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WorksheetsCivil War Test Prep
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 34mins
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...
Antebellum
Reconstruction
Reformation
Renaissance
having better leaders
What document does Lincoln refer to in the Gettysburg Address to remind people that "all men are created equal"?
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
How many years is "four score and seven"?
47
67
87
107
What year did the Civil War end?
1863
1864
1865
1866
Someone who opposed and fought against slavery. Famous abolitionists include Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Abolitionist
Conscription
Slave Codes
Union
Term referring to the United States during the 1800’s. Also another word for the North in the Civil War.
Union
Confederacy
South
Grey
Leaving a group formally. This refers to the Southern states who left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.
Secession
Conscription
Slave Code
Fugitive Slave Act
A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
Civil War
World War
Guerilla Warfare
Intrawar
Another name for the the 11 states that seceded (left) from the Union.
Confederacy
The Union
Quarters
United States of America
Which states still allowed slavery, but never seceded (left) the Union?
The Border States
The Confederacy
The Union
Western Territories
What was the single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Bull Run
What famous speech did Lincoln give at the battlefied at Gettysburg?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Speech for Freedom
Declaration of Independence
Where did the first battle of the war take place?
Fort Bragg
Fort Necessity
Fort Macon
Fort Sumter
The North wore ___, factory-made uniforms.
blue
red
white
gray
What do you think John Brown was going to do in Virginia in 1859?
Trying to start a slave rebellion
Trying to protect slave owners from uprisings
Trying to peacefully vote to abolish slavery
Trying to peacefully protest slavery
People: led a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry; wanted to arm slaves for a rebellion that would end slavery
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
Why did he think he was free?
He Bought His Freedom
His Owner Died
He Was Kidnapped
He Lived Temporarily In A Free State/Territory
The ruling in the Dred Scott case protected the rights of...
fugitive slaves.
abolitionists.
slave owners.
anti-slavery groups.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book....
The Slave's Cause
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Twelve Years a Slave
Which law made it illegal to help slaves?
The Slavery Abolition Pact
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fugitive Slave Act
All of the above.
What practice was banned in new territories above the 36 degree, 30 minute North line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise was passed?
slavery
religious freedom
funding public education
sectionalism
Which state was added as a free state to balance out Missouri joining the Union as a slave state?
Maine
Illinois
Indiana
Vermont
Why was the Cotton gin Invented?
to speed up the process of seperating the cotton seed from the cotton
to attract more slaves to work on the plantations
to be famous
The Era of Colonization is over: American Continents were not "subject for further colonization"
What is this ?
Monroe Doctrine 1823
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Declaration of No Colonization
King cotton relied mainly on what ?
The Government
The support of Foreign Countries
The institution of Slavery
all of the above
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...
Washington, DC
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
What was "Bleeding Kansas?"
When Kansas had both a free government and a slave government that fought against each other
When the famous celebrity "Kanzaz" had an accident
When Kansas militia fought with Native Americans
A famous battle in the Civil War
What is popular sovereignty?
Where sovereignty is left to the government to decide
Where sovereignty is left to the people to decide
What was the original goal of the Union at the start of the Civil War?
Ban slavery
Restore the Union
Separate from the United States
Make slavery legal everywhere
Which document signed by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves on January 1, 1863, in the states that were still in rebellion?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
The Gettysburg Address
As the Civil War began, the South had the advantage of...
superior military leadership
enormous industrial capabilities
a complex railroad network
a large population
What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?
The Election of Lincoln in 1860
The Dred Scott Decision
Harper's Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
This was the first state to secede.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missisippi
California
Lincoln had no intention of abolishing slavery when he became president.
True
False
Lincoln won the election even though he received only 40% of the votes. The other three candidates split the vote.
True
False
