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Mrs Mac's Civil War TEST

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region had slavery before the Civil War”?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

2.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had what effect?

a)

It caused the south to secede immediately

b)

It made it harder for Abraham Lincoln to get elected

c)

It turned more northerners against slavery

d)

It increased support for spreading slavery into northern territories

3.

What was the main crop that was very profitable in the South in the 1800s?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Corn

d)

Wheat

4.

Why did Westward expansion increase tensions in the country?

a)

Because fighting the wars to get those lands caused many deaths

b)

It could upset the balance between free and slave states

c)

Enslaved people were expanding to western territories

d)

It led to many wars with Indian tribes

5.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?

a)

A compromise that satisfied both the free and slave states

b)

The spread of slavery into two new territories

c)

Increasing unity between the north and south

d)

A mini civil war to determine if Kansas would be free or slave

6.

Who won the election of 1860 that led the South to cede?

a)

Stephen Douglass

b)

John Bell

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Breckinridge

7.

Which state was the first to secede and leave the Union?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

8.

The Civil War began in 1861 when the Confederate States of America

a)

Confederates attacked the White House

b)

The Union invaded Virginia

c)

The Union Navy blockaded Southern ports

d)

The Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter

9.

Lincoln’s main goal during the Civil War was

a)

To end slavery

b)

To save the Union

c)

to conquer the south and south America

d)

Punish the Southern states severely

10.

What were Lincoln’s overall views on slavery?

a)

He had no strong opinions on it

b)

He thought it was superior to the northern system and should spread to the north

c)

He believed it was morally wrong and evil

d)

He believed the Constitution gave him the powers to end slavery for good

11.

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not free enslaved people in the Border States?

a)

Lincoln feared it could make those states secede and join the Confederacy

b)

He was planning on freeing those enslaved people after the next battle victory

c)

Those states were refusing to send troops to support the Union army

d)

He had no real way to enforce the emancipation in those states

12.

Roughly how many Black men fought in the war for the Union?

a)

50,000

b)

100,000

c)

200,000

d)

500,000

13.

Which amendment ended slavery forever in the United States?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

14

14.

The holiday that celebrates the freeing of the last enslaved people is known as?

a)

Emancipation Day

b)

Lincoln Came

c)

Freedom Day

d)

Juneteenth

15.

The _________ ___________ helped the Union win the Civil War.

a)

Samurai Warriors

b)

Swifty Fans

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Missouri Compromise

16.

After Fort Sumter, what was the first battle of the war?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Bull Run

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Revolution

17.

Which general helped win the first battle for the Confederacy?

a)

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

b)

Ulysses S Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Donald Trump

18.

Union general, William McClellan, was known for what?

a)

Being very reckless and eager to fight

b)

Leading a number of surprising victories even when he was outnumbered

c)

Wanting to arrest civilians and seize their goods

d)

Being overly cautious

19.

Who led the Confederate Army for most of the war?

a)

Robert E Lee

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

General Sanders

20.

(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

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The shortage of food in the South led to which of the following?

a)

A quick surrender of the states of the upper Confederacy

b)

Union troops had to retreat back north for food

c)

Confederate invasion of the North

d)

Food riots in the many southern cities

22.

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg so important (choose TWO reasons)?

a)

Gave the Confederacy a much-needed victory

b)

Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

c)

Made Lincoln replace General Grant for being too cruel

d)

Split the Confederacy in two

23.

Sherman’s March became famous for which of the following?

a)

Convincing southerners to join the Union Army

b)

Bringing rock and roll to small towns in the South

c)

The collapse and destruction of the Union army

d)

Destroying property, railroads, and farms in the South

24.

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.

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fort Sumter

25.

A few days after the end of the war, President Lincoln was assassinated by

a)

Colonel Custard

b)

General Less

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Darth Vader

26.

The Emancipation Proclamation helped the north win the war because

a)

it freed all slaves in the America

b)

it deprived the Confederacy of workers

c)

it made the Confederacy want to give up

d)

it got more states to join the Union