WorksheetsAm His Vocab I - Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This person was elected President in 1860 & wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
General U. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
General R.E. Lee
This person was a general for the North/Union army.
General R.E. Lee
Abramah Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
General U. Grant
This person was a general for the South/Confederate army.
General R.E. Lee
Abramah Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
General U. Grant
This person was an abolitionist and runaway slave who learned to read & write. He attended many abolitionist conventions.
General R.E. Lee
Abramah Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
General U. Grant
The SCOTUS decided that this person________, a Black slave, did not have rights as a citizen.
Jefferson Davis
Dred Scott
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
This person broke into an arsenal, and stole weapons for Southern slave revolts.
Jefferson Davis
Dred Scott
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
This person was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
Dred Scott
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
This is the location/courthouse where General Lee surrendered to the North/Union army.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Vicksburg
This is the location where the Civil War began. The first shots were fired.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Vicksburg
This was the turning point in the Civil war because the North/Union army won. "Bloodiest Battle"
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Vicksburg
This was the location where the North/Union army captured & controlled the Mississippi River.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Vicksburg
This legislation created 2 new territories where the people vote to be a free or slave state.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
This legislation was issued by President Lincoln to free slaves in the rebellious states.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
This legislation was part of another document; it allow the feds to hunt, return, & try runaway slaves.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
The U.S. admitted a particular state as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
California was admitted as a free state and the sale of slaves was banned in D.C. in this legislation.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
This political group was formed in 1854 and opposed the spread of slavery but allowed the Southern planters to keep theirs.
Republican Party
Abolitionist
Secession
Sectionalism
This term means to break away or withdraw from something, like a state from the Union.
Republican Party
Abolitionist
Secession
Sectionalism
This term means a person who wants to abolish slavery during the 19th century.
Republican Party
Abolitionist
Secession
Sectionalism
This term means being loyal to an area or region.
Republican Party
Abolitionist
Secession
Sectionalism
