WorksheetsPd4 Antebellum/Civil War/Reconstruction Test 2024-2025
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855 - 1859
b)
1861 - 1865
c)
1860 - 1865
d)
1863 - 1867
2.
The forced march of thousands of Cherokee (and other tribes) from the Southeastern states to Oklahoma was known as the
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Corrupt Bargain
d)
Jackson's Folly
3.
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than the nation as a whole
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Regionalism
4.
This picture illustrates what concept coined by John O' Sullivan
a)
Westward Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Industrialization
d)
Technological advances
5.
From what country did the U.S. get Florida?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Canada
d)
England
6.
As cotton plantations grew westward, what happened as a result?
a)
Slavery spread further West also.
b)
Cotton profits were shared between North and South.
c)
Northern factories required more slave labor.
d)
More western Native Americans were taken as slaves.
7.
Which Civil War officer led 60,000 troops through the South, causing a huge path of destruction through Atlanta to the sea, destroying southern railroads, bridges, farms, cites etc. in what became known as the doctrine of "Total War"?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
George B. McClellan
d)
William Tecumseh Sherman
8.
The tariffs of 1816 and 1832 led to more tensions between the North and South because
a)
The tariffs led to the Trail of Tears in the South.
b)
The Tariffs led to a more corrupt presidential administration under Andrew Jackson.
c)
the tariffs led to more anti-slavery laws nationwide.
d)
The economies of the Southern states suffered while the Northern states got richer.
9.
All of the following are components of the Compromise of 1877 EXCEPT
a)
The end of the period of Reconstruction
b)
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
The removal of Federal Troops from the South
d)
Stronger enforcement of 15th amendment
10.
Why did the South believe that California should also be added as a slave state?
a)
Because more slaves were part of California's population than any other state.
b)
The growing immigrant population would not receive more wages if they were replaced by slave labor.
c)
Because most of it was below the Missouri Compromise line.
d)
Because more cotton was produced in California than any other state.
11.
In the early 1800s, only wealthy white male landowners had the right to vote. The right to vote is called
a)
abolition
b)
suffrage
c)
sovereignty
d)
propaganda
12.
Which state was the first to secede from the United States following the election of Abraham Lincoln?
a)
South Carolina
b)
West Virginia
c)
Texas
d)
Pennsylvania
13.
Upon Secession, who was elected as President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Jefferson Davis
14.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the secession of the Southern states?
a)
They wanted complete independence from federal control
b)
The South feared an end to their way of life
c)
They wanted to continue the border war with Mexico.
d)
They wanted to preserve the slave labor system.
15.
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Anaconda strategy devised by the Union?
a)
blockade Southern ports
b)
Create an alliance with Mexico against the Confederacy.
c)
divide Confederacy in two in west
d)
capture Richmond, Confederate capital
16.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
It freed all of the slaves in all of the states.
b)
It was issued by Lincoln in 1863.
c)
The proclamation freed slaves behind Confederate lines
d)
It did NOT apply to areas occupied by Union or slave states in Union.
17.
What event occurred at Appomattox Courthouse in April, 1865?
a)
Robert E. Lee, representing the Confederacy, signed papers surrendering to the U.S.A.
b)
Ulysses S. Grant is elected President of the U.S.A.
c)
William Tecumseh Sherman surrenders to the Confederacy.
d)
Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
18.
Excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."
The term emancipation means_______________________.
a)
Surrender
b)
objection
c)
slavery
d)
freedom
19.
Excerpt from Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural address:
"With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan..."
In his speech, the word malice most likely means-
a)
peace
b)
honesty
c)
anger
d)
hope
20.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Radical Republicans' beliefs?
a)
They thought that the Southern states should be readmitted to the Union without any conditions.
b)
They wanted to punish Southerners.
c)
They believe Lincoln is being too easy on the South
d)
They demanded civil rights for freedmen.
21.
This bill, drafted by Radical Republicans in 1864, stated that 50% of Southern voters must take the oath of allegiance to the United States after the Civil War.
a)
The Missouri Compromise
b)
The Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The Gettysburg Address
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
22.
___________________________ was impeached by Congress for fighting with Radical Republicans who thought he was too lenient toward the Southern states.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Ulysses Grant
23.
Black Codes were laws created in Southern states after the Civil War to _____________________________.
a)
Set up schools for freedmen.
b)
give freedmen more access to voting rights.
c)
remove the KKK from political power in the South.
d)
continue to oppress black people in the South by restricting their freedoms.
24.
Northerners who moved south after the Civil War to make money were called
a)
Emancipators
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Radicals
25.
This was an organization that helped former slaves with schools, getting jobs & housing.
a)
The Emancipators
b)
The Radical Republicans
c)
The confederacy
d)
The Freedmen's Bureau
26.
The 'Reconstruction' amendments (to the Constitution) include the 14th Amendment, which
a)
guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US
b)
officially made slavery illegal across the US
c)
guaranteed all free men the right to vote
d)
gives women the right to vote.
27.
After the U.S. pulled Federal troops out of the South, ending the Reconstruction Era, a lot of former slaves went to work back on plantations in a system similar to slavery called _____________________.
a)
emancipation
b)
republicanism
c)
sharecropping
d)
carpetbagging
28.
The joining of the Republicans and Populist parties in Wilmington led to a political party called ___________________, which ran against the Democrats in elections.
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Fusion Party
c)
Whigs
d)
Federalists
29.
The events in Wilmington 1898 are considered to be the only ______________________ in U.S. history, a violent overthrow of a legally elected government.
a)
Coup d'etat
b)
Revolution
c)
Insurrection
d)
Race Riot
30.
What is one method that some southern states used to restrict the execution of the Fifteenth Amendment?
a)
Loyalty Oaths
b)
Literacy Tests
c)
Segregated Schools
d)
Vagrancy Laws
31.
In the 1820s, New Mexico, Texas and California attracted expansionists because
a)
The US government had influence over Spain
b)
They were rich in resources and thinly settled
c)
The Mexican government did not want to develop these provinces
d)
Congress had passed new legislation called Manifest Destiny
32.
Who was the President of the United States during the Mexican American War?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
James K. Polk
d)
Andrew Jackson
33.
Which of the following groups was likely to resist the passage of the Enforcement Acts (laws designed to protect/enforce the 15th amendment).
a)
The Ku Klux Klan
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Wealthy businessmen in the North
d)
First generation freed slaves
34.
What did the Dred Scott ruling have in common with the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
Both eased the worries of moderates throughout the nation
b)
Both helped reduce tensions between the North and the South
c)
Both extended the rights of slave owners into non-slave states
d)
Both led Congress to reconsider the wisdom of earlier compromises
35.
The action which destroyed land, property, and morale in order to convince the southern people to end the war was _________________________________
a)
General Sherman's "March to the Sea"
b)
The Blockade of the Charleston port
c)
The attack on Fort Sumter
d)
The secession Convention
36.
The Civil War further advanced which of these processes that was already taking place when the war began?
a)
Strengthening of labor unions
b)
Growth of agriculture in the South
c)
Industrialization of the economy
d)
Deregulation by the government
37.
Which of the following was NOT an abolitionist?
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
38.
Which Union outpost in Charleston Harbor was taken by the CSA in the beginning of the war?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Shiloh
39.
Which of the following was NOT an advantage that the Union had over the Confederacy?
a)
Profits from the sale of cotton used for supplies
b)
More railroads
c)
A much bigger population
d)
More telegraph lines
40.
When South Carolina refused to comply with taxes from the Federal Government, Jackson did which of the following?
a)
Threatened to send Federal troops down to South Carolina to enforce taxation
b)
Ordered a naval bombardment of Fort Sumter
c)
Requested that the Southern states enforce taxation of South Carolina
d)
Allowed South Carolina to be exempt from taxation.
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