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The Story of Us Civil War

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name

Class

Date

The Confederates were fighting a(n)

offensive war

defensive war

The Union wanted to control the Mississippi River so that

it could control the movement of trade and goods

it was a natural division to “split the South”

all of the above

Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.

Western States

State of Confusion

Border States

Southern States

More factories, population, and a better navy were

Confederate advantages

Union advantages

reasons for a Confederate victory

causes of the Battle of Gettysburg

Better officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack were

Union advantages

reasons the Union won the battle of Antietam

Confederate advantages

reasons that the Confederacy won at Ft. Pillow

This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery

the election of Jefferson Davis

High tariffs

the election of Abraham Lincoln

the death of Stonewall Jackson

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

Fort Sumter

Fort Williams

Fort Pillow

Fort Apache

What was a major strength of the Union?

education

slavery

more churches

factories

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

more factories

smaller populations

larger populations

poor populations

10.

What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

to abolish slavery

to end British control of the Western territories

to make a profit selling war supplies

to preserve the Union

11.

This freed the slaves in Confederate states.

The Compromise of 1850

The Gettysburg Address

The Battle of Antietam

The Emancipation Proclamation

12.

Pickett's Charge was a particularly costly part of which 3-day battle (the bloodiest battle of the war)?

Appomattox

Gettysburg

Siege of Petersburg

Ft. Sumter

13.

What did the North call this strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

Anaconda Plan

Rattlesnake Plan

Scorpion Plan

Scott's Blockade Plan

14.

Which of the following terms is defined as "when citizens of a territory vote to allow or ban slavery."

popular sovereignty

tariff of abominations

impressment

right of habeus corpus

15.

A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...

import

export

blockade

battle

16.

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

In the House of Representatives

In the Senate

In the Executive Branch

In the Judicial Branch

17.

This law (act) opened the Kansas and Nebraska territory to being possible slave states

Fugitive Slave Act

Bleeding Kansas

Missouri Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act

18.

A political party formed to prevent the spread of slavery

Free Soil Party

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Constitutional Party

19.

During the Election of 1860...

The Republican party was split over slavery.

Whigs won easily

The Democratic party was split over slavery

Abraham Lincoln won over 80% of the popular vote

20.

Select all the Sherman destroyed using the tactic, "Total War" on his March to the Sea.

Animals (livestock)

Supplies and materials

Railroads

Businesses

21.

The purpose of the Union blockade was to:

prevent the South from exporting cotton and importing supplies

Prevent the Confederate Navy from advancing.

Prevent the Confederates from recruiting more soldiers

Keep the Confederates out of Washington D.C.

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The Story of Us Civil War

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

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