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SS 18-20

Total questions: 131

Worksheet time: 22hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the controversial issues facing the country during the election of 1860

a)

State's rights

b)

Slavery

c)

Agriculture

d)

Manufacturing

2.

Which party OPPOSED slavery?

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

3.

Who did the Republican party nominate for president in election of 1860

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Bell

d)

John Breckinridge

4.

Who did the Northern Democrats party nominate for president in election of 1860

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Bell

d)

John Breckinridge

5.

Who did the Southern Democrats party nominate for president in election of 1860

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Bell

d)

John Breckinridge

6.

Who did the Constitutional Union Party nominate for president in election of 1860

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Bell

d)

John Breckinridge

7.

Abraham Lincoln was FOR slavery

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Abraham Lincoln ______

a)

Was against slavery

b)

Was for slavery

c)

Wanted to keep the nations united

d)

Supported popular sovereignty (state's rights)

9.

Stephen Douglas ______

a)

Supported Slavery

b)

Was against slavery

c)

Supported popular sovereignty

d)

Wanted to keep the nation united

10.

Which state first threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected president

a)

South Carolina

b)

Tennessee

c)

Kentucky

d)

Virginia

11.

The first 7 states that seceded the Union formed ______

a)

The United States of America

b)

The Confederate States of America

c)

The Republican Party

d)

The Democratic Party

12.

Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

John Bell

13.

Where did the Civil War begin?

a)

Fort Campbell

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Knox

14.

What caused the Civil War to begin?

a)

Jefferson Davis wanted U.S. troops out of Fort Sumter

b)

Abraham Lincoln wanted U.S. troops to stay in Fort Sumter

c)

Abraham Lincoln would not negotiate with Jefferson Davis/Confederate States of America

15.

What was the name given to the states that stayed loyal to the U.S. government. Also called the North

a)

Unionn

b)

Confederacy

16.

Another name for the Confederate States of America. Also called the South

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

17.

What were the results of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

a)

President Lincoln used the battle to call in more volunteers for the Union Army

b)

More southern states wanted to secede

c)

10,000 people died

d)

Zero people died

18.

What event was the final straw that began the secession of the states?

a)

Battle at Fort Sumter

b)

Election of Abraham Lincoln

c)

Creation of the Democratic Party

d)

Creation of the Republican Party

19.

Abraham Lincoln believed________________

a)

United States was one nation

b)

That states did not have the right to secede

c)

He had to preserve the Union. By force if necessary

d)

The Union Army should force the states that seceded back into the United States

20.

How long did the Civil War last

a)

40 years

b)

4 years

c)

40 days

d)

4 days

21.

Who was first offered the command of the Union Army but refused it to become a general and lead the Army of Northern Viginia?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Breckinridge

22.

Ulysses S. Grant _______

a)

Led the Union armies during the late years of the Civil War

b)

Most capable of all the Union generals

c)

Master of military strategy

d)

Refused to fight against his home state of Virginia

23.

Who was Abraham Lincoln speaking of when he said "I can't spare this man -- he fights"

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Breckinridge

24.

The states that seceded depended heavily on ______

a)

Agriculture

b)

Manufacturing

c)

were in the North

d)

were in the South

25.

The border states (West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri) were:

a)

Free states In favor of remaining with the Union

b)

Slave states/Wanted to secede

c)

Were neutral/were slave states that remained with the Union

d)

Were free states what wanted to secede

26.

Why was border state Maryland so important?

a)

Surrounded the capital of the U.S. (Washington DC) on 3 sides

b)

Baltimore, Maryland had an important port and railroad lines

c)

The Potomac and Virginia (where the cofederate capital was) was on the other side of Washington DC

27.

Disagreements about secession led to the creation of a new state in Virginia called

a)

West Virginia

b)

Richmond

c)

Potomac

28.

Which state was Lincoln worried about that if it left the Union that others would follow?

a)

Maryland

b)

Kentucky

c)

Missouri

d)

Delaware

29.

Which border state was close to both the Union and Confederate capitals?

a)

Missouri

b)

Delaware

c)

Maryland

d)

Kentucky

30.

What were the advantages that the Union had in the war?

a)

They had more people, factories and food production

b)

They had a more extensive railroad system to transport goods

c)

Had excellent generals/strong military tradition/eager soldiers

d)

Had a lot of land/slaves/cotton

31.

What were the advantages that the Confederacy had in the war?

a)

They had more people, factories and food production

b)

They had a more extensive railroad system to transport goods

c)

Had excellent generals/strong military tradition/eager soldiers

d)

Had a lot of land/slaves/cotton

32.

Union strategy in the war?

a)

Blockade southern ports from Virginia to Texas so Confederacy could not export cotton nor import goods they needed

b)

Send boats and armies down the Mississippi River to capture key cities and split the Confederacy in half

c)

Capture Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy

d)

Called the Anoconda Plan

33.

What was "Scott's Great Snake"

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Union Strategy

c)

Confederate Strategy

34.

Confederate strategy____

a)

Defensive

b)

Offensive

35.

Confederate strategy was to____

a)

Make sure their new nation survived

b)

Protect their land which was twice the size of Union land

c)

Take over the border states

36.

Why did Abraham Lincoln order the attack on Confederate soldiers who were camped out at Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia?

a)

He wanted to make it the capital

b)

He thought it would help him take over Richmond and end the war

c)

It was next to Richmond so would open the door to attack Richmond

d)

Manassas was the capital of the Confederate States

37.

Who played a major role in the First Battle of Bull Run/Battle of First Manassas

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

38.

Union residents thought the Union troops would quickly defeat Confederates at Bull Run. They packed picnic baskets and went along to watch

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Who won the Battle at Bull Run

a)

Confederates

b)

Union

40.

Which Battle made the Americans realize that the Civil War was going to be a long, bloody Struggle?

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

41.

Which battle lost 24,000 soldiers

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

42.

Which battle was the first major battle on Northern soil?

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

43.

Which battle was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history? More than 26,000 were killed or wounded

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

44.

Who won the battle of Shiloh

a)

Union

b)

Confederate

45.

Who won the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Union

b)

Confederate

c)

Draw (union claimed victory)

d)

Draw (confederate claimed victory)

46.

What document proclaimed all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforward shall be free?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Bill of Rights

47.

Did Britain and France Support the Confederacy or Union

a)

Union because they didn't support slavery

b)

Confederacy because they did support slavery

48.

The Emancipation Proclamation also announced the acceptance of black men into the Union army and navy

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors fought for the Union and for freedom

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves only in the states that had seceded from the Union. Why did President Lincoln not free the slaves in the border states?

a)

He wanted the border states to stay in the Union

b)

He didn't care about the border states

c)

The border states didn't have slaves

51.

3 ways the Emancipation Proclamation helped the Union win the Civil War

a)

Motivation now included freeing the slaves

b)

Great Britain and France did not want to help the confederacy

c)

African Americans now fought on the side of the Union

d)

The border states convince the seceded states to join back

52.

Which battle lasted 3 days and had 51,000 soldiers killed, wounded, captured, or missing?

a)

Battle of Shiloh

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Culp Hill

53.

Which battle was the turning point in the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Shiloh

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Culp Hill

54.

What is considered one of the most inspiring speeches in American history

a)

Martin Luther King "I have a dream..."

b)

Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

c)

Where mommy tried to convince Jaiden to wear suspenders

55.

A government of the people, by the people, for the people is called a ____

a)

Republic

b)

Democracy

56.

Who was nicknamed the "angel of the battlefield". She also created the American Red Cross

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Madelyn Marx

57.

Who wanted to help at the front lines of the war. She collected supplies and took them to the battlefields. She nursed injured soldiers

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Madelyn Marx

58.

Who started the Red Cross

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Madelyn Marx

59.

Who served as the Superintendent of U.S. Army nurses?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Madelyn Marx

60.

Who was known for her strict rules for nurses?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Madelyn Marx

61.

By 1864, which was the only major southern city that the Union troops had not captured?

a)

Nashville

b)

Birmingham

c)

Richmond

d)

Washington DC

62.

What happened when the Union troops closed in on Richmond (the capital of the Confederacy)?

a)

Confederate government evacuated

b)

Confederate troops set fire to the city to keep war supplies out of the hands of the Union

c)

The Union took over the city

d)

The Union set fire to the city to rid the city of Confederacy supplies

63.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant to end the war?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Richmond

c)

Appomattox Court

d)

Bunker Hill

64.

How was Lincoln generous to the Confederates who surrendered?

a)

Grant allowed the Confederate Soldiers to keep their personal possessions as well as horses and mules to help them farm when they got home

b)

Officers were allowed to keep their guns

c)

Grant gave them food

d)

They were given land to live on

65.

What was a positive consequence of the Civil war ending?

a)

More than 4 million slaves gained their freedom

b)

Country became whole again

c)

The Confederacy continued their fight

d)

The new capital of the United States was Richmond

66.

What were negative consequences of the Civil War?

a)

More than 620,000 people died; more than 50,000 survivors were amputees

b)

Families faced serious financial problems due to death of husbands/fathers who were income providers

c)

The South was devastated

d)

The North was devastated

67.

Who experienced the most destruction from the Civil War?

a)

North

b)

South

68.

What devastation did the South suffer as a result of the Civil War?

a)

Many railroads, industries, homes and farms had been destroyed

b)

Thousands of Southerners had lost everything they owned

c)

Major cities like Richmond and Atlanta had been burned

d)

The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate money worthless

69.

What was the period between 1865 and 1877 called?

a)

Retribution

b)

Reconsideration

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Realization

70.

Which amendment bans slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

71.

Which amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

72.

Which amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

73.

After the Civil war, Lincoln issued a Reconstruction plan that called for reconciliation. He believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Who took over the presidency when Abraham Lincoln was assasinated?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

75.

Who adopted black codes?

a)

North

b)

South

76.

What was the name of state laws that limited former slaves freedoms?

a)

Black codes

b)

Freedom Codes

c)

Slavery codes

77.

What Act gave African Americans equal rights, and it authorized use of federal troops to enforce the new laws.

a)

Constitution

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

78.

Any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the U.S Civil War

a)

Adjoining States

b)

Border States

c)

United States

d)

Confederate States

79.

Soldiers who fought on horseback

a)

Calvary

b)

Reserves

c)

National Guard

80.

A group of independent political units that are loosely joined or united for a certain purpose

a)

Confederacy

b)

Union

c)

Calvary

81.

having the purpose of protecting what one has

a)

Offensive

b)

Defensive

c)

Territorial

82.

Act of being set free

a)

Emancipation

b)

Confederation

c)

Constitution

83.

To leave urgently

a)

Evacuate

b)

Desert

c)

Abandon

84.

The high-ranking officer of an army or division of troops

a)

General

b)

Commander

c)

Chief

d)

Superintendent

85.

to enter someone's space without permission

a)

Invade

b)

Trespass

c)

Evacuate

86.

Requiring a large workforce or a large amount of work to generate the output

a)

Labor intensive

b)

Employment

c)

Jobless

87.

The overall positive or negative feeling of a person or a group

a)

Morale

b)

Religion

c)

Tradition

88.

Having the purpose of gaining more than what one has

a)

Defensive

b)

Offensive

c)

Preemptive

89.

To protect or maintain

a)

Perservere

b)

Preserve

c)

Plant

90.

a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance

a)

Proclamation

b)

Emancipation

c)

Declaration

91.

additional support or strength

a)

Reinforcements

b)

Retribution

c)

Retaliation

92.

A military operation where one side surrounds its enemy, cutting off essential supplies, with the goal of forcing those surrounded to surrender

a)

Kidnap

b)

Siege

c)

Forfeit

93.

a plan of action designed to achieve a major goal

a)

Contract

b)

Strategy

c)

Agreement

94.

To give up

a)

Vacate

b)

Abandon

c)

Surrender

95.

The details of an agreement

a)

Glossary

b)

Index

c)

Terms

96.

Robert E. Lee

a)

Confederate General opposed to secession

b)

Did not believe the Union should be held together by force

c)

Offered command of the Union Army at beginning of war, but refused to take it

d)

Led the army of Northern Virginia

97.

Union General "master of military strategy

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Winfield Scott

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

98.

Capital of Confederacy

a)

Richmond

b)

Washington DC

c)

Nashville

d)

Boston

99.

Capital of Union

a)

Richmond

b)

Washington DC

c)

Nashville

d)

Boston

100.

Union General whose strategy was called the "Anaconda plan"

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Winfield Scott

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

101.

First major clash of the Civil War

a)

First Battle of Bull Run a.k.a. Battle of First Manassas

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

102.

General at the Battle of Bull Run

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Winfield Scott

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

103.

Battle of Shiloh

a)

Surprise attack by Confederates

b)

Union troops won

c)

Made Americans realize that the war was going to be a long, bloody struggle

104.

Battle of Antietam

a)

1st major battle on Northern Soil

b)

Robert E. Lee marched his troops into Maryland

c)

Ended in a draw but Union claimed victory because they made Confederates retreat

d)

Boosted Northern Morale

e)

Convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

105.

Declared "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforth shall be free"

a)

Declaration of Indpendence

b)

Constitution

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

106.

Battle of Gettysburg

a)

General Lee marched into PA

b)

Union forced Confederacy to Retreat

c)

Turning point of Civil War (after that, South had no chance of winning the war

d)

51,000 soldiers were killed, captured, wounded or missing

107.

3 minute speech made by President Lincoln dedicating part of the battlefield as a cemetery

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

State of the Union Address

108.

Famous nurse during the Civil War/ helped mentally ill. Superintendent of Army Nurses. Developed Strict Rules

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

109.

Famous nurse during the Civil War/ founder of the American Red Cross/ Called "Angel of the Battlefield"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Clara Barton

110.

VA town where Lee surrendered to Grant/ ended the war

a)

Richmond

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Washgton DC

111.

a change to a document or an agreement

a)

Amendment

b)

Appendix

c)

Glossary

112.

A person who has had an arm or leg cut off

a)

Disabled

b)

amputee

c)

Veteran

113.

The planned killing of someone for political or public gain

a)

murder

b)

assasination

c)

Homicide

114.

Having the official status of being a citizen of a country

a)

citizenship

b)

Naturalization

c)

Immigration

115.

the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

116.

People selected to represent the U.S. states by formally casting votes that officially select the president and vice president in the U.S.

a)

Democracy

b)

Republican

c)

Congress

d)

Electoral College

117.

a promise backed by a commitment to make sure the promise is kept

a)

Contract

b)

Guarantee

c)

Collateral

118.

To admit someone to the citizenship of a country

a)

Naturalize

b)

Immigration

c)

Declaration

119.

To forgive for an error or offense

a)

Surrender

b)

Pardon

c)

Plea agreement

120.

The total votes submitted by all citizens

a)

Minority

b)

Majority

c)

Popular vote

d)

Electoral College

121.

To return to having a friendly relationship

a)

Amicable

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Reiterate

122.

period after the Civil War when Southern states came back into the Union

a)

Reconciliation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Resurrection

123.

The condition of being a slave

a)

Servitude

b)

Indentured

c)

Employee

124.

Bans slavery

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

125.

Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

126.

Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

127.

Lincoln's Vice President/took over after Lincoln's assassination

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

128.

State laws that limited former slaves' newly won economic and physical freedoms

a)

Black codes

b)

Morse codes

c)

slave code

129.

Gave African Americans equal rights authorized use of federal troops to enforce the laws

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Declaration of Indpendence

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Constitution

130.

established to help former enslaved African Americans in the South

a)

Calvary

b)

Confederacy

c)

Democracy

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

131.

U.S. government would remove federal troops from the South/Southern Democrats accepted Rutherford B. Hayes as President

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Declaration of Indpendence

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

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