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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the
nation closer toward armed conflict?
John Brown's Raid
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Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
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Dred Scott
decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Admission of California to statehood
"Bleeding Kansas”
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Admission of Maine and Missouri to
statehood
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern
states in 1861?
passage of a higher protective tariff
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
Which title best completes the diagram?
Union Troops Occupy Fort Pickens
Slaves in Florida Fought for the Union
The Florida Economy Booms during the Civil War
Florida’s Contribution to the South during the Civil War
The excerpt below is from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861.
The Anaconda Plan
“[S]o as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less
bloodshed than by any other plan.”
What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott’s letter?
to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities
to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in
the South
to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in
the South
to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the
Southern ports
Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?
to promote domestic industries in the South
to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the
Union
Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North’s
advantages in resources shown in the graph?
The South would invade and capture major Union cities.
The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain
The South would use its pool of talented military experience.
The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in Northern states were freed
The war became a moral contest over slavery
Slaves in border states were immediately freed
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.
What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal
government
recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify
federal laws
an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality
throughout the nation
the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories
north of 36° 30' N
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.
Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
The
Dred Scott
decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.
The excerpt below is from a recently written history of the Civil War.
What were the rights and liberties for which Confederates contended? The
right to own slaves; the liberty to take this property into the territories; freedom from the coercive powers of a centralized government.
—James McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom
What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?
Confederates were outnumbered by Northerners
Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others
Confederates believed that states had the right to leave the Union.
Confederates felt that slaves were better treated than Northern factory
workers.
This cartoon was published in 1850.
Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon?
the safety of workers
the need for public education
the conditions of Southern slaves
the polluted air in the new industrial towns
Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon above?
Farm life is healthier than city living.
Slavery is a moral evil that should be abolished.
Factory owners should use slave labor in factories
Southern Slaves are better treated than factory workers
Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860–1861?
Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time
The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual
states
Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would
be disastrous
