferson Davis
