WorksheetsUnit 6: The Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
The Election of 1860
The Trail of Tears
________ led a raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to start a slave revolt.
John Brown
Harriet Tubam
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert E Lee
What was the goal of abolitionists?
To abolish (get rid of) slavery in all states
To perpetuate slavery
To only allow slavery in the southern states
to only allow slavery in western territories
Define secession.
To leave the union
To join the union
To abolish slavery
None of the Above
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
A state's right to allow slavery or not
State's rights
The legality of slavery
None of the Above
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter (SC)
Gettysburg (PA)
Kings Mountain (SC)
Appomattox Court House (VA)
Harriet Tubman was a former slave, an abolitionist, and famously a "conductor" on the ______________.
Underground Railroad
Pony Express
Polar Express
Tweetsie Railroad
Which side had the greater military and economic advantage in the Civil War?
Union (North, USA)
Confederacy (South, CSA)
Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Antietem
What are the three reconstruction amendments?
13th, 14th, 15th
18th, 19th, 20th
1st, 2nd, 3rd
15th, 16th, 17th
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Courthouse (VA)
Fort Sumter (SC)
Gettysburg (PA)
None of the Above
Which reconstruction amendment officially abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
All of the Above
Which reconstruction amendment granted citizenship to former slaves?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amednment
All of the Above
Which reconstruction amendment outlawed voting discrimination?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
None of the Above
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves in areas that were still at war with the Union
freed all slaves in the USA
freed slaves in the north
All of the Above
Why was there so much concern over westward expansion in the years leading up to the Civil War?
States were concerned about the legality of slavery in new states and territories
States were concerned about Native American uprisings
There was no concern about new lands in the west
Runaway slaves might establish their own new country in the west
Who was the leading general of the Union Army?
Ulysses S Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Who was the leading general of the Confederate Army at the end of the Civil War?
Robert E Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S Grant
After the Civil War, the south remained a segregated society. What was the name of the laws that kept blacks segregated from whites?
Jim Crow Laws
Sheryl Crow Laws
White Codes
Ku Klux Klan Laws
