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Am His Vocab I - Civil War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person was elected President in 1860 & wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

a)

General U. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

General R.E. Lee

2.

This person was a general for the North/Union army.

a)

General R.E. Lee

b)

Abramah Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

General U. Grant

3.

This person was a general for the South/Confederate army.

a)

General R.E. Lee

b)

Abramah Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

General U. Grant

4.

This person was an abolitionist and runaway slave who learned to read & write. He attended many abolitionist conventions.

a)

General R.E. Lee

b)

Abramah Lincoln

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

General U. Grant

5.

The SCOTUS decided that this person________, a Black slave, did not have rights as a citizen.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

6.

This person broke into an arsenal, and stole weapons for Southern slave revolts.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

7.

This person was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

8.

This is the location/courthouse where General Lee surrendered to the North/Union army.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

d)

Vicksburg

9.

This is the location where the Civil War began. The first shots were fired.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

d)

Vicksburg

10.

This was the turning point in the Civil war because the North/Union army won. "Bloodiest Battle"

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

d)

Vicksburg

11.

This was the location where the North/Union army captured & controlled the Mississippi River.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

d)

Vicksburg

12.

This legislation created 2 new territories where the people vote to be a free or slave state.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

e)

Fugitive Slave Act

13.

This legislation was issued by President Lincoln to free slaves in the rebellious states.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

e)

Fugitive Slave Act

14.

This legislation was part of another document; it allow the feds to hunt, return, & try runaway slaves.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

e)

Fugitive Slave Act

15.

The U.S. admitted a particular state as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

e)

Fugitive Slave Act

16.

California was admitted as a free state and the sale of slaves was banned in D.C. in this legislation.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

e)

Fugitive Slave Act

17.

This political group was formed in 1854 and opposed the spread of slavery but allowed the Southern planters to keep theirs.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secession

d)

Sectionalism

18.

This term means to break away or withdraw from something, like a state from the Union.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secession

d)

Sectionalism

19.

This term means a person who wants to abolish slavery during the 19th century.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secession

d)

Sectionalism

20.

This term means being loyal to an area or region.

a)

Republican Party

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secession

d)

Sectionalism