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Unit 6: The Civil War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Dred Scott vs. Sandford

c)

The Election of 1860

d)

The Trail of Tears

2.

________ led a raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to start a slave revolt.

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriet Tubam

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Robert E Lee

3.

What was the goal of abolitionists?

a)

To abolish (get rid of) slavery in all states

b)

To perpetuate slavery

c)

To only allow slavery in the southern states

d)

to only allow slavery in western territories

4.

Define secession.

a)

To leave the union

b)

To join the union

c)

To abolish slavery

d)

None of the Above

5.

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

a)

A state's right to allow slavery or not

b)

State's rights

c)

The legality of slavery

d)

None of the Above

6.

Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

7.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter (SC)

b)

Gettysburg (PA)

c)

Kings Mountain (SC)

d)

Appomattox Court House (VA)

8.

Harriet Tubman was a former slave, an abolitionist, and famously a "conductor" on the ______________.

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Pony Express

c)

Polar Express

d)

Tweetsie Railroad

9.

Which side had the greater military and economic advantage in the Civil War?

a)

Union (North, USA)

b)

Confederacy (South, CSA)

10.

Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Shiloh

d)

Antietem

11.

What are the three reconstruction amendments?

a)

13th, 14th, 15th

b)

18th, 19th, 20th

c)

1st, 2nd, 3rd

d)

15th, 16th, 17th

12.

Where did the Civil War end?

a)

Appomattox Courthouse (VA)

b)

Fort Sumter (SC)

c)

Gettysburg (PA)

d)

None of the Above

13.

Which reconstruction amendment officially abolished slavery?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

All of the Above

14.

Which reconstruction amendment granted citizenship to former slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amednment

d)

All of the Above

15.

Which reconstruction amendment outlawed voting discrimination?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

None of the Above

16.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

freed the slaves in areas that were still at war with the Union

b)

freed all slaves in the USA

c)

freed slaves in the north

d)

All of the Above

17.

Why was there so much concern over westward expansion in the years leading up to the Civil War?

a)

States were concerned about the legality of slavery in new states and territories

b)

States were concerned about Native American uprisings

c)

There was no concern about new lands in the west

d)

Runaway slaves might establish their own new country in the west

18.

Who was the leading general of the Union Army?

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E Lee

19.

Who was the leading general of the Confederate Army at the end of the Civil War?

a)

Robert E Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S Grant

20.

After the Civil War, the south remained a segregated society. What was the name of the laws that kept blacks segregated from whites?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Sheryl Crow Laws

c)

White Codes

d)

Ku Klux Klan Laws