WorksheetsCivil War Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Which condition did both slaves and free blacks have in the United States during the antebellum period.
antebellum period - is the time right before the civil war
Both groups were allowed to testify in court
Both groups were able to vote in elections
Both groups were forced to pay taxes
Both groups were denied citizenship rights.
Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results?
The nullification crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery
The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state
The Kansas Nebraska act led to Kansas being allowed to decide where it wanted slavery or not
The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state
Which statement describes the role of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.
The were Confederate Generals who captured fort Sumter.
They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.
They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg
They were Union Generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Ghettysburg.
Based on this excerpt, which group wrote the Lecompton Constitution?
(emancipation means freedom)
Opponents of westward expansion
Supporters of abolitionism
Anti-slavery Northerners
Pro -slavery Southerners
Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?
It allowed slavery to expand into the territories
It gave tax cuts to manufactures who relocated to the territories.
It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedoms
It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?
The battle opened the way for a full scale Union attack on Atlanta
The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi river
The Battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North
The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?
They were victories for the Confederacy
They were battle fought in the Union Territory
They were attempts to keep Virginia in the Union
They were battles defending the Confederate capital
What statement best describes the importance of the battle of Vicksburg?
The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi river
It was the opening engagement of the Civil War in the South.
It was described as the bloodiest battle
The Confederacy captured military supplies from the North
Based on these excerpts which statement describes the ideas of President Davis and Lincoln?
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that it was unlawful for a state to break from the Union
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that state had the authority to wage war on the Union
Davis believed the federal government made secession necessary while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved
Lincoln believed that a state must prove the rights to secede, while Davis believed that any state could secede at any time.
Which human factor helped the Union win the Civil War?
A network of railroads allowed the North to move soldiers more quickly
The Oregon Trail allowed Union soldiers to quickly move west
Northern Farmers started producing cotton to make military uniforms
Canals in the Midwest allowed food for union soldiers to be move quickly to the frontlines.
