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Civil War Test Prep

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period of time that was known as the time of immense change in the culture, reform movements, and the period BEFORE the war was called...

a)

Antebellum

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Reformation

d)

Renaissance

2.
Of the following, which one is an advantage of the North during the Civil War?  The North . . .
a)
 had more military schools than the South did. 
b)
 had greater industrial resources. 
c)
knew the local terrain better than the South did. 
d)
could depend on Great Britain to help them defeat the South. 
3.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
a)
Richmond, Virginia 
b)
 Washington, DC. 
c)
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina 
d)
 Wilmington, North Carolina. 
4.
Which Union fort was bombarded for 34 hours before surrendering to the Confederates?
a)
Fort Pickens 
b)
 Fort Sumter 
c)
Fort Moultrie 
d)
Fort Wagner 
5.
Where did General Lee surrender?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
c)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
d)
Durham, North Carolina
6.
The Emancipation Proclamation
a)
freed only Union Slaves
b)
allowed slaves to fight for the South
c)
freed only Confederate slaves
d)
freed Union and Confederate slaves
7.
One Southern advantage during the Civil War was
a)
having more supplies
b)

having better leaders
c)
having more men
d)
having a stronger navy
8.
Which Union "victory" in Maryland had 23,000 casulties, otherwise known as the "bloodiest day" of the war?
a)
Second Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
9.
Had more men, weapons, and naval technology throughout the war
a)
 Union 
b)
Confederacy
10.

What document does Lincoln refer to in the Gettysburg Address to remind people that "all men are created equal"?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

Mayflower Compact

11.

How many years is "four score and seven"?

a)

47

b)

67

c)

87

d)

107

12.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
13.

What year did the Civil War end?

a)

1863

b)

1864

c)

1865

d)

1866

14.

Someone who opposed and fought against slavery. Famous abolitionists include Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Conscription

c)

Slave Codes

d)

Union

15.

Term referring to the United States during the 1800’s. Also another word for the North in the Civil War.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

South

d)

Grey

16.

Leaving a group formally. This refers to the Southern states who left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.

a)

Secession

b)

Conscription

c)

Slave Code

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

17.

A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.

a)

Civil War

b)

World War

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Intrawar

18.

Another name for the the 11 states that seceded (left) from the Union.

a)

Confederacy

b)

The Union

c)

Quarters

d)

United States of America

19.

Which states still allowed slavery, but never seceded (left) the Union?

a)

The Border States

b)

The Confederacy

c)

The Union

d)

Western Territories

20.

What was the single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Battle of Bull Run

21.

What famous speech did Lincoln give at the battlefied at Gettysburg?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Gettysburg Speech for Freedom

d)

Declaration of Independence

22.

Where did the first battle of the war take place?

a)

Fort Bragg

b)

Fort Necessity

c)

Fort Macon

d)

Fort Sumter

23.

The North wore ___, factory-made uniforms.

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

white

d)

gray

24.

What do you think John Brown was going to do in Virginia in 1859?

a)

Trying to start a slave rebellion

b)

Trying to protect slave owners from uprisings

c)

Trying to peacefully vote to abolish slavery

d)

Trying to peacefully protest slavery

25.

People: led a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry; wanted to arm slaves for a rebellion that would end slavery

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Roger Taney

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen Douglas

e)

John Brown

26.

Why did he think he was free?

a)

He Bought His Freedom

b)

His Owner Died

c)

He Was Kidnapped

d)

He Lived Temporarily In A Free State/Territory

27.

The ruling in the Dred Scott case protected the rights of...

a)

fugitive slaves.

b)

abolitionists.

c)

slave owners.

d)

anti-slavery groups.

28.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book....

a)

The Slave's Cause

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Twelve Years a Slave

29.

Which law made it illegal to help slaves?

a)

The Slavery Abolition Pact

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

All of the above.

30.

What practice was banned in new territories above the 36 degree, 30 minute North line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise was passed?

a)

slavery

b)

religious freedom

c)

funding public education

d)

sectionalism

31.

Which state was added as a free state to balance out Missouri joining the Union as a slave state?

a)

Maine

b)

Illinois

c)

Indiana

d)

Vermont

32.

Why was the Cotton gin Invented?

a)

to speed up the process of seperating the cotton seed from the cotton

b)

to attract more slaves to work on the plantations

c)

to be famous

33.

The Era of Colonization is over: American Continents were not "subject for further colonization"

What is this ?

a)

Monroe Doctrine 1823

b)

U.S. Constitution

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of No Colonization

34.

King cotton relied mainly on what ?

a)

The Government

b)

The support of Foreign Countries

c)

The institution of Slavery

d)

all of the above

35.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
36.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

37.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

New Orleans

d)

Charleston

38.

What was "Bleeding Kansas?"

a)

When Kansas had both a free government and a slave government that fought against each other

b)

When the famous celebrity "Kanzaz" had an accident

c)

When Kansas militia fought with Native Americans

d)

A famous battle in the Civil War

39.
This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers 
a)
Missouri Compromise 
b)
Summer if 1856
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
40.
This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Missouri Compromise 
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act 
41.

What is popular sovereignty?

a)

Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide

b)

Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide

42.

What was the original goal of the Union at the start of the Civil War?

a)

Ban slavery

b)

Restore the Union

c)

Separate from the United States

d)

Make slavery legal everywhere

43.

Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Gettysburg Address

44.

As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...

a)

superior military leadership

b)

enormous industrial capabilities

c)

a complex railroad network

d)

a large population

45.
What was the tone of the speech?
a)
comical
b)
inspiring
c)
generous
d)
vicious
46.
Lincoln states that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain", what does he mean? 
a)
They deserved to die
b)
It was God's will that they died
c)
We should fight for freedom in their honor
d)
All Confederate soldiers should die
47.

What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?

a)

The Election of Lincoln in 1860

b)

The Dred Scott Decision

c)

Harper's Ferry

d)

Bleeding Kansas

48.

This was the first state to secede.

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Missisippi

d)

California

49.

Lincoln had no intention of abolishing slavery when he became president.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Lincoln won the election even though he received only 40% of the votes. The other three candidates split the vote.

a)

True

b)

False