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Civil War Unit Test

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the compromises used to resolve differences between the North and the South?

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Virginia Plan

Kansas - Nebraska Act

2. Choose 3 correct answers. What are the issues that divided the nation prior to the Civil War

A. East vs. West

B. Rise of the Republican Party

C. slavery

D. steamboat vs. railroad

E. states' rights vs. strong central government

3. Choose 3 correct answers. What are the accomplishments of Robert Smalls?

A. African American sailor

B. Worked as a cook in the Union

C. Became a Congressman after the war

D. Fought for the Confederacy

E. Union Naval Captain

4. The southern states were considered to be in rebellion and called themselves the -

A. Border States

B. Union

C. Republic of the Confederacy

D. Confederate States of America

5. Which of the following examples shows how African Americans were discriminated against during the Civil War?

A. They were given extra rations of food.

B. They were paid less than white soldiers.

C. They were paid more than white soldiers.

D. They were paid the same as white soldiers.

6. What best describes Clara Barton's role in the U.S. Civil War?

A. A nurse who later participated in the Freedman's Bureau

B. A nurse who later founded the American Red Cross

C. A woman who provided water to the troops on the battlefield

D. A woman who served as a spy during the Civil War

7. Abraham Lincoln believed all of the following EXCEPT

A. The South had the right to secede.

B. The Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, for the people, and by the people"

C. He opposed the spread of slavery.

D. The U.S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states.

8. Which of the following compromises stated the people would decide the slavery issue ("popular sovereignty")?

A. Compromise of 1850

B. Missouri Compromise

C. Kansas-Nebraska Act

D. the Great Compromise

9. Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

A. The Battle of Vicksburg

B. The Battle of Gettysburg

C. The firing on Ft. Sumter, SC

D. The Battle of Saratoga

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10. Choose 2 correct answers. Which of the following Civil War leaders supported the Confederacy's beliefs?

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Jefferson Davis

C. Frederick Douglass

D. Stonewall Jackson

11.

What number on the map correctly identifies the location of the Battle of Gettysburg?

12.

The states shaded in the above map were considered to be in rebellion and called themselves the -

border states

Union

Republic of the Confederacy

Confederate States of America

13.

Which choice correctly lists the battles of the Civil War in chronological order?

Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Manassas, Confederate Surrender at Appomattox, Battle of Vicksburg

Confederate Surrender at Appomattox, Battle of Manassas, Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Manassas, Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate Surrender at Appomattox

Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate Surrender at Appomattox, Battle of Manassas

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Civil War Unit Test

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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