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Unit 6: Civil War and Reunion - American History Grade 8

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The general who developed the Unionś early war strategy known as the "Anaconda Plan."

a)

Irvin McDowell

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John C. Pemberton

d)

Winfield Scott

2.

Type of naval ship that changed the world

a)

Ironclads

b)

Contrabands

c)

Blockade runners

d)

Copperheads

3.

Union commander who used a ¨total war¨ strategy to destroy Georgia

a)

Robert Anderson

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John C. Pemberton

d)

David Farragut

4.

Nurse whose work formed the basis for what would later become the American Red Cross

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Sally Louisa Tompkins

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

5.
In what  speech did President Lincoln use these lines?
a)
First Inaugural Address
b)
Second Inaugural Address
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Gettysburg Address
6.
What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?
a)
Provide citizenship to slaves
b)
Provide freedom to slaves
c)
Provide voting rights to slaves
d)
Provide marriage rights to slaves
7.
What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
a)
Provide voting rights to freed blacks
b)
Provide citizenship rights to freed blacks
c)
Provide freedom to slaves
d)
Provide legal pathway for naturalization for black slaves
8.
Who was Abraham Lincoln referring to when he said,  "So you're the little women who wrote the book that made this great war!"
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Elizabeth Walker
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
9.
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Declare freedom from Great Britain
b)
Proclaim war veterans had a right to free land
c)
Announce the Civil War had ended
d)
Provide freedom to slaves in the South
10.

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln becoming president.

b)

The end of slavery.

c)

The South wanted to have slaves.

d)

The West wanted to secede.

11.

Which was the name for the Southern states once they have secede?

a)

Unionists

b)

Confederates

c)

Westerners

d)

Americans

12.

Who was appointed as the first Southern states president by 1861?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

13.

What statement best describes the "border states"?

a)

Border states are the states that stayed loyal to the Union even though they allowed slavery to exist.

b)

Border states are the states that stayed loyal to the Confederacy even though they did not allow slavery to exist.

c)

Border states are the states that connect with Mexico.

d)

Border states are the states that connect with Canada.

14.

Look at the image and select the best possible answer. Who had more miles of railroad tracks?

a)

North

b)

South

15.

Who was in charge of the Confederate Army?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses Grant

16.

What battle was the turning point of the war?

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Fredericksburg

d)

Overload Campaign

17.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in

a)

1864

b)

1865

c)

1866

d)

1867

18.

What was one important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on the progress of the Civil War?

a)

Great Britain began to support the Confederacy to protect its source of cotton.

b)

The Republican Party stopped voting in favor of the war effort.

c)

The Confederacy began negotiating for a peaceful solution.

d)

Almost two hundred thousand African Americans joined the Union army.

19.

Which statement about soldiers in the Civil War is true?

a)

Southern soldiers were better equipped than Northern soldiers.

b)

Soldiers on both sides were volunteers rather than draftees.

c)

Fewer soldiers died than in previous American wars.

d)

Many soldiers died because of inadequate medical care.

20.

How much can a rich person pay to not fight in the war?

a)

$300

b)

$200

c)

$150

d)

$500

21.

Who was commander of the 54th Massachusetts?

a)

Cabot Forbes

b)

John Rawlins

c)

Jupiter Sharts

d)

Robert Gould Shaw

22.

Which army is the 54th Massachusetts a part of?

a)

Union Army

b)

Confederate Army

c)

Southern Army

d)

Western Army

23.

What fort in South Carolina did the 54th Massachusetts lead a charge on?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Wagner

c)

Fort Wilderness

d)

Fort Worth

24.

Who may suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

a)

The President of the United States

b)

The Congress of the United States

c)

The Supreme Court of the United States

d)

The Joints Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces

25.

What is the protection offered by the writ of habeas corpus

a)

It provides for identification of witnesses against the accused.

b)

It compels the Executive Branch to answer to the Judicial Branch why it is holding a person in custody.

c)

It guarantees the accused the right to a speedy and public trial.

d)

It guarantees the accused a second trial if s/he is convicted at the first trial.

26.

This occurred when Union troops were marching from President Street Station to Camden Street Station and they were attacked by southern sympathizers and "Copperhead" Democrats. This was the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

"Pratt Street Massacre" in Baltimore

c)

Battle of Fort McHenry

d)

First Battle of Bull Run

27.

In what year does the Battle of Gettysburg take place?

a)

1861

b)

1862

c)

1863

d)

1864

28.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

29.

What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

a)

to free all remaining slaves held by Southern plantation owners

b)

to punish the South for daring to secede from the Union

c)

to weaken Southern morale and bring an end to the war by using total war

d)

to allow his hungry and tired troops to acquire necessary supplies

30.

At the end of which battle did General Grant and his troops secure control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Richmond

31.
What group gained control of Congress after Lincoln's assassination?
a)
Southern Democrats
b)
Former Confederates
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Communists 
32.
Southern whites passed laws restricting the rights of African Americans called--
a)
Black codes
b)
Slave Laws
c)
Confederate Rights
d)
Merica Laws
33.
Who was the first African American to serve in the US senate?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Barack Obama
34.
The white terrorist group that attacked Blacks and white republicans to restore Democratic control in the South was the--
a)
Kappa Kappa Kappa
b)
Redeemers
c)
Pure Race Fraternity 
d)
Ku Klux Klan
35.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
36.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877.  The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called--
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
37.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
38.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
39.
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
provide food, clothing, and medical care
b)
provided legal advice to poor whites and former slaves
c)
set up hospitals and schools
d)
all of the above
40.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
41.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
42.
Jim Crow laws were upheld by which Supreme Court case in 1898?
a)
RHS vs. BGHS
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
Clymore vs. Kiser
d)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
43.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, giving African Americans equal rights, was enforced by...
a)
Northern soldiers
b)
Confederate soldiers
c)
General Kiser
d)
General Clymore
44.
Which was a policy of Reconstruction?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau was declared unconstitutional
b)
Southern military leaders could not hold public office
c)
all Civil Rights Laws were repealed
d)
Southern military leaders were encouraged to hold public office
45.

Which title would have most likely appeared on this political cartoon immediately after the Reconstruction period ended?

a)

"Black Codes Limit Freedoms of Former Slaves"

b)

"Federal Troops Leave the South"

c)

"Freedmen's Bureau is Established"

d)

"Civil Rights Act Helps Former Slaves"

46.

As white southerners regained control of state governments, they began to

a)

refuse to pay war debts.

b)

join the Republican Party.

c)

reverse Reconstruction era reforms.

d)

compensate former slaves.

47.

A major failure of Reconstruction was that

a)

racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

b)

the South’s cotton production never recovered.

c)

war debts remained unpaid.

d)

no African Americans were voted into Congress.

48.

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

a)

gave voting rights to all Southerners.

b)

closed the South to scalawags.

c)

closed the South to Democrats.

d)

put the South under military rule.

49.

What was the verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial?

a)

He escaped conviction by one vote.

b)

He was forced to confess his guilt.

c)

He was removed from office.

d)

He was found guilty.

50.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

a)

his idea for instituting an income tax.

b)

how to draft more men into the Union Army.

c)

re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

d)

his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

51.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

a)

a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

b)

a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

c)

a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

d)

a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

52.

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

a)

"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

b)

"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

c)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

53.

How did the poll tax that was established during the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 affect elections?

a)

Since blacks couldn't afford the poll tax, no new African Americans were elected.

b)

Since whites couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

c)

Since Native Americans couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Native Americans were elected.

d)

Since settlers couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

54.

The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:

a)

impeaching him

b)

killing him

c)

bribing him to leave

d)

trying to get him out in the next election

55.

Which agreement resulted from the

informal Compromise of 1877 between

Southern Democrats and Northern

Republicans?

a)

Southern States accepted federal tariffs in exchange for new railroad construction and investments in Southern industries.

b)

Southern plantation owners would receive compensation for freed

enslaved people in exchange for agreeing to loyalty oaths swearing

allegiance to the Union.

c)

Northern Republicans would end Reconstruction and the occupation of Southern cities in exchange for the ratification of the 14th Amendment by Southern States.

d)

Due to a contested election, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes would

be chosen president by Congress in exchange for federal troops being removed from Southern States to end Reconstruction.

56.

Federal soldiers were present in the Confederate states as a part of the Reconstruction effort until which event?

a)

the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

b)

the passage of the Tenure of Office Act

c)

the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

the Compromise of 1877

57.

President Lincoln thought the Wade-Davis bill was:

a)

too easy on the South because it only required 10 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.

b)

too harsh on the South because it required 50 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.

c)

a perfect way to reunite the North and South.

d)

better to be renamed the "Davis-Wade" bill, to put the names in alphabetical order.

58.

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

59.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

60.

According to his critics, President Johnson's Reconstruction plan:

a)

was just ok, but not great.

b)

was too similar to President Lincoln's plan.

c)

was too easy on plantation owners and did too much to protect the rights of freedmen.

d)

did not really punish wealthy plantation owners and did not protect the rights of freedmen.