WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 16mins
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.
What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Manassas
What battle was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, as well as in American History?
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Appomattox
This was the first battle of the Civil War. Confederate troops fired upon Union troops at...
Bull Run/ Manassas 1
Antietam
Appomattox Courhouse
Fort Sumter
What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?
Confederate States of America
Rebel States of America
Southern States of America
Confederate States of the South
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Siege of Vickburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
This picture depicts what event?
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Lee's Surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
Grant's Surrender at the Battle of Fort Sumter
Grant and Lee signing the Treaty of Paris
What is the main effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?
It reduced global demand for cotton and le US farmers to grow other crops
It made it possible to produce clothing by machine and led to the building of textile factories throughout the southern US
It allowed people to grow cotton in the western territories
It allowed cotton to be processed more quickly and profitably and led to the expansion of slavery in the southern US
Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?
The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate
The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads
The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories
The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations
The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to
end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native Americans
encourage manufacturing in the West
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 created the most controversy?
the admission of California as a free state
the organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery
the ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
to admit Kansas as a free state and Nebraska as a slave state
to allow the citizens to decide if a state would be a free state or a slave state
to allow border ruffians to vote in Kansas elections to promote slavery
to negotiate a deal for territory with Native Americans in Oklahoma
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Use the following chart to answer the question that follows.
According to the bar graph, what region had the larger share of resources in the United States?
The South
The North
The West
All regions had equal amount of resources
Battle took place in Maryland and was the closest Civil War battle to Washington D.C. The Union won and gave Abraham Lincoln the victory he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
All of the following was part of the "Anaconda Plan" EXCEPT:
Block all southern ports to cut off shipping
Divide the north into sections
Control the Mississippi River
Capture the Confederate capital, Richmond
