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Civil War

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
2.
This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
3.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
4.
This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
d)
Harriet Tubman
5.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Red Kansas

c)

Civil War I

d)

Missouri Compromise Conflict

6.
The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
a)
permitted, prohibited
b)
prohibited, permitted or allowed
c)
sometimes prohibited, never allowed
d)
cheap, expensive
7.

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

a)

Slavery Is Illegal

b)

Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

c)

No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

d)

People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

8.
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
a)
That slavery diminished the national character.
b)
That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
c)
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
d)
That slavery should be abolished by executive order
9.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between Midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

c)

encourage manufacturing in the west

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

10.
What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?
a)
The Election of Lincoln in 1860
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Harper's Ferry
d)
Bleeding Kansas
11.

What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?

a)

New states would vote on whether to allow slavery or not.

b)

African Americans were not citizens of the United States and were, in fact, the property of their white owners.

c)

Slavery was banned in new states and territories.

d)

Slaves could sue their owners for freedom.

12.

Secede means to:

a)

rebel.

b)

declare war on.

c)

leave or withdraw.

d)

become part of.

13.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 is being addressed by the poster?

a)

States' Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

The Underground Railroad

14.

In the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the United States as a free state?

a)

Mississippi

b)

California

c)

Indiana

d)

Texas

15.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North most?

a)

Ending the slave trade in Washington DC.

b)

Allowing California to enter the US as a free state.

c)

The stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

d)

Allowing the territories of Utah and New Mexico to vote on slavery.

16.

Another name for the Northern States during the Civil War is the

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Colonies

d)

Slave States

17.

According to this map, which states or territories were open to popular sovereignty?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

Unorganized Territories

c)

Utah and New Mexico Territories

d)

Minnesota Territory

18.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

19.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

20.

What political party was Lincoln a member of?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Democratic-Republicans

21.

I was such a skilled general that Abe Lincoln wanted me for the Union! However, I chose to side with Virginia and led the Confederate Army.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

William Carney

d)

Robert E. Lee

22.

I was a Union General that would eventually become the 18th President!

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

William Carney

23.

1. President of the Confederacy (South)

a)

a. Abraham Lincoln

b)

b. Ulysses S. Grant

c)

c. Jefferson Davis

d)

d. Robert E. Lee

24.

3. 16th president of the United States

a)

a. Abraham Lincoln

b)

b. Ulysses S. Grant

c)

c. Jefferson Davis

d)

d. Robert E. Lee

25.

Who served as president to the Confederacy (South) from 1861-1865. He did not want the South to secede, but agreed to lead once they did.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

26.

This man was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, after being taught to read and write. He also believed in women's rights.

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

William Sherman

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

27.

This man was a commander of the Confederate States Army. He was from and VERY LOYAL to the state of Virginia.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Dred Scott

28.

This man sued for the freedom of himself and his family after having lived in the "free' state. The case went to the US Supreme Court. The ruling against him is considered a cause of the Civil War.

a)

Horace Mann

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William Sherman

29.

A general in the Union Army, this man's March to the Sea helped to destroy the South and end the war.

a)

Frederic Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

William Sherman

30.
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
The Atlanta Campaign
c)
Sherman's March to the Sea
d)
Appomattox Court House
31.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomattox
32.
Which Civil War battle lasted three days in Pennsylvania, ended in a cemetery, and was the turning point of the war? 
a)
Bull Run 
b)
Gettysburg 
c)
Antietam   
d)
Vicksburg 
33.
The first state to secede from the Union was?
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Arkansas
d)
South Carolina
34.
Considered a turning point of the war; North becomes confident of winning the war
a)
Battle of Shiloh
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Pittsburg
d)
Battle of Chickamauga
35.
Bloodiest Battle day of the war (23,000 casualties) Confederates lost 1/3 of their army.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
36.
Grant besieged this city in Mississippi from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
a)
Battle of Vicksburg
b)
Battle of New Orleans
c)
Battle of Savannah
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
37.
This battle was enough of a victory for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Vicksburg
38.
Grant won this battle,taking control of Mississippi River and was then promoted to Head General
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Shiloh
d)
Antietam
39.
Most common cause of death in the Civil War
a)
Disease/infection
b)
Minnie Ball
c)
Cannon ball in face
40.
The Civil War was mainly fought over this devisive issue
a)
Cotton profits
b)
tariffs
c)
slavery
d)
Lincoln's hipster beard
41.
What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
a)
to free the slaves
b)
to preserve the Union
c)
to write Emancipation Proclamation
d)
to preserve the states' rights of the South
42.

The Civil War ended when-----

a)

Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address

b)

Union forces declared victory at Antietam

c)

confederates slaughtered Union forces at Bull Run

d)

Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, Virginia

43.

The significance of the Union victory at Vicksburg was--

a)

all Confederate supply routes across the Mississippi river were occupied by the Union

b)

Mississippi would now have to rejoin the Union

c)

New Orleans would be blockaded by the Union Army

d)

south can no longer trade with europe

44.
Large population, railroads and industry in the North were all factors that showed
a)
the Confederacy's strengths
b)
the Union's weaknesses
c)
the Union's strengths
d)
the large population of the US
45.
What did President Lincoln use the Navy for during the Civil War?
a)
To prevent other countries from joining the war.
b)
To keep out submarines.
c)
To blockade southern ports.
d)
To carry supplies to troops in need.
46.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
47.

Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in Maryland because of opposition to the war. Habeas corpus means

a)

the freedom of speech

b)

the right to a speedy trial by peers

c)

the freedom of religion

d)

the right to have no cruel or unusual punishments

48.

What caused the New York Draft Riots of 1863?

a)

New Yorkers were upset over a strict new conscription law

b)

New Yorkers were hungry from the lack of food because of the war

c)

New Yorkers objected to Lincoln's decision to suspend habeas corpus

d)

New Yorkers were upset because the Yankees lost the World Series

49.

What was the purpose of the Union's naval blockade strategy?

a)

to keep slaves from escaping

b)

to cut-off Southern trade & ruin the Confederate economy

c)

to supply markets for Northern industries

d)

to capture the Missisiipi& Missouri Rivers

50.

Who had the advantage of fighting to defend its homeland from invasion?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

51.

Who had the advantage of fighting for its independence?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

52.

Which was a Northern strategy to win the war?

a)

blockade the Southern ports

b)

control the Mississippi River

c)

capture Richmond

d)

all were strategies

53.

The Union's Anaconda plan included all of the following strategies except

a)

dividing the south

b)

blocking southern ports

c)

capturing Richmond, Virginia

d)

assassinating the Confederate president

54.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared that... Enslaved people ___

a)

in U.S. territories were free

b)

throughout the world were free

c)

in confederate states were free

d)

in union states with slavery were free

55.

What document did Lincoln reference in his Gettysburg Adrress?

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Preamble to the Constitution

d)

Declaration of Independence

56.

Which of these describes General Sherman's march through Georgia?

a)

example of total war

b)

defeat for both armies

c)

peaceful end to the conflict

d)

bloodiest battle of the war

57.

In the Civil War for the first time, thousands of women served as

a)

soldiers

b)

spies

c)

generals

d)

nurses

58.
Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
a)
highly trained soldiers
b)
Population
c)
fighting in familiar territory
d)
control of the Mississippi River
59.
Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
a)
wounds
b)
disease
c)
frostbite
d)
starvation
60.

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

a)

Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

b)

Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.

c)

The

Dred Scott

decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.

d)

Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.

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