Worksheets2025 Civil War Unit Test Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What were the two main topics/arguments that divided the North and the South?
a)
Slavery and Trade
b)
Slavery and Taxes
c)
Slavery and States Rights
d)
Slavery and Economics
2.
2. The Southern economy was based on industry (i.e. textiles) and the Northern economy was based agriculture (i.e. food crops).
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which best describes the economic reason many people in the north was against slavery.
a)
They felt it was morally wrong
b)
They felt the bible and Christianity was against slavery.
c)
The North was opposed to Slavery due to slave wages and benefits.
d)
The north opposed slavery because they had to pay their workers while those in the south didn't.
4.
Nullification Doctrine is the idea that ...
a)
a state can choose if it will be a slave state or a free state.
b)
a state can pass certain laws in other states.
c)
slaves are considered property and not people.
d)
a state can pick and choose which federal law it wants to follow.
5.
Which state invoked the nullification doctrine during this time period and why?
a)
South Carolina / Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Missouri / Compromise with Maine
c)
Georgia / Federal Tariff Laws
d)
South Carolina / Federal Tariff Laws
6.
This man was called a traitor because he was southern and threatened to send troops to invade another southern state over it's nullification issues.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Thomas Jefffersson
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Donald J. Trump
7.
Which best describes the difference in the Nullification Doctrine and Nullification Crisis.
a)
The doctrine is the idea/belief that states are supreme to the federal government and the crisis was when a state acted on it's belief.
b)
The doctrine is when the states acted on the idea of states rights and the crisis is the idea that states have rights that supersede the federal gov't.
c)
The doctrine is the ideology of the states doctrine of nullification being the doctrine and the crisis is the states crisis concerning the doctrine being nullified.
d)
The crisis is the doctrine in reverse of the ideology of the mass example of the crisis to being the doctrine.
8.
California admitted as a free state; Fugitive slave act was passed; slave trade was banned in Washington D.C. was all a part of what important event leading to the civil war?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Election of 1860
9.
This stated that Georgia will only stay in the union if the North enforces the fugitive slave act and stops trying to make new states being added to the Union be free states.
a)
Georgia Act
b)
Georgia Compromise
c)
Georgia Statement
d)
Georgia Platform
10.
Which of the following BEST describes The Fugitive Slave Act
a)
A law that made slaves fugitives.
b)
A law that made it illegal for slaves to escape their masters.
c)
A law that made it illegal to not return runaway slaves back to their masters.
d)
A law that made it illegal to not return runaway slaves to their owners and made it illegal to help slaves escape and remain free.
11.
The Dred Scott ruling allowed slaves to be free if they were in Northern States.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
In Scott vs. Sanford the supreme court ruled that based on the 5th amendment slaves were to be considered _______________ not citizens.
a)
Property
b)
Money Makers
c)
Unworthy
d)
Free to Leave
13.
After the Dred Scott Case decision, this party was formed to rid the US of Slavery:
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Citizen
d)
Zionist
14.
What party won the election of 1860?
a)
Democrat
b)
Repbulican
c)
Citizen
d)
Zionist
15.
Regarding the question above, why did the party easily win the election?
a)
Lincoln won the votes of most of the people.
b)
People did not vote of the democrat candidates.
c)
The democrat ticket was split two ways.
d)
The democrat ticket was split THREE ways.
16.
Who was elected President in Nov of 1860 and then became president in Jan of 1861?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Douglas
c)
Jackson
d)
Bell
17.
What state was the first to leave the union shortly after Lincoln's election.
a)
Georgia
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Alabama
18.
Why did Lincoln's election cause so many states to leave the union?
a)
He vowed to raise taxes on slaves.
b)
He vowed to end slavery
c)
He vowed to reinstate the tariffs on European goods.
19.
What's the big deal about GA leaving (seceding) from the Union?
a)
They were first
b)
Georgia was last
c)
It was a debate where many voted no.
d)
It was a unanimous decision to secede unlike other states
20.
Which of the following is correct concerning the states that seceded from the Union?
a)
They formed the Constipated States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as their president.
b)
They formed the Confluent States of America and elected Lincoln as their President.
c)
They formed the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as their president.
d)
They formed the Union and and elected Lincoln as their 16th President.
21.
At the beginning of the war Lincoln's goal was to free all the slaves in the North and South.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
The civil war began with the Union Army attacking the Confederate Army.
b)
The civil war began with the Confederate Army attacking the Union Army.
23.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Ft. Sumter Savannah
b)
Ft. Sumter Georgia
c)
Ft. Sumter South Carolina
d)
When Captain America and Iron Man Clashed over government oversight of super heroes.
24.
The port of Savannah was taken out of the war effort due to ....
a)
Fort Sumter being Captured and destroyed
b)
Fort Pulaski being Captured and destroyed
c)
The Cobra Plan
d)
The CSA Navy blocked the port.
25.
Who became critical to the South's shipping in of needed supplies to help them fight the war.
a)
Anaconda Skippers
b)
Blockade Blockers
c)
Anaconda Smugglers
d)
Blockade Runners
26.
Lincoln with his Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves where he had no authority and did not where he actually had authority. The Emancipation was more of a military tactic than an something to help slaves.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The Battle of Chickamauga was a victory for the Confederates and the Unions' largest defeat.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The various battles fought north of and around the city of Atlanta have come to be known as ...
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
The Battle of Atlanta
c)
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
d)
The Atlanta Conquest
29.
Why did the North want to CRUSH Atlanta?
a)
To send a message to Jeff Davis.
b)
Atlanta was said to be uncrushable.
c)
They offended Sherman's honor and dignity.
d)
Atlanta was the industrial heart keeping the South in the War.
30.
Atlanta was spared destruction and was given to President Lincoln as a Christmas present by General Sherman.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
31.
After the battle of Atlanta General Sherman spread his army out and marched toward Richmond VA to defeat the South.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
32.
Sherman's March To The Sea ended in the burning of Savannah.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
33.
What was significant about Sherman's March To The Sea?
a)
It was a very long march that lasted for weeks.
b)
It split the Union army into two parts which had never been done before.
c)
Sherman wanted to leave the state but Lincoln wanted the Sea.
d)
The Union involved, attacked, and preyed upon innocent civilians.
34.
___________________ was the location of the notorious Civil War Prison in GA.
a)
Andersonville
b)
Adriansville
c)
Adairesville
d)
Arnoldsville
35.
The deaths of Andersonville happened because the South lacked the resources needed to provide for an Army AND Prisoners of War.
a)
Sadly, True
b)
No Way Jose
36.
Reconstruction was ....
a)
Prior to the civil war
b)
During the civil war
c)
After the civil war
37.
There were two basic plans for Reconstruction that were proposed by the federal government. What were the two plans?
a)
Presidential and Congressional
b)
Presidential and Constitutional
c)
Freedman and Congress
d)
Johnson and Lincoln
38.
Which reconstruction plan was the friendliest to the south?
a)
Presidential
b)
Congressional
c)
South
d)
North
39.
What 3 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the Reconstruction Amendments?
a)
12th, 13th, 14th
b)
14th, 15th, 16th
c)
13th, 14th, 15th
d)
17th, 21st, 19th
40.
I am the Amendment that granted all former slaves, and anyone born on US soil, citizenship. (Input the number only)
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
17
41.
I am the Amendment that made slavery illegal throughout the USA. (input the number only)
a)
12
b)
13
c)
15
d)
14
42.
I am the Amendment that gave freed male slaves the right to vote. (Input the number only)
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
19
43.
Which statement below describes sharecropping?
a)
Sharecroppers rented land from land owners and provided their own animals, equipment, and supplies.
b)
Sharecroppers were poor and relied on the landowner for everything needed to farm.
c)
Sharecroppers lived on the farm and would farm the land for most of the profit from the crop.
d)
Sharecroppers were usually only white and would earn a small portion of the crop's price.
44.
Which statement below best describes tenant farming?
a)
Tenant farmers rented only land from land owners.
b)
Tenant farmers rented land and lived on the plantation
c)
Tenant farmers made less than sharecroppers
d)
Tenant farmers were bad a farming.
45.
What agency was started by the government to help former slaves?
a)
Freemans League
b)
Freedman's Club
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Freeman's Corps
46.
What did the Freedman's Bureau NOT do?
a)
Help with food and clothes
b)
Help with medical care
c)
Provided weapons in defense of KKK
d)
Legal Help (registering to Vote etc)
e)
Education Services
47.
Which group started as a social club for Southern Civil War Veterans but later became a terror group with the goal of oppressing African Americans?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
White League
c)
NAACP
d)
Freedman's Bureau
48.
After freed slaves were given the right to vote, 32 freed male slaves were elected to serve in the GA general assembly. Which of the following best explains what happened to them?
a)
The KKK threatened and assaulted the men so badly they were either too scared to serve their term and unable to serve their terms.
b)
The men were unable to serve their terms because the State instituted black codes that prevented black men from walking the streets of Atlanta where the capital was located.
c)
The men were welcomed and worked with the Democrats in GA to make a better more peaceful GA.
d)
The Democrats in power believed that black men could vote, but based on the GA Constitution, could not hold office, so they were expelled.
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