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Growth and the Civil War

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The belief it was America's "clear duty" to expand the nation from coast to coast.

b)

Part of the economy in which machines are used to do the work.

c)

The period of time when the south was rebuilt.

d)

Someone who came to America from another country.

2.

The United States and (a)   fought a war for land in the southwest.

3.

An _________ is someone who comes to live in a new land.

a)

Industry

b)

Immigrant

c)

Hot Dogs

d)

Telegraph

4.

Who already lived in the West as America was expanding west?

4 lines
5.

__________ is part of the economy in which machines are used to do the work.

a)

Product

b)

Tractors

c)

Machines

d)

Industry

6.

The period of change that created new industries was called...

a)

Star Wars

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The Industrial Revolution

d)

The Civil War

7.

What was the benefit of new railroads?

a)

let people travel faster and easier

b)

helped people communicate

c)

helped farmers work instead of using their hands or animal power

8.

What invention helped people communicate or keep in touch?

(a)  

9.

What helped people go West?

a)

cars

b)

boats

c)

better roads and the erie canal

d)

rocketships

10.

What is an abolitionist?

a)

Someone who wants to end slavery.

b)

A singer

c)

Someone who wants to keep slavery

11.

Who was elected as president before the Civil War who made the southerners mad?

a)

George Washington

b)

Mr. Masterson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Zachary Taylor

12.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the North?

a)

Depended on slaves to work in the fields.

b)

More people

c)

More factories

d)

Did not want slavery

13.

Which does NOT describe the south?

a)

farming region

b)

believed in free labor

c)

believed in states' rights

14.

Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery, and this led to war.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

To secede means to...

a)

to join a group

b)

to try

c)

to hurt

d)

to break away from

16.

The Civil War was between the Union (the northern states) and the _____________ (the southern states)

a)
Union
b)
Northern
c)

Confederate States of America

d)

Abraham Lincoln

17.

(a)   was the period of time when the South was rebuilt

18.

The 13th amendment made slavery against the law

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What amendment gave equal rights to former slaves?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th

d)

12th

20.

The 15th Amendment gave African American men...

a)

made slavery against the law

b)

the right to vote

c)

equal pay

21.

Southern states passed ___ ____ ____ that kept African Americans and white people apart.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

the right to vote

c)

the right to bear arms

22.

(a)   is the separation of African Americans and white people

23.

American Indians were forced to move to (a)   which are areas set aside for American Indians.