WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 6mins
What % of immigrants stayed in the North?
75%
85%
65%
80%
The North had more miles of railroad than the South.
True
False
Over 50% of the North still lived and worked on farms.
True
False
Why did the North have more factories than the South?
Factories were cheaper
Land and climate made farming easy
Land and climate made farming difficult in North
What invention created a boom for cotton production?
Mechanical Reaper
Steel Plow
Cotton Gin
GPS
Who was hurt by the Tariff of Abominations?
North
South
What president threatened to use the military to force S. Carolina to follow federal laws?
President Calhoun
President Harrison
President Johnson
President Jackson
Who published the Liberator?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Most Northerners were abolitionists.
True
False
What three men created the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Stephen Douglas
Daniel Clay, Nathaniel Webster, and Frederick Douglas
Henry David Thoreau, Daniel Day Lewis, and Buster Douglas
Under the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted as a free state?
Missouri
Mississippi
Maine
Montana
What political party was started to stop the spread of slavery?
Republican
Whig
No-Nothing Party
Democrat
Who was Dred Scott?
A runaway slave
A slave who sued for freedom
Supreme Court Justice
A slave owner
Who won the 1858 Senate Election?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Who led the attack at the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
Robert E Lee
Stephen Douglas
John Denver
John Brown
Many in the North saw John Brown as a saint.
True
False
In what battle did Grant go behind the Confederates and trap them?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Who had more banks?
North
South
Who were the 4 candidates in the 1860 presidential election?
Lincoln, Douglas, Hill, and Breckinridge
Lincoln, Brown, Hill, and Breckinridge
Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Breckinridge
Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Tubman
Who was the Constitutional Union Party candidate in 1860?
Lincoln,
Douglas
Bell
Breckinridge
Who got the 1st and 2nd most popular votes in the 1860 election?
Lincoln and Bell
Lincoln and Douglas
Lincoln and Breckinridge
Lincoln and
How many states left the Union BEFORE Lincoln took office?
7
5
11
9
Where was the 1st fighting of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Manassas
Ft. Sumter
Concord
Which of these states did NOT stay in the Union?
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
Maryland
How much could you pay to get out of serving in the army in the North?
$400
$1,000
$500
$300
Who had 90% of the countries factories?
Union
Confederacy
Who had 84% of the population working in agriculture?
Union
Confederacy
What other name did the Battle of Manassas go by?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Ft. McHenry
Battle of the Bull Durham
Battle of the Bull Run
What Vice President secretly helped South Carolina try to nullify a federal law?
Abraham Lincoln
John C Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Why was Antietam a "turning point?"
The Union destroyed the Confederates
The Union found Confederate battle plans.
The Union win allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation.
How many slaves were freed on January 1, 1863 after the Emancipation was issued?
1,000,000
0
250,000
50,000
What battle was THE "turning point" of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Saratoga
How many casualties did the Rebels have at Gettysburg?
15,000
3,000
18,000
28,000
At what battle did the Union have the Confederate plans for?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Bull Run
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Douglas
Jack Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Why was farming in the North difficult?
Dangerous mountain peaks
chemicals and bugs
land and climate
lack of slaves
What compromise included the creation of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Treaty of Versailles
Who had more natural resources needed for the war?
North
South
What general did Grant send on the "March to the Sea?"
General Sherman
General Longstreet
General Lee
General Meade
