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Ohio History: Ch 4 - Civil War in Ohio

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Check all that actions that abolitionists took to help fight slavery:

a)

wrote newspaper articles against slavery

b)

spoke out in public against slavery

c)

destroyed newspaper printing presses

d)

hid enslaved people who had fled

2.

Why was Ohio important as a route for enslaved people who wanted to escape from slavery? (check all that apply)

a)

It is close to Canada

b)

It was surrounded by free states

c)

It shared a border with 2 slave states

d)

It was not an important route

3.

Why would people have to have secret codes when talking about the Underground Railroad?

a)

Anti-Slavery groups were very popular

b)

Allowed abolitionists to help enslaved people secretly so they wouldn't get in trouble

c)

It was fun

d)

They were worried too many people would join it

4.

Select two reasons why abolitionists were angered by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

a)

It allowed slaves to go free.

b)

It forced citizens to return fugitive enslaved people to their owners

c)

It put the federal government on the side of the slave owners

d)

It gave rights to enslaved people.

5.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called

a)

Harpers Ferry

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

6.

What did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book describe?

a)

the conditions of slavery

b)

the laws about slavery

c)

slave owners lives

d)

northern industry

7.

What event happened first?

a)

Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price

c)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

d)

John Brown raids Harpers Ferry

8.

Which event happened second?

a)

Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price

c)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

d)

John Brown raids Harpers Ferry

9.

What event happened third?

a)

Congress passes the Kanas-Nebraska Act

b)

People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price

c)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

d)

John Brown raids Harpers Ferry

10.

Which event happened last?

a)

Congress passes the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

People from Oberlin and Wellington rescue John Price

c)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

d)

John Brown raids Harpers Ferry

11.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War?

a)

It promoted slavery in the north

b)

It angered people in the north to turn against Lincoln

c)

It allowed African Americans to fight for the Confederacy

d)

It allowed African Americans to fight for the Union

12.

Which Civil War general was NOT an Ohioan?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Philip Sheridon

13.

How did life change for African Americans after the Civil War?

a)

nothing changed

b)

slavery was abolished, but they still faced prejudice

c)

slavery was made legal everywhere, including in the north

d)

they were given full rights

14.

Why did southerners decide their way of life was worth fighting for? (select all that apply)

a)

depended on southern labor for plantations

b)

believed states should have the right to make their own laws

c)

they believed the government should get to make all the laws

d)

they did not need slave labor at all for their economy

15.

Why did abolitionists decide their way of life was worth fighting for? (select all that apply)

a)

they need slave labor for their plantations

b)

they believed "all men are created equal"

c)

they did not believe in equality

d)

they were angry that African Americans were denied their freedom

16.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John Price

17.

Who was the president of the United States and the Union?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John Price

18.

Was the Union in the north or south?

a)

north

b)

south

19.

Was the confederacy in the north or south?

a)

north

b)

south

20.

Who won the American Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy