Review # 27
Name _______________
U.S. History to 1865
1. Secede means to __________.
a. be successful
b. join, or admit
c. leave
d. start a war
2. Was it admitted to the union as a slave state or as a free state? Put S
for slave state, F for free state, and D if it decided for itself.
_____a. Kansas
_____b. Missouri
_____c. California
_____d. Nebraska
_____e. Southwest
_____f. Maine
3.
Which of the following did the South believe protected its views?
a. states’ rights
b. individual rights
c. federal rights
d. human rights
4. Why did the South oppose ending slavery?
a. Slavery was a tradition dating back to Jamestown.
b. Southerners were lazy and didn’t want to do any work.
c. Their agricultural economy would fail without slavery.
d. They were afraid Congress would raise taxes.
5. What happened that caused states in the South to secede?
a. Yankees attacked Richmond
b. Abraham Lincoln was elected Presidant
c. Nat Turner and John Brown led slave revolts
d. Women earned the right to vote.
6. How many states seceded from the Union? __________
Put an X on each of those states on the map below.
7.
President Lincoln believed that _________
a. the White House needed repairs
b. the U.S. must not be separated
c. the South could leave the Union
d. tall hats made him handsome.
8. Which of the following was one economic reason the South decided to
secede?
a. Lincoln abolished slavery
b. The North refused to buy cotton from slave states
c. The South feared that tariffs would prevent England from buying its
cotton.
d. The Supreme Court ruled against states’ rights.
9. Check the names that apply to the South, and write an X by names that
apply to the North.
_____a. The Union
_____b. The Confederate States of America
_____c. The Confederacy
_____d. The Federal Army
_____e. The Army of Northern Virginia
_____f. Rebels, Johnny REb
_____g. Yankees, Yank
_____h. Dixie
10. Which of the following began the Civil War in 1861?
a. Union forces attacked Richmond
b. Confederate forces attacked Washington, D.C.
c. Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, SC
d. The Federal ARmy was defeated at Bull Run.
What year did the Civil War end? ______________________
11.
What was the document that Lincoln signed?
a. State of the Union
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. Gettysburg Address
d. Freedom Act of 1863
12. Which occupation became more acceptable for women because of the work
of Clara Barton during the Civil War?
a. banker
b. lawyer
c. nurse
d. teacher
13.
This person’s father would most likely by ________
a. a secessionist
b. an abolitionist
c. a suffragette
d. an architect
14. The four slave states that remained in the Union are referred to as
what? _________________________________________________
Name them.
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
Put a check on those states on the map below.
15.
What was the name of this famous speech by Lincoln?
_______________________________________________________
Check all the reasons Lincoln gave for the Civil War.
_____a. to preserve democracy
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_____b. to abolish slavery
_____c. to preserve the Union
_____d. to punish the South
16. What was the main cash crop in most of the South around 1861?
a. tobacco
b. corn
c. indigo
d. cotton