WorksheetsU8 - Civil War Exam
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
According to this chart, what advantage does the North have over the South in the Civil War?
The North has more cash crops.
The North has larger states
The North has more manufacturing (factories)
How would having more manufacturing (factories) be an advantage for the North?
The North would be able to provide its armies with more food than the South
The North could make more weapons, railroads, and other war materials than the South
The North would be able to march at a faster pace than the South
Which of the following statements accurately describes the economies of the North and South?
The North’s economy was based on factories while the South’s economy was based on plantations
The North’s economy was based on plantations, while the South’s economy was based on factories.
The North’s economy relied on slave labor, while the South’s economy did not.
How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of keeping the balance of power between free and slave states?
Both Maine and Missouri became slave states
Both Maine and Missouri became free states
Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
An additional piece of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 made it so that
any new states added to our country would ONLY be free states.
any states added to our country North of the 36’ 30” line of latitude would be a free state
any new states added to our country would ONLY be slave states.
According to the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the Union as a free state?
South Carolina
Nebraska
California
Which of the following ideas was NOT part of the compromise of 1850?
Slavery is legal in D.C., but the slave trade is closed.
Texas loses land, but is compensated $10 million.
Slavery is abolished everywhere in the United States.
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, how would Kansas and Nebraska deal with slavery?
Both states would be slave states
Both states would be free states
The state of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty (people voting)
According to the quote above from our Supreme Court Justices in 1857, Dred Scott, who was taken from a slave state to a free state should be considered
A slave
A paid employee
A free man
Dred Scott, and his lawyers, believed he should be free based on the idea of…
Once Free, Always Free
Popular Sovereignty
Democracy
Use the excerpt from the Republican party platform below to help you answer question 11: "That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom: That, as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that 'no persons should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law,' it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States."
Should not be carried into any or all of the territories/states being created in the USA
Should be allowed to spread
Will result in peace and harmony for our country
Use the excerpt from the Republican party platform below to help you answer question 12: "That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom: That, as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that 'no persons should be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law,' it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States."
Native tribes
Mexico
Slavery
All of the following are causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
Fugitive Slave Act
Election of 1860
Increased use of railroads
The telegraph allowed military generals to
Observe fighting from many miles away
Send messages to quickly communicate with those on the front line of battle
Track the enemy with GPS in order to find and then fight them
What is Douglass saying African American soldiers should earn by fighting in the Civil War?
Freedom
Money
Property
According to the map, all of the following states seceded from the Union (USA)
New York, Ohio, and Kentucky
Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas
California, Arkansas, and Kentucky
An appropriate title for this image would be
A Nation Divided
Together We Stand
Vacation Destinations
Abraham Lincoln feared giving African Americans freedom if they fought for the North because
He didn’t want black and white men fighting together
He didn’t think African Americans were skilled in fighting and didn’t want to lose the war
He was worried the border states who were still loyal to the Union would secede and join the Confederacy, if he started giving African Americans freedom during the war
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed
a. Southerners to start using slavery in the North
b. Southern slave catchers the ability to go North and bring runaway slaves back South
c. Northern slave catchers the ability to go South and bring runaway slaves back North
According to this image, which side in the Civil War had an advantage due to what reason?
Union (North) due to more soldiers
Union (North) due to more railroads
Confederacy (South) due to more farmland
According to this excerpt, what was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves living in states in rebellion against the Union are now free
All slaves are now free
All slaves in newly created states will become free
Slaves living in the Union will be free
Why didn’t Lincoln free slaves living in states fighting for the Union?
Lincoln didn’t want African Americans in the North
Lincoln was worried that border states would secede to the Confederacy if he freed their slaves
Lincoln wanted to make sure that slavery would only live on in certain places
Lincoln had friends in the South, and he didn’t want to take away their property
African Americans fighting in the Confederate army most often found themselves working as
Cooks and manual laborers
Generals
Soldiers
Politicians
The Confederate military strategy in the Civil War differed from the Union because they
Were going to get help from England
Would use an all out attack to overwhelm the Union army
Did not see the value in using African Americans in their army
Chose to defend and not attack the Union in order to wear the Union down so they might quit
What is the best title for the image above
A Southern Vacation
How The States Got Their Shapes
From East to West
The Anaconda Plan
The purpose of this Union military strategy was to
Cut the South off from supplies and resources they needed to fight the war
Move South around some of the tougher armies and fight in Missouri where they could win
Move Union soldiers to the West where weather was better for fighting
Continue moving around so the South had no idea where Union troops were located
Women helped the war cause by serving as all EXCEPT
Soldiers
Nurses
Generals
Spies
A similarity between freedmen fighting for the Union and Confederacy was
They were both paid as much as white soldiers
They would earn their freedom after their war
They could both earn the rank of General
They both experienced racism and were not treated as equals
Which was not an effect of the Civil War?
All Southern states immediately started treating people of color as equals
13, 14, and 15th amendments
Creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau
Emergence of the Ku Klux Klan
Who was the leader of the Republican political party when it was first created?
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
In which of the following territories were people given the opportunity to vote for or against slavery?
Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory, Minnesota Territory, and Utah Territory
New Mexico Territory, Oregon Territory, Nebraska Territory, and Kansas Territory
Utah Territory, Kansas Territory, New Mexico Territory, and Nebraska Territory
Washington Territory, Oregon Territory, Minnesota Territory, and Indian Territory
Which of the following was NOT a reason the South wanted to secede from the Union after the 1860 election?
Southerners were worried about cotton prices dropping and losing money.
Abraham Lincoln was elected on the idea of ending slavery.
Southerners didn’t want to pay high tariffs on imported goods from Europe.
Southerners didn’t want the Federal Government interfering with States’ Rights.
Which piece of legislation allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery?
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was the significance of the term "popular sovereignty" in Bleeding Kansas?
It meant that only Congress could decide on slavery
It gave the people of Kansas the right to choose whether they would allow slavery
It was a law that protected the rights of slaves in Kansas
It allowed only the president to decide on slavery in Kansas
According to the chart, the North would have an advantage over the South in the Civil War because…
The North has more cattle, sheep, and fur.
The North has more firearms, people, and goods/products
The North has more forest, trees, and wild animals.
The North has more waterways and boats.
What does this quote tell you about the advantage the South had over the North?
The South had more donkeys and mules
The South had more waterways to travel by than did the North
The South only had to defend their land, not attack someone else's.
The South had better Generals and leaders in their army.
For what purpose was this invention used during the Civil War?
To travel to the next battle
To protect important people by keeping them high above the danger
To transport goods and resources for the war
To spy on your enemy to gain information about their strategy and movements
For what purpose was this invention used during the Civil War?
As markers between Northern and Southern states/territories
As a way to send messages to gain knowledge about the war and send orders to the troops
As a way to determine where previous battles have occurred
As a way to provide the armies with electricity during the night
For what purpose was this invention used during the Civil War?
To deliver troops, resource, and whatever else the armies fighting the war would need
As a joy ride to take the soldiers’ minds off of the war.
As a way to intimidate and scare the other army
As a way to remove civilians out of the way of war
What Battle is this image portraying that took place on this date?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Fort Sumter
