WorksheetsMrs Mac's Civil War TEST
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which region had slavery before the Civil War”?
North
South
East
West
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had what effect?
It caused the south to secede immediately
It made it harder for Abraham Lincoln to get elected
It turned more northerners against slavery
It increased support for spreading slavery into northern territories
What was the main crop that was very profitable in the South in the 1800s?
Cotton
Tobacco
Corn
Wheat
Why did Westward expansion increase tensions in the country?
Because fighting the wars to get those lands caused many deaths
It could upset the balance between free and slave states
Enslaved people were expanding to western territories
It led to many wars with Indian tribes
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?
A compromise that satisfied both the free and slave states
The spread of slavery into two new territories
Increasing unity between the north and south
A mini civil war to determine if Kansas would be free or slave
Who won the election of 1860 that led the South to cede?
Stephen Douglass
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John Breckinridge
Which state was the first to secede and leave the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Florida
The Civil War began in 1861 when the Confederate States of America
Confederates attacked the White House
The Union invaded Virginia
The Union Navy blockaded Southern ports
The Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter
Lincoln’s main goal during the Civil War was
To end slavery
To save the Union
to conquer the south and south America
Punish the Southern states severely
What were Lincoln’s overall views on slavery?
He had no strong opinions on it
He thought it was superior to the northern system and should spread to the north
He believed it was morally wrong and evil
He believed the Constitution gave him the powers to end slavery for good
Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not free enslaved people in the Border States?
Lincoln feared it could make those states secede and join the Confederacy
He was planning on freeing those enslaved people after the next battle victory
Those states were refusing to send troops to support the Union army
He had no real way to enforce the emancipation in those states
Roughly how many Black men fought in the war for the Union?
50,000
100,000
200,000
500,000
Which amendment ended slavery forever in the United States?
11
12
13
14
The holiday that celebrates the freeing of the last enslaved people is known as?
Emancipation Day
Lincoln Came
Freedom Day
Juneteenth
The _________ ___________ helped the Union win the Civil War.
Samurai Warriors
Swifty Fans
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
After Fort Sumter, what was the first battle of the war?
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Pearl Harbor
Revolution
Which general helped win the first battle for the Confederacy?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Ulysses S Grant
Jefferson Davis
Donald Trump
Union general, William McClellan, was known for what?
Being very reckless and eager to fight
Leading a number of surprising victories even when he was outnumbered
Wanting to arrest civilians and seize their goods
Being overly cautious
Who led the Confederate Army for most of the war?
Robert E Lee
Ulysses Grant
Jefferson Davis
General Sanders
(True/False) Both sides of the war, the Union and the Confederacy had millions of men willing to fight and die for their country or states
True
False
The shortage of food in the South led to which of the following?
A quick surrender of the states of the upper Confederacy
Union troops had to retreat back north for food
Confederate invasion of the North
Food riots in the many southern cities
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg so important (choose TWO reasons)?
Gave the Confederacy a much-needed victory
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Made Lincoln replace General Grant for being too cruel
Split the Confederacy in two
Sherman’s March became famous for which of the following?
Convincing southerners to join the Union Army
Bringing rock and roll to small towns in the South
The collapse and destruction of the Union army
Destroying property, railroads, and farms in the South
This war was: The bloodiest battle of the war, occurred after General Lee invaded north, and was the final war that determined the Union won the victory of the Civil War.
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
A few days after the end of the war, President Lincoln was assassinated by
Colonel Custard
General Less
John Wilkes Booth
Darth Vader
The Emancipation Proclamation helped the north win the war because
it freed all slaves in the America
it deprived the Confederacy of workers
it made the Confederacy want to give up
it got more states to join the Union
