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Civil War

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What % of immigrants stayed in the North?

a)

75%

b)

85%

c)

65%

d)

80%

2.

The North had more miles of railroad than the South.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Over 50% of the North still lived and worked on farms.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Why did the North have more factories than the South?

a)

Factories were cheaper

b)

Land and climate made farming easy

c)

Land and climate made farming difficult in North

5.

What invention created a boom for cotton production?

a)

Mechanical Reaper

b)

Steel Plow

c)

Cotton Gin

d)

GPS

6.

Who was hurt by the Tariff of Abominations?

a)

North

b)

South

7.

What president threatened to use the military to force S. Carolina to follow federal laws?

a)

President Calhoun

b)

President Harrison

c)

President Johnson

d)

President Jackson

8.

Who published the Liberator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Brown

9.

Most Northerners were abolitionists.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What three men created the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Stephen Douglas

b)

Daniel Clay, Nathaniel Webster, and Frederick Douglas

c)

Henry David Thoreau, Daniel Day Lewis, and Buster Douglas

11.

Under the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted as a free state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Mississippi

c)

Maine

d)

Montana

12.

What political party was started to stop the spread of slavery?

a)

Republican

b)

Whig

c)

No-Nothing Party

d)

Democrat

13.

Who was Dred Scott?

a)

A runaway slave

b)

A slave who sued for freedom

c)

Supreme Court Justice

d)

A slave owner

14.

Who won the 1858 Senate Election?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

15.

Who led the attack at the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

a)

Robert E Lee

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Denver

d)

John Brown

16.

Many in the North saw John Brown as a saint.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

In what battle did Grant go behind the Confederates and trap them?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Antietam

18.

Who had more banks?

a)

North

b)

South

19.

Who were the 4 candidates in the 1860 presidential election?

a)

Lincoln, Douglas, Hill, and Breckinridge

b)

Lincoln, Brown, Hill, and Breckinridge

c)

Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Breckinridge

d)

Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Tubman

20.

Who was the Constitutional Union Party candidate in 1860?

a)

Lincoln,

b)

Douglas

c)

Bell

d)

Breckinridge

21.

Who got the 1st and 2nd most popular votes in the 1860 election?

a)

Lincoln and Bell

b)

Lincoln and Douglas

c)

Lincoln and Breckinridge

d)

Lincoln and

22.

How many states left the Union BEFORE Lincoln took office?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

11

d)

9

23.

Where was the 1st fighting of the Civil War?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Manassas

c)

Ft. Sumter

d)

Concord

24.

Which of these states did NOT stay in the Union?

a)

Kentucky

b)

Mississippi

c)

Missouri

d)

Maryland

25.

How much could you pay to get out of serving in the army in the North?

a)

$400

b)

$1,000

c)

$500

d)

$300

26.

Who had 90% of the countries factories?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

27.

Who had 84% of the population working in agriculture?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

28.

What other name did the Battle of Manassas go by?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Ft. McHenry

c)

Battle of the Bull Durham

d)

Battle of the Bull Run

29.

What Vice President secretly helped South Carolina try to nullify a federal law?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John C Calhoun

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Ronald Reagan

30.

Why was Antietam a "turning point?"

a)

The Union destroyed the Confederates

b)

The Union found Confederate battle plans.

c)

The Union win allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation.

31.

How many slaves were freed on January 1, 1863 after the Emancipation was issued?

a)

1,000,000

b)

0

c)

250,000

d)

50,000

32.

What battle was THE "turning point" of the war?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Fredericksburg

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Saratoga

33.

How many casualties did the Rebels have at Gettysburg?

a)

15,000

b)

3,000

c)

18,000

d)

28,000

34.

At what battle did the Union have the Confederate plans for?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Battle of Bull Run

35.

Who won the election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Douglas

b)

Jack Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

36.

Why was farming in the North difficult?

a)

Dangerous mountain peaks

b)

chemicals and bugs

c)

land and climate

d)

lack of slaves

37.

What compromise included the creation of the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Treaty of Versailles

38.

Who had more natural resources needed for the war?

a)

North

b)

South

39.

What general did Grant send on the "March to the Sea?"

a)

General Sherman

b)

General Longstreet

c)

General Lee

d)

General Meade