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WorksheetsHistsory Semester Exam
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 38mins
Multiple Choice: Place the letter of the best choice in the blank provided. The Southern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following except _____.
Location of the battles
Military leadership
Naval power
Fighting a defensive war
Multiple Choice: Place the letter of the best choice in the blank provided. During the war, the North’s industrial and agricultural production _______.
suffered because Great Britain allied with the South and blockaded Northern ports
suffered because the South controlled most of the railroads and destroyed railroads that the North did control
grew because enslaved peoples escaped to the North and worked in factories or replaced farmers who fought in the war
grew because of manufacturing of war materials and mechanization in agriculture
Multiple Choice: Place the letter of the best choice in the blank provided. Why was Winfield Scott’s war strategy criticized?
It left the South in control of the Mississippi River.
It eliminated the South too quickly.
It did not affect Southern trade.
It did not attack the South aggressively.
Multiple Choice: Place the letter of the best choice in the blank provided. What was “cotton diplomacy”?
General Sherman’s threat to burn cotton fields throughout the South.
General Sherman’s compromise to leave cotton fields intact while destroying other Southern crops.
The South’s offer to send cotton to Northern textile mills to ensure ongoing trade
The South’s withholding of cotton from English textile mills to gain recognition of the Confederacy.
The Battles of Bull Run were part of a Union strategy to capture _____
the Southern ports
the Shenandoah Valley
the Mississippi River
the Confederate capital of Richmond
What was the significant result of the First Battle of Bull Run?
The North realized that Britain was a formidable ally of the South.
The South realized that Northern forces could quickly overpower them
Both sides realized that fighting should mainly be done at sea.
Both sides realized that the war would not be over quickly.
What was significant about the Second Battle of Bull Run?
Lee had cleared nearly all Union forces from Virginia.
Lincoln replaced George McClellan with Irvin McDowell after the battle.
Stonewall Jackson was killed in the fighting.
The Northern army was victorious after its defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run.
Why did the Union claim the Battle of Antietam as a victory?
Stonewall Jackson was killed in the fighting.
Lee’s withdrawal and failure to win kept Britain and France from recognizing the Confederacy.
McClellan’s forces went on to capture Richmond.
Britain and France declared war against the Confederacy.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
The Peace Democrats gained enough seats in Congress to reconcile with the South and limit the costs of war after the battle.
The South would be on the defensive for the remainder of the war without British recognition of the Confederacy.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address encouraged many black men to enlist for the first time in the Union army.
The North gained control of the Confederate capital.
Which of the following is true of the Battle of Shiloh?
The battle was a draw, but the Union claimed victory.
General Grant won a costly victory.
General Lee won a costly victory.
The battle was a draw, but the Confederacy claimed victory.
Which of the following was a Confederate victory in the war in the West?
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Who was first commander of the Vicksburg campaign, then commander of the forces in the West, and finally commander of all Union forces?
George McClellan
Irvin McDowell
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Atlanta was a key city for the Union to capture because it was _________.
the "breadbasket of the South"
the final fortress on the Mississippi River
a second capital of the Confederacy
an important railroad and manufacturing center
Which battle helped convince Republicans to support Lincoln in the election of 1864?
Atlanta
Chickamauga
Fredericksburg
Shiloh
Why was Grant able to force Lee to surrender?
Britain finally entered the war on the Union side.
Lee could not receive reinforcements and supplies like Grant could.
Grant won all of the final battles in the Wilderness Campaign with minimal losses.
Jefferson Davis betrayed the Confederacy and joined the Union.
________ became president after Lincoln’s assassination.
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
William T. Sherman
When it reconvened in December 1865 after states had been readmitted under Johnson’s plan, Congress ________.
impeached Johnson for allowing black codes to be passed
voted to readmit all the seceded states according to the terms of Johnson’s plan
went from being majority Republican to majority Democratic
refused to allow the newly elected Southern congressmen to take their seats
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 _________.
granted citizenship to black Americans and gave them full and equal protection of all laws
specifically granted black Americans the right to vote
authorized the president to use force against the Ku Klux Klan
enlarged the powers of the Freedmen’s Bureau
The ______ divided the South into five military districts and required the states to submit their constitution to Congress and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
Wade-Davis Bill
Ten Percent Plan
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Carpetbaggers were _______.
Blacks who were elected to Congress during Reconstruction
White Southerners who supported the new Reconstruction governments
Northerners who came to the South during Reconstruction
Republicans who voted for Johnson’s impeachment
President Johnson was impeached for violating the _______.
Fourteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Tenure of Office Act
The outcome of Johnson’s impeachment trial was that ______.
he was found guilty and removed from office
Congress withdrew the charges when Johnson accepted their Reconstruction plan
the vote fell one short of the number needed to find him guilty
Johnson resigned from office before the trial was completed
After Johnson’s impeachment, the Republicans nominated ______ for president in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
William T. Sherman
Credit Mobilier and the Whiskey Ring were both _____.
organizations run by the Tammany Hall political machine
famous political cartoons by Thomas Nast
scandals involving government officials during the Grant administration
businesses that failed during the Panic of 1873
The corrupt leader of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City was _____.
William Belknap
William “Boss” Tweed
Schuyler Colfax
Thomas Nast
The political cartoonist who used his cartoons to promote Republican policies and attack the Tammany Hall political machine _____.
William Belknap
William “Boss” Tweed
Schuyler Colfax
Thomas Nast
The federal government’s response to the activity of the Ku Klux Klan was _____.
to ignore the violence and focus on economic matters
to leave it to state and local authorities to enforce the law and protect the rights of black Americans
to pardon the leaders of the KKK
that Congress passed the Enforcement Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act to address the violence and crack down on the KKK
In the Compromise of 1877, ________.
Republicans agreed not to prosecute KKK members, and Democrats agreed to crack down on future KKK activity
Republicans and Democrats agreed to limit immigration
the Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as president in return for a Republican promise to remove all remaining federal troops from the South
the Democrats won the presidency in return for a promise to guarantee the rights of black Americans
Reconstruction effectively ended when ____________.
the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified
black codes were repealed
the last federal troops were removed from the South in 1877
all freed slaves were given land by the Freedmen’s Bureau
The result of the removal of federal troops from the South was that ________.
black Americans were now free to live and work where and how they wanted
the South became federally industrialized
Republicans maintained political control in the South
there was no more federal enforcement of laws protecting black civil or voting rights
Some Southern leaders began to promote a “New South” in which ______.
the economy would be based on manufacturing and industry, not just agriculture
black and white Americans lived in an integrated society
slavery and the plantation system were restored
the Republican Party controlled all Southern states
True or False: Both sides used conscription to raise forces for the war.
True
False
True or False: Many slaves fought alongside their masters in the Confederate Army.
True
False
True or False: At the beginning of the war, free blacks could serve only in the Union Navy, but later they could enlist in the Union Army.
True
False
True or False: Both sides were able to produce sufficient food throughout the war for soldiers, citizens, and export.
True
False
True or False: The South used blockade runners to continue trade despite the Northern blockade of Southern ports.
True
False
True or False: One reason for the high casualty counts in the war was the use of new, improved, or more lethal weapons.
True
False
True or False: Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at Antietam.
True
False
True or False: Lincoln’s choice of general led the Union to victory in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
True
False
True or False: Although the Confederate army won the Battle of Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson died in the battle.
True
False
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to Confederate areas under Union control, but enslaved people there were declared free by the Confiscation Act.
True
False
By the election of 1864, both Peace Democrats and War Democrats believed that many of Lincoln’s actions were unconstitutional.
True
False
John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer who shot Lincoln during a play at Ford’s Theater.
True
False
The economy of the North suffered greatly as a result of the Civil War.
True
False
One major question of Reconstruction was whether Congress or the president was responsible for controlling the process.
True
False
Andrew Johnson’s primary goal in his Reconstruction plan was to secure equality for the freedmen.
True
False
Under Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction, Southern states were electing former Confederate congressmen, generals, and even the vice president to the US Congress.
True
False
Republicans in Congress felt the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary because of fear that the Supreme Court could rule the Civil Rights Act of 1866 unconstitutional.
True
False
Industry replaced agriculture as the primary economic activity in the South by the end of Reconstruction.
True
False
Who worked as a volunteer nurse for the North, often visiting the battlefield?
Clara Barton
Dorothea Dix
Mary Edwards Walker
Harriet Tubman
What was the Northern war strategy called?
Anaconda Plan
Total War
Southern Blockade
Compromise of 1850
What strategy seeks to wear down an opponent, exhausting the opponent’s resources, and limit offensive fighting?
War of attrition
Blitzkrieg
Guerrilla warfare
Scorched-earth policy
What was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history?
Antietam
Shiloh
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
What group wanted to preserve the Union by negotiating with the Confederacy?
Peace Democrats
War Democrats
Radical Republicans
Union League
In what battle maneuver were about seven thousand Confederate troops either killed, wounded, or captured during the Battle of Gettysburg?
Pickett’s Charge
Sherman’s March
Stonewall’s Flank Attack
Burnside’s Assault
What three-day battle was the deadliest in the war?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chickamauga
Spotsylvania
What was the final city to fall before the Union could claim control of all of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Memphis
Baton Rouge
Which general reinforced the Union in the Battle of Chattanooga and went on to capture Atlanta?
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
George H. Thomas
Philip Sheridan
Which battle is associated with “Grant’s Slaughter Pen”?
Cold Harbor
The Wilderness
Spotsylvania Court House
Petersburg
Where did Grant and Lee meet to discuss terms of surrender?
Appomattox Court House
Richmond
Ford’s Theater
Antietam
The period from the end of the Civil War to 1877 is known as what?
Reconstruction
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Antebellum
Blacks who had been liberated from slavery were called what?
Freedmen
Carpetbaggers
Sharecroppers
Scalawags
Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction was also called the ______ Plan because of its requirement for the number of people who would have taken an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Ten Percent
Wade-Davis
Compromise of 1850
Anaconda
Lincoln’s opponents in Congress who thought his plan did not do enough to transform the South were called what?
Radical Republicans
Copperheads
Redeemers
Southern Unionists
The Radical Republicans proposed the ______ Bill to counter Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan.
Wade-Davis
Ten Percent
Kansas-Nebraska
Homestead
The ______ Amendment abolished slavery.
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Tenth
Laws that severely limited the rights of black Americans were called what?
Black Codes
Jim Crow Amendments
Alien and Sedition Acts
Navigation Acts
The ______ was established by the federal government as an agency to assist former slaves.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The ______ Amendment gave black Americans citizenship and equal protection of the law.
Fourteenth
Thirteenth
Fifteenth
Twelfth
White Southerners who supported the Reconstruction governments were called what?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Redeemers
Copperheads
The ______ Act made it illegal for the president to remove an official who had been confirmed by the Senate without Senate approval.
Tenure of Office
Civil Rights
Enforcement
Pendleton
The ______ Amendment said the right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Fifteenth
Fourteenth
Thirteenth
Nineteenth
A financial collapse called the ______ of ’73 began a six-year economic depression in the United States.
Panic
Crash
Bubble
Bank Run
White Southern Democrats who wanted to “save” their state governments from Reconstruction and Republican rule were called what?
Redeemers
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Neutralists
The ______ was a secret society that used violence to keep black people firmly under white control.
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of Labor
Grange
Know-Nothing Party
In the __________ system, poor laborers framed small plots owned by planters and paid rent with a portion of the crop they grew.
sharecropping system
tenant leasing system
wage-labor plantation system
indenture system
