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History Test 5/4

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What bill allowed states west of the Mississippi River to determine status of slavery by popular sovereignty?

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

2.

Who was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

Virginia

b)

Alabama

c)

Mississippi

d)

South Carolina

3.

What radical abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry?

a)

John Brown

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

4.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

John Brown

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

5.

Which statement best describes the Underground Railroad?

a)

It was a train traveling to Canada that escaped slaves rode on at night

b)

It was an underground cave system that escaped slaves used

c)

It was a system of railroads that escaped slaves followed into Canada

d)

It was a series of safe houses and secret routes for escaped slaves to get to Canada

6.

What year did the Civil War start?

(a)  

7.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a leader for what side?

a)

Union

b)

Confederates

8.

What battle did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson win?

a)

First Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Siege of Vicksburg

9.

Who was the leader of the Confederate army?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

10.

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Horace Lawson Hunley

11.

Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Antietam

c)

Richmond

d)

Washington D.C.

12.

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Atlanta

b)

New Orleans

c)

Richmond

d)

Washington D.C.

13.

What were the slaves states that did not secede called?

a)

The Last Five

b)

Border States

c)

The Slave States of the North

d)

Northern States of Betrayal

14.

True or False: Delaware seceded from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Maryland secede from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False: North Carolina seceded from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: Kentucky seceded from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: Missouri secede from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: Tennessee seceded from the Union

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: When Virginia seceded, part of Virginia became a new state and stayed in the Union

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What were causes of the Civil War (choose all that apply)?

a)

Election of President Lincoln

b)

Disputes over slavery

c)

The South thought they were unfairly taxed

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued

22.

What were causes of the Civil War (choose all that apply)?

a)

Differences in economy

b)

Disagreements on states rights versus federal rights

c)

Jefferson Davis wanted to become dictator of the South

d)

The 13th Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery

23.

What advantages did the North have (select all that apply)?

a)

Better geography

b)

More manpower

c)

Better rail system

d)

More factories

24.

What advantages did the South have (select all that apply)?

a)

Accumulated a small store of supplies in preparation

b)

Bigger population

c)

Better military leaders

d)

Motivated to defend homes and families

25.

What was the bloodiest day of the war?

a)

Siege of Vicksburg

b)

First Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Antietam

26.

The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River when the Union took over what place?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Mississippi

c)

Richmond

d)

Charleston

27.

What were the first two ironclad ships used in war?

a)

Monitor

b)

Memorial

c)

Merriment

d)

Merrimac

28.

What was the Union strategy used in war?

a)

Richmond Siege

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

Viper Scheme

d)

Boa Constrictor March

29.

What gave the Union army control of the west?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Siege of Vicksburg

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Sherman's March to the Sea

30.

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

Union

b)

Confederates

31.

What document freed all slaves in the Southern states except the border states?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Free Slave Act

32.

What was Lincoln's most famous speech?

(a)  

33.

Who led the Union army in the March to the Sea?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John Brown

d)

George McClellan

34.

Where did the Confederates officially surrender?

a)

Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

35.

Who was the supreme commander of the Union army at the end of the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

A. E. Burnside

36.

What was the first submarine to successfully sink a ship with a torpedo?

(a)  

37.

What became a state during the Civil War?

(a)  

38.

What is true about the March to the Sea (select all that apply)?

a)

Besieged and destroyed Atlanta

b)

Captured Savannah, SC

c)

Destroyed Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

d)

Captured Athens, GA

39.

What is true about the March to the Sea (select all that apply)?

a)

Destroyed Richmond, VA

b)

Destroyed a 60-mile path to the Atlantic Ocean

c)

Ruined Charleston, SC

d)

Devastated the South

40.

What were terms of surrender after the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Confederate soldiers could keep horses and mules

b)

Confederates would need to return home and stop fighting

c)

Slavery would be allowed in the southern States

d)

Entire Confederate army would surrender immediately

41.

What were terms of surrender after the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Confederate officers could keep their side arms

b)

All Confederate leaders would be put on trial for treason

c)

Rations would be given to starving soldiers

d)

General Lee could keep his sword

42.

What were some innovations or advancements from the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Medicine

b)

Photography

c)

Weaponry

d)

Daylight Savings Time

43.

What were some innovations or advancements from the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Steel Production

b)

Food Preservation

c)

Cotton Gin

d)

Ironclad Ships

44.

What were some innovations or advancements from the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Hand Grenades

b)

Cannons and Cannonballs

c)

Gatling Guns

d)

Long Range Weapons

45.

What were some innovations or advancements from the Civil War (select all that apply)?

a)

Tanks

b)

Hot Air Balloons

c)

Army Ambulance Corps

d)

Naval Mines