WorksheetsOhio History: Ch 4 - Civil War in Ohio
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Check all that actions that abolitionists took to help fight slavery:
wrote newspaper articles against slavery
spoke out in public against slavery
destroyed newspaper printing presses
hid enslaved people who had fled
Why was Ohio important as a route for enslaved people who wanted to escape from slavery? (check all that apply)
It is close to Canada
It was surrounded by free states
It shared a border with 2 slave states
It was not an important route
Why would people have to have secret codes when talking about the Underground Railroad?
Anti-Slavery groups were very popular
Allowed abolitionists to help enslaved people secretly so they wouldn't get in trouble
It was fun
They were worried too many people would join it
Select two reasons why abolitionists were angered by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
It allowed slaves to go free.
It forced citizens to return fugitive enslaved people to their owners
It put the federal government on the side of the slave owners
It gave rights to enslaved people.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called
Harpers Ferry
Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Emancipation Proclamation
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book describe?
the conditions of slavery
the laws about slavery
slave owners lives
northern industry
What event happened first?
Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
Which event happened second?
Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
What event happened third?
Congress passes the Kanas-Nebraska Act
People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
Which event happened last?
Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price
Abraham Lincoln becomes president
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War?
It promoted slavery in the north
It angered people in the north to turn against Lincoln
It allowed African Americans to fight for the Confederacy
It allowed African Americans to fight for the Union
Which Civil War general was NOT an Ohioan?
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Philip Sheridon
How did life change for African Americans after the Civil War?
nothing changed
slavery was abolished, but they still faced prejudice
slavery was made legal everywhere, including in the north
they were given full rights
Why did southerners decide their way of life was worth fighting for? (select all that apply)
depended on southern labor for plantations
believed states should have the right to make their own laws
they believed the government should get to make all the laws
they did not need slave labor at all for their economy
Why did abolitionists decide their way of life was worth fighting for? (select all that apply)
they need slave labor for their plantations
they believed "all men are created equal"
they did not believe in equality
they were angry that African Americans were denied their freedom
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
John Price
Who was the president of the United States and the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
John Price
Was the Union in the north or south?
north
south
Was the confederacy in the north or south?
north
south
Who won the American Civil War?
The Union
The Confederacy
