WorksheetsUnit 5 APUSH Test
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which battle was fought in the North?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Petersburg
d)
Shiloh
2.
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
3.
What officially abolished slavery in the US?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Surrender of Robert E. Lee
c)
13th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
4.
Who was Lincoln's running mate in 1864?
a)
Samuel Chase
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
William Sherman
5.
What strategy did Sherman use to destroy the South?
a)
Attrition
b)
Guerrilla War
c)
Siege War
d)
Total War
6.
Which battle is considered the turning point and doomed the Southern Cause?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Shiloh
d)
Fredericksburg
7.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves
a)
in the Border States
b)
in the South
c)
in the entire US
d)
in the West
8.
During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to
a)
distribute 40-acre plots to all ex slaves who wanted land.
b)
greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).
c)
convince many Southern whites to join the Republican Party.
d)
repress much of the violence committed against ex-slaves.
9.
All of the following statements about the Fourteenth Amendment are true EXCEPT:
a)
It was vehemently opposed by President Johnson.
b)
It guaranteed all citizens the equal protection of the law.
c)
It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.
d)
It declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens.
10.
Which trend was most significant in creating the conflict with the Plains Indians that resulted in the Dawes Act?
a)
railroad expansion to the West Coast
b)
the extermination of the bison population throughout the Great Plains
c)
the Social Gospel movement
d)
homesteaders expanding into the plains region
11.
The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:
a)
feared the expansion of slavery in the west would be competition for white labor.
b)
cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York.
c)
was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.
d)
strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.
12.
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
a)
Transportation in the South
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Representation in Congress
13.
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California would enter the Union as a free state.
b)
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
c)
The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.
d)
A tougher fugitive slave law would be enacted.
14.
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because
a)
the Court included no Republican Justices
b)
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
c)
several justices were slave owners
d)
blacks and whites were not treated equally
15.
Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:
a)
did not believe slaves could be productive American citizens.
b)
promised during his 1860 campaign that he was against abolition.
c)
feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
d)
did not want to support the policies of the Radical Republicans.
16.
Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?
a)
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
b)
Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
c)
President John Tyler’s antislavery policies cause a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.
d)
As the 1848 Constitutional deadline for ending the African slave trade drew near, Americans became obsessed with s
17.
How did the government help with the building of the transcontinental railroad?
a)
They gave money and land to the RR companies
b)
They sold workers to the RR companies
c)
They ended slavery in the areas around the RR
d)
They allowed Native Americans to stay on the lands around the RR
18.
How did the building of the Transcontinental RR affect the Plains Indians?
a)
The RR cut through their hunting grounds
b)
The RR helped Americans bring Indians supplies
c)
The Plains Indians began to travel by RR
d)
The Plains Indians sold their lands to the RR companies
19.
What gave 160 acres of land for free if you would live on it and farm it for 5 years?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morrill Land Grant
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
20.
What gave states the ability to sell land, and use the $$ to create colleges and universities?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morrill Land Grant
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Kentucky-Virginia Resolutions
21.
I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK. Who am I likely to be?
a)
European Immigrants
b)
Asian Immigrants
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
African Americans
22.
I use to own land in the West. However, after the U.S. won a war against my country in the 1840s people began discriminating against me. As a result, I lost my land.
a)
Mexican American
b)
African American
c)
European Immigrants
d)
Asian American
23.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to conquer and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming
d)
A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it
24.
Why did miners, cowhands, and ranchers want to move west.
a)
They wanted an adventure
b)
They wanted to escape the busy lifestyle in the East
c)
They were interested in economic opportunity
d)
They enjoyed big city life
25.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
26.
True or False: Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
What is the capital city of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Charleston, South Carolina
d)
Richmond, Virginia
28.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Davis Crenshaw
c)
David Clark
d)
Stephen Douglas
29.
What was the first state to secede?
a)
Virginia
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina
d)
Georgia
30.
Enforced a strict law saying runaway slaves in the North must be captured and returned to their masters.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Slave Codes
d)
Black Codes
31.
An abolitionists is
a)
Someone who believes in slavery
b)
Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.
c)
Someone who was an activist worked to end slavery
d)
Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong
32.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
33.
Why did the South secede after the election of 1860?
a)
They feared Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery in all states
b)
After winning the election, Abraham Lincoln forced all Southern states to leave the United States
c)
There was a tie in the election and the North and South fought over the winner
d)
Abraham Lincoln wanted to force Southern states to pay higher taxes than Northern states
34.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
35.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
36.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
37.
What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War?
a)
To overthrow the government and set up a monarchy
b)
To become independent
c)
To spread slavery to the North
d)
To eliminate slavery in the border states
38.
What was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War, where over 23,000 soldiers were killed?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
39.
Commander of the Confederate Army
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
William T. Sherman
40.
Commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
41.
True or False: A Conscription was A draft required male members of the population to fight in the army.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Scalawags were
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Northerners who moved south
d)
Johnson supporters
43.
Carpetbaggers moved south to
a)
Control politics
b)
Stop violence against African Americans
c)
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
d)
All of the above
44.
African Americans gained political representation under which plan?
a)
Johnson's
b)
Lincoln's
c)
Radical Republicans
45.
How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?
a)
Unwanted
b)
Welcomed
c)
Heroes
d)
God figures
46.
The first African American US senator was
a)
Thaddeus Stevens
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Blanche K. Bruce
47.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
48.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
49.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African American Men the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
50.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
51.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
52.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
53.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
54.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
55.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
56.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
57.
The GREATEST strength of the North was
a)
its military leadership
b)
its navy
c)
its moral high ground
d)
its economy
58.
The South relied on which cash crop for almost all of its economic production?
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
cotton
d)
Indigo
59.
One impact of the Mexican-American War was...
a)
The United States got a large area of land in the Southwest
b)
Native Americans were given more land for reservations
c)
France no longer had colonies in North America
d)
Great Britain gave Alaska to the US
60.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Gettysburg
61.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
John Brown
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