US History Test
The Civil War
Name:
Date:
Matching (3pt)
Section one
_____ 1. To formally withdraw from the union
a. popular sovereignty
_____ 2. Made it a Federal Crime to help
run away slaves
b. Dred Scott
_____ 3. Would allow votes in a territory to decide
to allow of ban slavery
c. Uncle Tom's Cabin
_____ 4. A plan that said no slavery in the
new territories
d. John Brown
_____ 5. When people favor one region over the
interest of the entire country
e. Fugitive Slave Act
_____ 6. Book written about slavery by Harriet
Beecher Stowe
f. Wilmont Proviso
_____ 7. Plan that would divide the rest of the
Louisiana Purchase into 2 territories
g. Kansas Nebraska Act
_____ 8. Slave who sued his owner for freedom
after living in free territory
h. succeed
_____ 9. Man who led the raid at Harper’s Ferry and
the Pottawattamie Massacre
i. Whig
_____ 10. Party Abraham Lincoln was part of before
joining the Republicans
Section two:
_____ 1. President of the Union states
a. iron clad
_____ 2. President of the Confederate States
b. Antietam
j. sectionalism
_____ 3. Capital of the Confederacy
c. William T. Sherman
_____ 4. Bloodiest Single Day of the civil war
d. monitor
_____ 5. Type of ship that the south builds
e. Ulysses S. Grant
_____ 6. Name of the ship that the south built
f. George B. McClellan
_____ 7. Name of the same type of ship that the
union built
g. Virginia
_____ 8. General who got Lee to surrender
h. Jefferson Davis
_____ 9. General who wrecked havoc across Georgia
i. Abraham Lincoln
_____ 10. Major Confederate General who defended
Richmond in the Seven Days Battle
j. Richmond, Virginia
Section 3: Multiple Choice (3pts)
_____ 1. The idea that a state would allow voters in a territory to decide to allow slavery
or not
A. Sectionalism
B. Compromise
C. Emancipation
D. Popular Sovereignty
_____ 2. What battle began the Civil War?
A. Appomattox Court House
B. First Battle of Bull Run
C. Seven Days Battle
D. Battle of Fort Sumter
_____ 3. Where did the Civil War end?
A. Appomattox Court House
B. Fort Sumter
C. Richmond
D. Atlanta
_____ 4. What was the capital of the Confederacy?
A. Washington DC
B. Richmond, VA
C. Atlanta, GA
D. Charleston, SC
_____ 5. Who was the major Confederate General who fought in the 1st Battle of Bull
Run?
A. Stonewall Jackson
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. George B. McClellan
D. John Pope
_____ 6 Who was the union General who Lincoln sent to take Richmond in the Seven
Days Battle?
A. Stonewall Jackson
B. Robert E. Lee
C. William Sherman
D. George B. McClellan
_____ 7. What was the Federal Post near Charleston, SC?
A. Fort Pickens
B. Fort Sumter
C. Appomattox Court House
D. Fort Knox
_____ 8. Lincoln called for all slaves in Confederate controlled areas to be freed
A. Emancipation Proclamation
B. Gettysburg Address
C. First inaugural address
D. Declaration of Sentiments
_____9. Who led the raid of an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?
A. Dred Scott
B. Jefferson Davis
C. John Brown
D. Abraham Lincoln
Section 4 True or False
If the answer is false make it true (3pts)
_____ 1. The Compromise of 1850 said no slavery in the new territories
_____ 2. The Kansas- Nebraska Act divided the rest of the Louisiana purchase into 2
territories where popular sovereignty would decide the slave issue
_____ 3. Antietam was the first battle of the Civil War
_____ 4. Abraham Lincoln ran against Jefferson Davis for Congress
_____ 5. South Carolina was the first state to withdraw from the union
_____ 6. The Wilmot proviso made it a federal crime to help run away slaves.
Short answer Identify 2 (3 pts)
1. Compromise of 1850:
2. Sherman’s March to the sea
3. Second Battle of Bull Run
4. Fort Sumter:
Essay. (8pts)
1. Who was Dred Scott? What did he do and what happened?
2. What were the differences in war strategies between the North and the South?