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UNIT 7 CIVIL WAR- GR 7 TEXAS HISTORY

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Compromise of 1850?

a)

A territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska

b)

Act that allowed women to vote

c)

California is admitted as a free state

d)

The creation of the Underground railroad

2.

What was the deadliest DAY in American history?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

3.

Who was general of the Union Army?

a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
4.

Who was the Union President during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant surrenders

b)

Lincoln surrenders

c)

Sam Houston surrenders

d)

Robert E Lee surrenders

6.

What battle was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

7.

Which compromise admitted California as a free state?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Great Compromise

d)

California Agreement

8.

What did Abraham Lincoln issue on Jan. 1, 1863 that freed all slaves in the Confederate states?

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

1st Inaugural Address

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

2nd Inaugural Address

9.

-Fought along the Rio Grande River

-Took place after the surrender of the Confederacy

-Last military conflict associated with the Civil War


What battle is being described above?

a)

Battle of Gavleston

b)

Battle of Sabine Pass

c)

Battle of Palmito Ranch

d)

Battle of Monett's Ferry

10.

Which headline best describes Texas during the American Civil War?

a)

Th Union Must Be Preserved

b)

Texas Welcomes Indians as Citizens

c)

We Must Fight for Freedom in Mexico

d)

Citizens Divided on the Issue of Slavery

11.

Which battle saw 46 Confederate troops under Lieutenant Dowling turn back a Union force of 5,000?

a)

Battle of Galveston

b)

Battle of the Alamo

c)

Battle of Timbuktu

d)

Battle of Sabine Pass

12.

What was an effect of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

California became a free state

d)

Harpers Ferry

13.

The Confederacy was pro-slavery?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in favor of Texas leaving the Union?

a)

They wanted Abraham Lincoln as president.

b)

They considered slavery vital to the economy.

c)

They disagreed with paying high federal taxes.

d)

They thought the national government was influenced by Britain.

15.

14th Amendment

a)

Everyone is equally protected by the law

b)

Happened during the Vietnam War, when young men were being drafted to fight, but did not have the right to vote. Lowering the voting age to 18 years of age.

c)

Banning of poll taxes (charged a tax to vote – which kept African American from voting after the civil war and well into the 1960s)

16.

13th Amendment

a)

A person must get their rights read to them and they do not have to testify against their self. Eminent Domain - the government can force you to sell your property for the common good.

b)

Citizens may have rights not listed in the Constitution

c)

Abolition of slavery

d)

Powers of the states; each state can have its own government and make its own law

17.

How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?

a)

Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home.

b)

New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.

c)

Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war.

d)

Slow communicatdions allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end fo the war.

18.

Which is the proper chronological order of the Civil War battles in Texas?

a)

Galveston, Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass

b)

Galveston, Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch

c)

Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass, Galveston

d)

Palmito Ranch, Galveston, Sabine Pass

19.

How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?

a)

Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home.

b)

New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.

c)

Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war.

d)

Slow communicatdions allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end fo the war.

20.

The inclusion of a Bill of Rights with the Texas Consitution reflects a commitment to ---

a)

republicanism

b)

individual rights

c)

separation of powers

d)

checks and balances

21.

Which state was not in the Confederacy?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

Tennessee

d)

Ohio

22.

What was the name of the compromise that added a stronger Fugitive Slave Law?

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

3/5th Compromise

23.
What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?
a)
Slavery is abolished
b)
Freed African Americans' rights are protected
c)
African American men can vote
d)
Women can vote
24.

What area does an abolitionist comes from?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

25.
Texas was a part of the... 
a)
Pacific North West
b)
Union
c)
Deep South
d)
Confederate
26.

Who won the civil war?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

27.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves

a)

in the Confederate States

b)

in the Union

c)

in Europe

d)

in Mexico

28.

What were the main issues of the civil war?

a)

North, South

b)

Union, Confederacy

c)

Slavery, State Rights, Sectionalism, Election of 1860

d)

State Rights, North, South, Confederacy

29.
The president of the Confederate States of America was..
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
George Washington
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Thomas Jefferson
30.
Secede?
a)
something use to plant in the dirt
b)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
c)
to withdraw or break away from a nation
d)
the separation or isolation of a race
31.
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --
a)
United State's freedom from Great Britain
b)
an end to the Civil War
c)
freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states
d)
the beginning of Reconstruction
32.
Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery.  These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs.  This is called....
a)
sectionalism
b)
nationalism
c)
patriotism
d)
sectarianism
33.

Who was the Confederate general that surrendered at Appomattox Court House?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

34.

People in this region worked in the cities in factories...

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Great Plains

35.

This region had large farms called plantations...

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Great Plains

36.

When Lincoln was elected president, his number one priority was:

a)

to preserve the Union.

b)

to defeat Jefferson Davis.

c)

to end slavery.

d)

to compromise with the South about the expansion of slavery.

37.

The 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution to end-?

a)

the Civil War

b)

slavery

c)

Reconstruction

d)

inequality among races

38.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Abolished slavery
b)
Gave African American men the right to vote
c)
defined national citizenship and forbade the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
d)
made it illegal for any state to secede
39.

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

a)

Slavery would be abolished

b)

All men regardless of race were U.S. Citizens

c)

African American could vote

d)

Women could vote

40.

What did the West practice during the Civil War?

a)

States' rights

b)

Popular sovereignty

c)

Abolitionism

d)

Slavery expansion

41.
Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote for black men?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment