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- 1. Multiple Choice
Union commander who used a ¨total war¨ strategy to destroy Georgia
Robert Anderson
William Tecumseh Sherman
John C. Pemberton
David Farragut
- 2. Multiple Choice
The big difference between the Northern and Southern States were...
the agriculture of the North and South
the development of industry and technology
the use of slaves
All of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?
Cotton
Immigration
Slavery
Native Americans
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.He fought for the South to maintain slavery.He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA best-selling novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852, that portrayed slavery as a great moral evil.Compromise of 1850secessionMissouri CompromiseUncle Tom's Cabin
- 6. Multiple ChoiceSupreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but property. It fueled abolitionist movement, and hailed as victory for the South.Dred Scott CaseJohn Brown's RaidPopular Sovereigntysecession
- 7. Multiple Choice
Following the Civil War, which action was taken to ensure education, jobs, and aid to formerly enslaved people?
creating the Freedman's Bureau
signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
readmitting the former Confederate states
ratifying new amendments to the US Constitution
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Monitor and Merrimack where what type of naval ship that changed the world?
Ironclads
Contrabands
Blockade runners
Copperheads
- 9. Multiple Choice
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared --United State's freedom from Great Britainan end to the Civil Warfreedom for slaves in rebellious southern statesthe beginning of Reconstruction - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?The North and the South had equal percentages of their population working for railroadsThe North had fewer manufacturing plants than the SouthMost of the nation's railroads ran through the SouthThe North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the Underground Railroad?
A railroad that travels around the world
A railroad that travels west to California
A group of abolitionists that help slaves escape to the north to freedom
A railroad that travels east to New York
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the time period that followed the Civil War called?The Golden AgeThe Roaring TwentiesThe Industrial RevolutionReconstruction
- 13. Multiple Choice
What did Congress think about President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
They agreed with his plan.
They helped President Johnson form his plan.
They thought his plan was too easy or lenient on the South.
They thought his plan was too hard on the South.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho won the war?ConfederacyUnionEnglandFrance
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the capital of the Union?
New York City, New York
Richmond, Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Austin, Texas
Richmond, Virginia
Washington, M.S.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which side won the Siege of Vicksburg and gained control of the Mississippi River?
The Union
The Confederacy
France
Mexico
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the event that ended the war?
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Signing of the Treaty of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Resignation of Jefferson Davis
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat landform was key to the Union to divide and weaken the Confederacy?Mississippi RiverPort of GalvestonPort of New OrleansSabine River
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the 'black codes'?laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil Warlaws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americansanother term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendmentssecret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan
- 21. Multiple ChoiceProhibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?black codesbasis for the 13, 14 and 15th amendmentsinclusions to the new Texas Constitution of 1866laws that the Freedman's Bureau tried to abolish
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is sectionalism?
One place having slavery
Loyalty to a section or part of the country
Loyalty to your country and no where else
Some parts outlawing slavery
- 23. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Lincoln thought southerners should be punished for the war.TrueFalse
- 24. Multiple Choice
What territory saw a mini Civil War break out over the issue of free/slave state?
Missouri
Kansas
California
Nebraska
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
John Breckenridge
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
Stephen Douglas
- 26. Multiple Choice
The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here and inspires the Emancipation Proclamation.
Appomatox
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
- 27. Multiple Choice
This group used fear & violence to prevent African Americans from voting in the South following Reconstruction
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Radical Republicans
Carpetbaggers
- 28. Multiple Choice
What did the 14th amendment accomplish?
Freedom of religion
Grants citizenship and equal protection
Made slavery illegal
Guarantees voting rights
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe 13th Amendment ended...Black Codes.discrimination.Jim Crow laws.slavery.
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to...citizenship.vote.own land.hold political office.
- 31. Multiple Choice
Nurse whose work formed the basis for what would later become the American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix
Sally Louisa Tompkins
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Blackwell
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThis 1857 ruling declared slaves are property and not citizens therefore they had to rights.Dred Scott v SandfordMcCulloch v MarylandEmancipation ProclamationWorcester v Georgia
- 33. Multiple Choice
Who was the Confederate president?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
John Adams
- 34. Multiple Choice
Who was the Union president?
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
- 35. Multiple ChoiceAmerican abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star".Frederick DouglassSojourner TruthAngelina GrimkeWilliam Lloyd Garrison
- 36. Multiple Choice"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state. All states North of the 36th parallel would be free states and all the South slave states.Missouri CompromiseKansas-Nebraska ActCompromise of 1850secession
- 37. Multiple ChoiceAttempted to compromise by passing the Fugitive Slave Act , banning slave trade in DC, admitting California as a free state, splitting up the Texas territory, and allowing Popular Sovereignty.Missouri CompromiseKansas-Nebraska ActCompromise of 1850secession
- 38. Multiple Choice1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.Missouri CompromiseKansas-Nebraska ActCompromise of 1850secession
- 39. Multiple Choice(1850) a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders.Dred Scott CaseFugitive Slave ActCompromise of 1850Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 40. Multiple Choice
During the American Civil War, the northern states were known as
The underground
The Union
The United States
North America
- 41. Multiple Choice
During the American Civil War, the southern states were known as
The Conference States
The Confederate States
The Confined States
The Confirmation States
- 42. Multiple Choice
True or False? Black soldiers fought in the American Civil war.
True
False
- 43. Multiple Choice
Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C., gave popular sovereignty in New Mexico & Utah, & created a new tougher Fugitive Slave Law.
Missiouri Compromise
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 44. Multiple Choice
An abolitionist led his men to an arsenal in Virginia with plans of starting a slave rebellion. They seized federal arsenal but his plan did not work; he was captured & executed.
Denmark Vesey
John Brown
Nat Turner
Abe Lincoln
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWho had greater industrial capacity at the beginning of the Civil War?The NorthThe SouthThe ConfederacyMexico
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWho had better Generals throughout the Civil War?The UnionLincolnThe SouthCanada
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWho had greater manpower in the Civil War?The NorthThe SouthThe WestAmerican Indians
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe Union strategy at the beginning of the Civil War was called the...Defense First planAnaconda PlanKing CottonTry to Compromise Plan
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe Civil War officially started at....Bull RunGettysburgAntietamFt Sumter
- 50. Multiple ChoiceWhich battle helped both sides that the war would not be won quickly or easily.Ft. SumterBull RunSaratogaYorktown
- 51. Multiple ChoiceOver 600,000 people died in the Civil War, one cause for the high casualty rate wasadvanced weapons and outdated tacticslack of suppliesnuclear weaponsNinjas who killed indiscriminately
- 52. Multiple ChoiceIt was the bloodiest battle in American history, Union victory there led to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.Battle of Bull RunBattle of GettysburgBattle of AntietamFt. Sumter
- 53. Multiple Choice
Why was the 54th Massachusetts regiment significant?
It was a regiment that switched from the Union to Confederacy mid-way through the war.
It was the best-known African American regiment.
It was a naval unit known for their decisive victories at sea.
It helped return escaped slaves back to the South.
- 54. Multiple Choice
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?
Bleeding Kansas
Red Kansas
Civil War I
Missouri Compromise Conflict
- 55. Multiple Choice
What is a Civil War?
A war between TWO DIFFERENT countries
A war between people of the SAME country
A war between TWO different CONTINENTS
A war involving MULTIPLE countries
- 56. Multiple Choice
Abolitionists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Dred Scott and Harriet Tubman had the main goal of
protecting States' Rights
joining the South
stopping the South from seceding
ending slavery
- 57. Multiple ChoiceWhich was the biggest ECONOMIC disadvantage for the South during the war.port avaliabilityagricultural productionindustrial productionavailable resources
- 58. Multiple ChoiceConfederate soldiers during the Civil War enjoyed a geographic advantage over Union soldiers becauseMost battles were fought on Confederate soilSouthern troops disrupted Union trade routes.the railroad lines could not penetrate Confederate lands.the Union could not break the Southern coastal blockade
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these statements BEST describes the result of the First Battle of Bull run in July 1861?The Confederates soon invaded the North with disastrous results.The Union was inspired by the outcome and quit recruiting soldiers.The Confederates began considering drafting slaves into the military.The Union realized that the war would not end quickly and easily.
- 60. Multiple ChoiceDuring the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts regiment is most noteworthy fordefeating the Union troops at Ft. Sumter.being the first all-black regiment in the U.S. Army.being massacred by the Confederates at Ft. Pillow.defending "Little Round Top" at Gettysburg.
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