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WorksheetsU.S. History Study Guide
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
Antietam: ________ single day of war; led to Emancipation Proclamation.
Bloodiest
Longest
Quietest
Earliest
Who was the doctor who treated Lincoln after his assassination?
Clara Barton
Charles Leale
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Clara Barton was a Civil War nurse who founded the ________.
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Girl Scouts of the USA
Peace Corps
Copperheads were Northern Democrats opposing the war.
True
False
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in ________-held areas.
Confederate
Union
British
French
The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major Civil War battle and resulted in a ________ victory.
Confederate
Union
British
French
Gettysburg was a turning point battle and a ________ victory.
Union
Confederate
British
French
The impact of the Emancipation Proclamation shifted war goals to abolition and discouraged foreign aid to the South.
True
False
Who was the President of the Confederate States?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Henry Clay
Lincoln’s Assassination: ________ killing of President Lincoln.
1865
1861
1870
1881
Lyman Beecher was a preacher and father of ________.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Emily Dickinson
Louisa May Alcott
Susan B. Anthony
Who was the Confederate general who surrendered in 1865?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Sherman
Charles Leale
Sherman’s March to the Sea was a Union campaign destroying ________ resources.
Southern
Northern
Western
Eastern
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished ________ in the U.S.
slavery
taxation
immigration
prohibition
Vicksburg was a Union victory securing the ________ River.
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Hudson
The Adams-Onis Treaty was a(n) ________ treaty where Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
1819
1825
1803
1848
The American System was Henry Clay’s plan for tariffs, a national bank, and ________.
infrastructure
slavery
free trade
isolationism
The Corrupt Bargain was an alleged deal between Adams and Clay to win the ________ presidency.
1824
1800
1860
1840
The Dorr War was a Rhode Island rebellion for expanded ________ rights.
voting
property
religious
education
The Era of Good Feelings was a period of national unity under President Monroe after the War of ________.
1812
1776
1861
1898
The MO Compromise was a(n) ________ law balancing slave/free states and banning slavery north of 36°30’.
1820
1850
1865
1776
19th-century shows with white performers in blackface mocking African Americans. Fill in the blank: __________
Minstrels
Vaudeville
Burlesque
Cabaret
1823 policy opposing European interference in the Americas. Fill in the blank: __________
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Versailles
Emancipation Proclamation
Manifest Destiny
First major U.S. economic crisis caused by bank failures and land speculation. Fill in the blank: __________
Panic of 1819
Great Depression
Panic of 1837
Savings and Loan Crisis
Money in the form of gold or silver coins. Fill in the blank: __________
Specie
Fiat
Cheque
Bond
Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters. Fill in the blank: __________
Spoils System
Merit System
Civil Service
Pendleton Act
Confederate prison with horrific conditions. Fill in the blank: __________
Andersonville
Fort Sumter
Libby Prison
Elmira
Mexican general who fought Texas independence. Fill in the blank: __________
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Miguel Hidalgo
Porfirio Díaz
Emiliano Zapata
Final battle of Texas Revolution; Texans won. Fill in the blank: __________
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Goliad
Battle of Gonzales
Laws admitting California and strengthening Fugitive Slave Act. Fill in the blank: __________
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Emancipation Proclamation
1850 law requiring return of slaves; increased resistance. Fill in the blank: __________
Fugitive Slave Law and Irony
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Writer who opposed war and slavery; wrote Civil Disobedience. Fill in the blank: __________
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walt Whitman
1859 failed attack to spark slave revolt. Fill in the blank: __________
John Brown’s Raid
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Harper’s Ferry Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
1854 law allowing popular sovereignty on slavery. Fill in the blank: __________
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Belief in U.S. expansion across the continent. Fill in the blank: __________
Manifest Destiny
Isolationism
Federalism
Sectionalism
1846–48 conflict over U.S. expansion. Fill in the blank: __________
Mexican War
Civil War
War of 1812
Spanish-American War
Early battles, turning points, and final campaigns. Fill in the blank: __________
Phases of the Civil War
Causes of World War II
Branches of Government
Types of Economic Systems
Escaped enslaved people seeking freedom. Fill in the blank: __________
Runaway Slaves
Slave Owners
Abolitionists
Indentured Servants
Leader of Texan forces and first Texas president. Fill in the blank: __________
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
James Bowie
Davy Crockett
Lincoln’s demand to know where blood was shed. Fill in the blank: __________
Spot Resolution
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
Led American settlers into Mexican Texas. Fill in the blank: __________
Stephen Austin
Sam Houston
James Bowie
Davy Crockett
Mexicans living in Texas who supported independence. Fill in the blank: __________
Tejanos
Rancheros
Vaqueros
Comanches
1836 battle where Texans were defeated by Mexico. Fill in the blank: __________
The Alamo
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Goliad
Battle of Gonzales
Ended Mexican War; U.S. gained territory. Fill in the blank: __________
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
Missouri Compromise
Adams-Onís Treaty
Party opposing Jackson; supported modernization. Fill in the blank: __________
Whig Party
Democratic Party
Federalist Party
Know-Nothing Party
Wilmot Proviso: Proposed ban on slavery in _________
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory
Popular sovereignty means: Letting territories ________ on slavery.
vote
fight
ignore
leave
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) was a case denying ________ sovereignty.
Cherokee
Mexican
British
French
Name the Five Civilized Tribes: ________, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes.
Cherokee
Iroquois
Sioux
Navajo
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native tribes west of the ________.
Mississippi
Rockies
Appalachians
Ohio
The Trail of Tears was a forced Cherokee march to ________; thousands died.
Oklahoma
California
Texas
Florida
Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was a case affirming Cherokee rights; ignored by ________.
Jackson
Lincoln
Jefferson
Madison
The 1863 NYC Draft Riots were violent protests against Union ________.
conscription
taxation
immigration
segregation
The Anaconda Plan was a Union strategy to ________ and divide the South.
blockade
invade
ally with
surrender to
Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Redeemer are labels for Northern migrants, Southern Unionists, and post-Reconstruction ________.
Democrats
Republicans
Confederates
Abolitionists
The Crittenden Compromise was a failed proposal to protect ________ and avoid war.
slavery
states' rights
the economy
immigration
The Fifteenth Amendment gave ________ men the right to vote.
Black
White
Native American
Asian
Fire Eaters were radical Southern ________.
secessionists
abolitionists
industrialists
unionists
The Fourteenth Amendment granted ________ and equal protection.
citizenship
voting rights
property ownership
freedom of speech
The Ft. Pillow Massacre involved Confederate killing of surrendering ________ Union troops.
Black
Irish
German
Mexican
Joseph Smith was the founder of the ________ faith.
Mormon
Buddhist
Hindu
Jewish
The Mason-Dixon Line was a historic boundary between ________ and slave states.
free
northern
eastern
border
Mormons were a religious group that migrated to ________.
Utah
California
Texas
Oregon
The Oneida Community was a utopian group practicing communal ________.
marriage
farming
education
worship
Secession (1st and 2nd) refers to Southern states leaving the ________ in two waves.
Union
Confederacy
Parliament
Empire
Shakers were a religious group known for ________ and communal living.
celibacy
polygamy
materialism
militarism
The American Colonization Society was a group promoting relocation of freed slaves to ________.
Africa
Europe
South America
Asia
1848 women’s rights document demanding equality. Fill in the blank: ____________
Declaration of Sentiments
Emancipation Proclamation
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Reformer for humane treatment of the mentally ill. Fill in the blank: ____________
Dorothea Dix
Clara Barton
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Education reformer who promoted public schooling. Fill in the blank: ____________
Horace Mann
John Dewey
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Garrison’s anti-slavery newspaper. Fill in the blank: ____________
The Liberator
The North Star
The Emancipator
The National Era
Abolitionist and editor of The Liberator. Fill in the blank: ____________
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown
Jackson’s campaign to dismantle the Second Bank in 1832. Fill in the blank: ____________
Bank War of 1832
Nullification Crisis
Trail of Tears
Missouri Compromise
U.S. annexation of Texas and border disputes led to this war. Fill in the blank: ____________
Causes of Mexican War
Causes of Civil War
Causes of World War I
Causes of Spanish-American War
1857 ruling denying citizenship to African Americans. Fill in the blank: ____________
Dred Scott decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
System where slaves worked in groups under supervision. Fill in the blank: ____________
Gang Labor
Task System
Sharecropping
Indentured Servitude
Escaped slave who led others to freedom via Underground Railroad. Fill in the blank: ____________
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Booker T. Washington
1831 slave uprising in Virginia. Fill in the blank: ____________
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
Gabriel’s Rebellion
Denmark Vesey’s Plot
Theory that states can invalidate federal laws. Fill in the blank: ____________
Nullification
Federalism
Judicial Review
Supremacy
Slaveholders’ belief they cared for enslaved people like family. Fill in the blank: ____________
Paternalism
Abolitionism
Federalism
Sectionalism
Justifications for slavery based on religion and economics. Fill in the blank: ____________
Pro-Slavery Argument
Abolitionist Movement
Civil Rights Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves resisted through slowdowns and escape. Fill in the blank: ____________
Sabotage/Day to Day Resistance
Legal Petitions
Religious Conversion
Economic Investment
Religious songs expressing hope and resistance. Fill in the blank: ____________
Slave Spirituals
Gregorian Chants
Baroque Arias
Gregorian Hymns
Data showing slave ownership concentrated among wealthy. Fill in the blank: ____________
Slaveholding Statistics
Abolitionist Movements
Sharecropping Records
Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves completed assigned tasks and had free time afterward. Fill in the blank: ____________
Task Labor
Gang Labor
Sharecropping
Indentured Servitude
