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Unit 9: The Civil War Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Enslaved marriages were formally recognized by the state government.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Pidgin Language is the blending of Spanish and English together.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Not all of the enslaved were field workers.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Define Abolitionist.

a)

Someone who wants to formally put an end to slavery

b)

Someone who wants to keep slavery in the South

5.

Abolitionist John Brown believed...

a)

Wrote a famous book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin calling out slavery for being cruel and brutal; the book was banned in the South.

b)

Slavery was a moral sin and wanted to save their family from it by setting the family’s enslaved people free; they wrote a book called Slavery As It Is to spread awareness about the life of enslaved people.

c)

The enslaved Africans need to fight for their own rebellion to appreciate their freedom; he would help by arming them with weapons.

6.

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass...

a)

Joined anti-slavery groups and spoke at abolitionist events across the world; he ran a newspaper to publish anti-slavery ideas called the North Star; believed slavery needed to be fought at the source; demanded equality with whites.

b)

Dared African Americans to fight back and end slavery, saying that the country belonged to them.

c)

The enslaved Africans need to fight for their own rebellion to appreciate their freedom; he would help by arming them with weapons.

7.

Abolitionist Sojourner Truth...

a)

Escaped slavery and told the personal story of her experiences after slavery was abolished in New York.

b)

Dared African Americans to fight back and end slavery, saying that the country belonged to them.

c)

Wrote a famous book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin calling out slavery for being cruel and brutal; the book was banned in the South.

8.

The American Colonization Society wanted to...

a)

Save their family from it by setting the family’s enslaved people free; they wrote a book called Slavery As It Is to spread awareness about the life of enslaved people.

b)

Free the enslaved people and send them to Africa; while some went, most wanted to be free in America.

c)

Run a newspaper called The Liberator; believed slavery should be ended immediately; attracted enough of a following to create the New England Anti-Slavery Society; believed the Northern states should separate from the Southern states if they didn’t end slavery.

9.

Which of the following is not a way the enslaved communicated to each other?

a)

Quilt patterns

b)

Songs and Spirituals

c)

Religious and railroad code words

d)

Written letters

10.
Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?
a)
No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.
b)
No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.
c)
Yes, the railroad was totally underground.
d)
Yes, and it ran for miles on end!
11.

The act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the South. 

a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
12.
People who helped slaves, took the chance of being arrested and jailed if they were caught. 
a)
True
b)
False
13.

Which of the following repealed the Missouri Compromise and let the states decide for themselves (popular sovereignty) whether they want to be a free or slave state.

a)

The Compromise of 1850

b)

The Dred Scott v. Sanford Case

c)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act

14.

Which group was at the top of southern colonial society?

a)

Slaves of African descent

b)

Yeoman farmers

c)

Planters (plantation owners)

d)

Poor whites

15.

What is the term for independent southern farmers who usually worked alone or with their families, although some had one or two enslaved Africans to help.

a)

planters

b)

yeoman

c)

indentured servants

d)

slaves

16.

Most white people in southern states owned slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who lived in a rented cabin on someone else's farmland?

a)

Yeomen

b)

Tenant Farmer

c)

Plantation Owner

18.

The Union had more soldiers and just wanted to keep the union of states together.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The most common treatment for a life-threatening wound during the Civil War was...

a)

Vaccine

b)

Amputation

c)

Rest

d)

Hydrate

20.

The Confederacy won the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Robert E. Lee was the leader for the Confederate Army.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Ulysses S. Grant was the leader for the Confederate Army.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The Civil War was fought between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South).

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. Where did the surrender take place?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Bull Run

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Vicksburg

25.

How was issuing the Emancipation Proclamation a turning point in the Civil War?

a)

It proposed a peace treaty with the Confederate states.

b)

It established a Freedmen's Bureau to help freed slaves

c)

It defined what the Union was fighting against and freed slaves in the Confederate states.

d)

It provided a plan for Reconstruction.

26.

As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation, what new amendment will be added to the Constitution, which will abolish slavery?

a)

2nd

b)

5th

c)

13th

d)

14th