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WorksheetsChapter 1 | The Civil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer towards armed conflict?
John Brown's Raid -> Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850 -> Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act -> Admission of California to statehood
"Bleeding Kansas" -> Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?
passage of a higher protective tariff
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
The excerpt below is from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861:
The Anaconda Plan
"[S]o as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan."
What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan described in General Scott's letter?
to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities
to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South
to sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South
to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports
Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?
to promote domestic industries in the South
to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in Northern states were freed.
The war became a moral contest over slavery.
Slaves in border states were immediately freed.
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.
What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws
an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation
the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories north of 36°30' N
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.
Southern States wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.
The excerpt below is from a recently written history of the Civil War.
"What were the rights and liberties for which Confederates contended? The right to own slaves; the liberty to take this property into the territories; freedom from the coercive powers of a centralized government." James McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom
What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?
Confederates were outnumbered by Northerners.
Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.
Confederates believed that states had the right to leave the Union.
Confederates felt that slaves were better treated than Northern factory workers.
Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.
People who spoke out to end slavery
Freedman
Abolitionists
Scalawag
Republican Party
Site in Pennsylvania of three-day bloody battle between the Confederacy and the Union
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Bull Run
An escaped slave who became an eloquent speaker at abolitionist meetings
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Andrew Johnson
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Southern city on the Mississippi River essential for the Union to control
Fredericksburg
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
Missouri slave who sued for his freedom
Andrew Johnson
Dred Scott
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Allowed citizens in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide locally whether to allow slavery.
(popular sovereignty)
Compromise of 1850
Civil Rights Act
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
