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WorksheetsUnit 1 Review Civil War to Westward Expansion
Total questions: 132
Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins
What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?
Better Generals
Stronger allies
Natives were on their side
More people, more factories and food, more railroads
The Union states were located in the _____ and the Confederate states were located in the _____.
North
South
South
North
North
East
West
East
How did Lincoln abolish slavery in ALL states?
He ordered them free
Congress passed the 13th Amendment
He used the Declaration of Independence. "All Men are Created Equal"
He did nothing
How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War?
By patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico
By attacking railroads
By blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River
By taking over Southern farms and factories
What was ONE reason why there were food shortages in the South?
Farming machinery was taken by the Union army
Farmland was used as Prisoner camps
Farm products became too expensive to buy
Most of the farm workers fought in the military
How did the Unions victory strengthen the power of the national government?
It forfeited the states power
It ensured that states would never again secede
It let the Confederacy quit without a fight
It declared that states rights do not matter
The Republican party was established on the belief of
Destroying the South
Helping slavery spread
Opposing slavery
Going to war
This 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had no rights.
What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Manassas
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Siege of Vickburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Hood
For Warren
Which of the following was the first all volunteer African American Company from Massachusetts?
The 54th
The Sons of Liberty
The Avengers
The Army of Northern Virginia
Which of the following is a formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?
Civil War
Secession
Emancipation
Sherman's March
Which of the following was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free?
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Army of Northern Virginia
Appomattox Courthouse
Which was the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
Gettysburg
Antietam
Appomattox Courthouse
Vicksburg
Which Civil War battle did the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland and was considered the bloodiest battle of the war?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
Appomattox Courthouse
Why was Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
The confederates tried to bring the war north
The confederates lost almost 1/4 of their army
The union re-dedicated themselves to the war effort
All these reasons are correct
True or false: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people?
True: All enslaved people were freed
False: Only enslaved people behind confederate lines were freed
Which Union General led a destructive march through Georgia toward the end the war, destroying civilian property, and taking anything of military value?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Which of the following was the first major battle of the Civil War, in which the Confederacy attempted to invade?
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Fort Wagner
True or False: The Confederacy had most of the advantages at the start of the war.
True: The Confederacy had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.
False: The Union had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.
______ laws separated whites from colored and discriminated.
Black Codes
Debt Peonage
Sharecropping
Jim Crow
Overall Reconstruction was successful, the
North and South were over the bitterness.
African Americans' were granted the right to citizenship.
South had large factories.
South had Railroads equivalent to the North.
After Reconstruction, the Republicans could not agree about
how to free the slaves.
how severe to punish the Union.
how severe to punish the Confederates.
when to free the slaves.
The renter would have to work the land and then the master could sell the goods whenever and for whatever price they chose. This is a description of:
The White League
crop rotation
sharecropping
Jim Crow laws
Carpetbaggers were known for
taking jobs in the North.
taking jobs in the South.
selling carpets.
selling cotton.
This famous court case ruling said that segregation was legal if it was separate but equal.
Brown vs Board of Education
Plessy vs Ferguson
Marbury vs. Madison
State vs Federal
This group wanted equal rights for the freed slaves.
Democrats
Southern Republicans
Northern Democrats
Radical Republicans
The ___ Amendment outlawed slavery but did not give other political rights (like voting).
12th
13th
14th
20th
The 14th Amendment
abolished slavery.
granted citizenship to American born people.
gave colored men the right to vote.
gave women the right to vote.
A violent conflict between pro and antislavery was referred to as
The Great Compromise
The Battle of the Radicals
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas and Nebraska Act
This outlawed Black Codes and Debt Peonage. It was the 1st of its kind.
Reconstruction Act
15th Amendment
Freedmen’s Bureau
Civil Rights act of 1866
The Anaconda Plan was
based on the fact that South had a large industrial factories.
to blockade the South and have their supplies bleed dry.
to block the North and have their supplies bleed dry.
to ambush the North during night time when no one would expect them.
Reconstruction succeeded in its goals of restoring the Union and helping to
regulate the railroads
eliminate the Ku Klux Klan
destroy the Freedmen’s Bureau
repair the war-torn South
The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction was to
prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
gain control of state legislatures.
restore the Confederacy.
improve conditions for poor whites.
As white southerners regained control of state governments, they began to
refuse to pay war debts.
join the Republican Party.
reverse Reconstruction era reforms.
compensate former slaves.
Reconstruction came to end when
President Johnson was impeached.
federal troops were removed from the South.
the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified.
the Freedmen’s Bureau was dismantled.
The Freedmen’s Bureau succeeded in
electing African Americans to southern state governments.
keeping ex-Confederate supporters out of office.
redistributing formerly white-owned land to black southerners.
providing clothing, medical care, food, and education to many freed people.
In his presidential Reconstruction plan, Andrew Johnson
put the South under strict military control.
was more generous than Lincoln.
matched Lincoln’s plan exactly.
allowed some slavery to continue.
A major failure of Reconstruction was that
racist attitudes continued in the North and South.
the South’s cotton production never recovered.
war debts remained unpaid.
no African Americans were voted into Congress.
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
gave voting rights to all Southerners.
closed the South to scalawags.
closed the South to Democrats.
put the South under military rule.
The Radical Republicans passed a series of laws designed to
protect the civil rights of African Americans.
reestablish slavery in a different form.
unfairly tax the South.
prohibit free speech in the South.
The Radical Republicans objected to President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was
too expensive.
a threat to congressional authority.
unfair to former slave owners.
too harsh on the South.
What was the verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial?
He escaped conviction by one vote.
He was forced to confess his guilt.
He was removed from office.
He was found guilty.
Black Codes were put into place for what purpose?
Assist Black citizens
Oppress Black citizens
Identify Black citizens
Remove Black citizens
Many freed slaves continued working on plantations because...
they were comfortable with the work
they feared change
they were loyal to their owners
they did not own land
What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?
Southern Republicans
Demonstrative Democrats
Radical Republicans
None of the above
What years were the Reconstruction Era?
1865-1877
1850 - 1900
1863-1879
1877-1890
What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?
Rebuilding the US after the Civil War
Rebuilding cities after an earthquake.
Hurting the feelings of people who disagreed
Constructing new ways of working
Which workers in the South rented farms and paid rent with cash or crops?
Tenant farmers
Plantation owners
Slaves
Sharecroppers
What laws replaced Black Codes and encouraged segregation in the South?
Marshall Laws
Reconstruction laws
"Jim Crow" laws
Segregation Laws
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
What's the best title for this list?
Reconstruction Laws & Policies
Jim Crow Laws
Civil War Codes
Black Codes
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?
He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.
He was in favor of slavery.
He had been defeated in the presidential election.
He believed in the rights of states to secede.
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming is:
A policy that gave Freed Slaves who helped the North during the war 40 acres and a mule
A system of farming that left freed slaves and poor whites in debt to wealthy land owners and tied to the land
A system from the Freedmen's Bureau to allow economically disadvantaged people in the south the opportunity to own land
Allowing Freed Slaves the ability to work land without having to buy it or pay for their supplies to help them get ahead after Slavery ended
What were the major causes of the Civil War? (List all that apply)
Expanded Fugitive Slave Laws
Slavery
Lincoln winning the election of 1860
Westward Expansion
All of the above
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?
More factories
Larger population
Better railroads
Most of the nation's best generals
Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
What was the capital of the Confederate States?
Richmond, VA
Poormond, PA
Gettysburg, PA
Tallahassee, FL
The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere
Uncle Tom
Tony Stark
Dred Scott
Brown v Board
This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory
Reconstruction
Popular Sovereignty
Secede
Congress
Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the North in the Civil War?
Railroads
Industrialization
Well Trained Army
Population
Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the south:
Commitment to the Cause
Population
Defensive War
Better Trained Army
General Sherman defeated the south using this tactic:
Total War
Guerilla Warfare
The Anaconda Plan
Emancipation of Slaves
What compromise settled the intensely debated Election of 1876: Hayes vs Tilden and formally ended Reconstruction in the south with Hayes becoming president?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1877
Compromise of 1820
The major anti federalist concern about the constitution was ________.
The system of checks and balances
Overprotection of individual rights
The lack of a Bill of Rights
The Constitution would have a weaker central government
Which President is associated with the Indian
Removal Act?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Which of the following connected the Eastern US to the Western US?
Erie Canal
Mississippi River
Transcontinental Railroad
Gulf of Mexico
Name of the land we gained after the Mexican American War
13 colonies
Treaty of Paris
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Which piece of legislation caused the Trail of Tears?
Dawes Act
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Indian Removal Act
Which was NOT a state in the Mexican Cession?
Texas
California
Utah
Nevada
Which of these was a result of the California Gold Rush?
California gained population and soon became a state
Everyone found gold and became rich
Lewis and Clark became national heroes
Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem
The Homestead Act offered this much free land
100 acres
one medium sized farm
160 acres
260 acres
The ultimate results of Westward Expansion were all of these EXCEPT
the nearly complete destruction of Native American culture
full racial equality was achieved
western territories were settled and became states
the transcontinental railroad connected the nation from east to west
All of these were a result of Wounded Knee EXCEPT
It ended the Indian Wars
It made Sitting Bull the most powerful chief in the country
Hundreds of natives were slaughtered
Sitting Bull was killed
The Wade-Davis bill would have
re-instated slavery throughout the south
make ex-Confederates take a loyalty oath
given all former slaves 40 acres of land
removed Lincoln from office
Hiram Revels was the first African-American to
die in the Civil War
join the Supreme Court
become a Congressman
vote in the south after the war
What are the four factors that closed the west
dawes act , homestead act, manifest destiny, cattle boom
transcontinental railroad, manifest destiny, reservations, homestead act
manifest destiny, homestead act, Klondike gold rush, transcontinental railroad
manifest destiny, homestead act, dawes act, gold rush
by breaking down the picture, what term is the picture depicting?
manifest destiny
homestead act
dawes act
transcontinental railroad
What event or factor that closed the frontier is depicted in the picture
dawes act
homestead act
manifest destiny
transcontinental railroad
what vast land of area is located on this map?
The east
the central west
western plateau
Great Plains
What was a negative effect of the railroad boom?
People and goods could get places faster.
Many Texas businesses grew.
Railroad tracks were laid across American Indian lands and railroad companies slaughtered buffalo.
Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?
Chinese
Mexicans
irish
Whites
Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?
east
Towns
Reservations
Camps
Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?
sun dried brick (adobe)
lumber from trees
Sod (made from mud and grass)
buffalo hides for teepees
Which law granted citizenship automatically to Native Americans born in the United States
14th Amendment
Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
Naturalization and Immigration Law
15th Amendment
In 1890, a massacre of Lakota Sioux by United States Cavalry occurred as what became known as
Wounded Knee
Little Big Horn
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
What was almost hunted to extinction during the Gilded Age on the Great Plains?
Eagles
Bison
Boar
Bears
Which event doubled the size of the United States and was a major achievement of President Thomas Jefferson?
Boston Tea Party
Louisiana Purchase
Declaration of Independence
Mexican-American War
Which religious revival movement swept through the United States in the early 19th century, leading to increased religious fervor and social reform?
First Great Awakening
Third Great Awakening
Fourth Great Awakening
Second Great Awakening
These demands most reflected the concerns of -
small farmers in need of affordable credit
robber barons pursuing higher profits
prominent bankers who controlled the money supply
immigrant workers seeking economic justice
What is the best title for this list?
How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South
Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest
How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities
Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains
Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?
The increasing number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe
The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern United States
The rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
The growing concen about environmental issues in the western United States
The process described above led to -
peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians
the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier
federal regulation of agriculture
a decline in immigration to urban areas
