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Civil War

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the key concepts covered in the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

To preserve the Union

b)

To free enslaved people as a necessary war measure

c)

To write an eloquent speech

d)

To prevent foreign involvement

2.

Select the names of the Presidents during the Civil War.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Zachary Taylor

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

3.

What were causes of the American Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

States' Rights

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Women's Suffrage

4.

Who was a famous abolitionist?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

David Wallace

d)

Johnny Bravo

5.
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the cruelty of slavery.
a)
Gone with the Wind
b)
Across the Lines
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Gettysburg
6.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Border states

7.

How was it going to be decided which states would have slavery and which would be free?

a)

when a territory was made a slave state then another territory had to be made a free state

b)

the number of slaves there when it became a state

c)

the citizens there voting for it

d)

a lottery

8.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
9.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
10.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
11.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
12.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
13.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

The right of each of United States to make it's own local laws.

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Union

c)

State's Rights

d)

Reconstruction

15.

Abolitionist

a)

The separation of the state from a nation.

b)

Gave all males the right to vote regardless of race.

c)

A system in which someone who owns land lets someone else "rent" the land to farm it.

d)

A person who works to end or get rid of something, especially slavery.

16.

What exposed the horrible nature of slavery to thousands of people?

a)

The Election of 1860

b)

The court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

The song, The Battle Hymn of the Republic

d)

The book, Uncle Tom's Cabin

17.
The North first entered the war to 
a)
prevent slavery
b)
to crush the Union
c)
to steal money from banks
d)
to keep the Union together
18.

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

19.

Every (a)   years in our country a president is elected.

20.

What caused Southern States to start seceding from the Union in 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln was elected president

b)

John Brown was captured and killed

c)

Union Troops attacked

d)

Robert E. Lee surrendered

21.

The separation of the state from a nation.

a)

Segregation

b)

Secession

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Union

22.

15th Amendment

a)

Gave all males the right to vote regardless of race.

b)

Abolished Slavery

c)

The right of each of United States states to make its own local laws.

d)

The period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United States after the Civil War.

23.

What contributed to sectionalism in the U.S. that was happened just before the Civil War?

a)

Republicanism

b)

patriotism

c)

slavery

d)

the Civil War

24.

When was the Civil War?

a)

1861-1876

b)

1870-1876

c)

1861-1865

d)

2015-2019

25.

The capital of the Confederate States of America was

a)

Richmond

b)

Atlanta

c)

Savannah

d)

Gettysburg

26.

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

a)

A 1

b)

B 2

c)

C 3

d)

D 4

28.

Why would the South not want high tariffs?

a)

They don't want the West to be richer.

b)

They hate taxes.

c)

They don't want the competition.

d)

It reduces their ability to sell their cash crops.

29.

Confederacy

a)

The division of groups of people, usually by race.

b)

The period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United Stated after the Civil War.

c)

The separation of the state from a union.

d)

Together, the Southern states that left the United States and formed their own nation; the Confederate States of America.

30.

What document freed slaves in rebelling states during the Civil War?

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Confederate States Constitution

31.
2. Who attacked an army post in Harper's Ferry, Virginia? He wanted to start a slave rebellion.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
John Brown
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Stonewall Jackson
32.
4. Why did the Southern states want to leave the union?
a)
a. They wanted to continue to have slaves
b)
b. They wanted to be rich
c)
c. They did not want Jefferson Davis as President
d)
d. They wanted to be free of England
33.
5. What event started the Civil War on April 12, 1861?
a)
a. John Brown’s Raid
b)
b. The battle of Gettysburg
c)
c. The battle of Fort Sumter
d)
d. The battle of Vicksburg
34.
7. Who was the general who burned down Atlanta and then marched his troops toward Savannah, GA?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
William T. Sherman
35.
8. Who became the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
a. Abraham Lincoln
b)
b. Stonewall Jackson
c)
c. Jefferson Davis
d)
d. John Brown
36.
9. General Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia used his strategy of total war. What did he and his troops do in that strategy?
a)
a. Gave money to the poor Southerners.
b)
b. Destroyed railroads, burned homes and businesses in the South, stole cattle and grain
c)
c. Sent supplies to the North
d)
d. Captured all slaves
37.
10. Why do you think the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was so powerful?
a)
a. It made people aware of slavery and got people talking about slavery
b)
b. It was a biography of Lincoln
c)
c. The book criticized the North for having slaves
d)
d. The book criticized California for entering the Union as a slave state
38.
11. Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War and where President Lincoln gave his famous speech after the battle.
a)
a. Atlanta, GA
b)
b. Fort Sumter, SC
c)
c. Gettysburg, PA
d)
d. Harper’s Ferry, VA
39.
14. What were the names of the two groups that fought in the Civil War?
a)
Allies and Axis
b)
b. North and West
c)
c. Union and Confederacy
d)
d. Abolitionist and economists
40.
15. How did the South make money?
a)
a. Agriculture
b)
b. Technology
c)
c. Industry
d)
d. Politics
41.
16. What was the economy in the northern states based on?
a)
a. Farming
b)
b. Plantation work
c)
c. Services
d)
d. Industry
42.
18. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Battle of Fort Sumter?
a)
a. the Union army surrendered
b)
b. The Battle of Fort Sumter was a major Confederate win.
c)
c. The battle marked the beginning of their success in the South.
d)
d. The Confederacy surrendered and the war was over.
43.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired where?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Charlotte

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Florida

44.

If you were a slave on the underground railroad, you would:

a)

find safe houses to clean up, eat, and sleep

b)

travel during the day

c)

find a slaveowner and ask for directions to the North

d)

Ask the slaveowner for a map to freedom

45.

Abe Lincoln's Gettysburg Address only had 272 words. What did he say in this speech?

a)

That slavery was still ok

b)

That slavery was wrong

c)

He wanted to honor dead soldiers

d)

He wanted to be voted as president again

46.

The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln's speech about:

a)

allowing slaves to be free only in North Carolina

b)

ending slavery in the whole United States

c)

moving slaves up North

d)

keeping slaves, but paying them

47.

General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox courthouse. What does surrender mean?

a)

cheer him on

b)

to give up

c)

to extend the war

d)

to take a small break

48.

The 13th amendment did what?

a)

Began slavery

b)

Ended slavery

c)

Fired the vice president

d)

Allowed slaves the right to vote

49.

The Freedmen's Bureau provided:

a)

education, food, and clothing

b)

food, clothing, and friendships

c)

clothing, education, and slavery

50.
To carry away goods to be sold 
a)
import
b)
export
c)
port
d)
auction
51.
A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...
a)
import
b)
export
c)
blockade
d)
battle
52.
To bring in goods or supplies that are needed
a)
import
b)
export
c)
port
d)
auction
53.
A place where ships can load and unload goods
a)
port
b)
import
c)
export
d)
blockade
54.
To keep or save from being destroyed
a)
preserved
b)
secede
c)
secret
d)
surrender 

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