WorksheetsCivil War Unit Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Which of the following was a direct result of the Fugitive Slave Act?
The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories.
The Abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North.
Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states.
Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law.
How did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 effect the national unity of the country?
It caused the South to declare war on the North.
It healed the political division.
South Carolina seceded but the other states decided to remain a part of the United States.
Several southern states seceded in protest.
The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempted to answer what fundamental question?
Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
Should the U.S. continue to expand to the West?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
Should states be allowed to secede from the United States (Union).
What was one effect that the Compromise of 1850 had on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Members of both groups were captured under the fugitive slave law.
Members in both groups could now be sold in the Washington D.C. slave market.
Escaped slaves but not freedmen were welcome in the gold mines of California.
Both groups were now allowed to vote after the Mexican Cession.
Which of the following is a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri was allowed to join as a free state.
The South threatened to secede after.
Railroad construction was rapidly expanded in southern states.
Sectional tensions between the North and South were temporarily relieved.
Which of the following most likely occurred as a result of the Dred Scott v Sanford decision?
The North felt that they had won a huge battle in the war against slavery.
The South was upset because it meant that slaves were no longer considered "property."
The Missouri Compromise was declared Unconstitutional.
Slavery was abolished.
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1856 have on the area?
Kansas entered the Union as a slave state in 1856 due to popular sovereignty.
Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise was upheld in the Supreme Court.
Settlers in Nebraska that were against slavery moved to Kansas.
Who said it?
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
John Brown
Who said it?
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
John Brown
Who said it?
John Brown
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Where can this excerpt be seen?
Compromise of 1850
U.S. Constitution
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
Where can this excerpt be seen?
The Missouri Compromise
The Dred Scott Decision
The Compromise of 1850
The U.S. Constitution
Where can this excerpt be seen?
The U.S. Constitution
The Dred Scott Decision
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.
Declaration of Independance
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Bull Run
The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
The capital of the United States of America during the Civil War was:
Washington D.C.
Richmond
Philadelphia
Charleston
The capital of the Confederate states of America during the Civil War was:
Charleston
Washington, D.C.
Richmond
Philadelphia
The commanding general of the Confederate army was
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?
It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
The Confederacy surrendered.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired.
General Pickett charged the Union line.
Strengths of the North during the Civil War were all EXCEPT:
85% of the factories in the country were located in the north
The north had the most experienced military generals
The north had more soldiers
There was double the length railroad in the north
Which state was the first to succeed from the Union?
Virgina
Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
Which battle allowed Lincoln to be able to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle at Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Attack on Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Siege of Vicksburg
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goal of the Civil War?
It would abolish slavery everywhere.
made the goal of the war to also get both sides back together
Made the goal of the war also to end slavery
Recognized the Confederate States of America as its own country
When was the Civil War?
1860-1865
1861-1865
1860-1866
1861-1867
Based on the pictograph, predict which side would win the war because it had more resources.
Union (North)
Confederates (South)
Western Territories
Turning point in the Civil War because the South would never invade the North again
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Split/Divided the Confederacy
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Where the South surrendered
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
He surrendered his forces at Appomattox Court House
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
He accepted the surrendered of the Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Which statement correctly describes the role of Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?
A He wrote the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” to rally Union troops.
He led his troops through Georgia on a “March to the Sea,” destroying farms, towns and railroad lines as they went.
He defeated Confederate forces at Vicksburg and became Commander-in-Chief of Union forces.
He developed the Anaconda Plan and ran against Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1864.
Which individual belongs in the space in the diagram?
George Whitefield
Philip Bazaar
William Carney
Hiram Revels
Which of the following best completes the chart?
Since government rests on the consent of the governed, a state can choose to leave the Union.
The government established by the people in the U.S. Constitution is meant to be a permanent one.
A state can lawfully leave the Union only if the other members of the Union grant it their permission.
It would dangerously weaken the United States if the country divided into two or more sections.
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to
care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
— Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865)
In this excerpt, President Abraham Lincoln expresses his view that —
the South must be severely punished for having threatened the Union
the South should be welcomed back to the Union with justice and kindness
Confederates should be banned from public life for their role in the Civil War
the damage done to the Union can never be fully repaired
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
— President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863)
In this speech, President Lincoln maintained that —
the war was not concerned with the abolition of slavery
the war was testing whether a democratic society could survive
the United States was neither a free nor an equal society
Americans would be better off at peace even if they sacrificed some liberties
He was from Chile, South America
William Carney
Thomas Jackson
Philip Bazaar
Boston Corbet
Got a medal of honor for carrying dispatches during the assault on Fort Fisher
William Carney
Philip Bazaar
Robert Gould Shaw
David Herold
Got a medal of honor for carrying the American Flag during the assault on Fort Wagner
William Carney
Philip Bazaar
Robert Gould Shaw
David Herold
First African American to receive a Medal of Honor
William Carney
Philip Bazaar
Robert Gould Shaw
David Herold
First Latino to receive a Medal of Honor
William Carney
Philip Bazaar
Robert Gould Shaw
David Herold
Located in Pennsylvania
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Stated that slaves were property
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v Sandford)
Advocate (supporter) of states' rights
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Daniel Webster
Wrote the fictional book Uncle Tom's Cabin which showed the evils of slavery
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Daniel Webster
John Brown attacked at the Harper's Ferry arsenal to start what?
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
START A SLAVE REVOLT
GIVE WEAPONS TO THE POOR
BUST DRED SCOTT OUT OF PRISON
