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Pre-Civil War Test
Test Description: Mr Ryan/Ms. Le Vine's Class
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT a cause of the American Civil War ?
A
differences over states rights and power of federal government
B
Fighting with foreign nations like Great Britain
C
regional differences between north and south
D
whether or not to extend slavery west
2) Why was the United States in trouble in 1861?
A
Western states had seceded from the union
B
Northern states seceded
C
western territories did not want to join the union
D
Southern states seceded
3) What happened that triggered the secession of the southern states?
A
The Northern states attacked Fort Sumter
B
Southern states attacked the northern states
C
Vice president John C Calhoun wanted states rights?
D
The Republican Candidate won the election
4) What did the Southern states call their new nations?
A
The Confederate States of America
B
THe United States of America
C
The Confederates States of South
D
The New American Nation
5) Which of the following is not a primary source
A
War Terrible War by Joy Hakim
B
A diary of a Civil War soldier
C
A photograph by Matthew Brady
D
A letter written by Sullivan Ballou to his wife
6) Why is Alexander Garnder considered the first photojournalist?
A
He sold his Civil War photographs to William Lloyd Garrison
B
He believed his photographs were so realistic they would tell the story of the Civil War
C
He wrote storeis about his Civil War photographs
D
He hired others to take Civil War photographs for his newspaper
7) What is a civil war?
A
a war in which citizens of a country fight against each other
B
a war between two countries
C
a war fought in another country
D
a ware against foreign enemies
8) What military leader held the Confederate line at Manassas, earning the name Stonewall
A
Thomas J Jackson
B
Matthew Brady
C
Robert E Lee
D
Abraham Lincoln
9) Where was the first major battle of the Civil War fought?
A
Richmond, Virginia
B
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
C
Manassas, Virginia
D
Washington D.C.
10) Whas was the south's peculiar institution?
A
growing cash crops on plantations
B
political power
C
the doctrine of states' rights
D
slavery
11) Which of the following is one reason why Southern soldiers fought in the Civil War?
A
to spread slavery into the NOrthern states
B
to end slavery
C
to preserve the union
D
for the survival of their new nation
12) What southern political leader defined the doctrine of states' rights?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
John C Calhoun
C
Jefferson Davis
D
Robert E Lee
13) What is the doctrine of states' rights?
A
national government is more powerful than the states
B
states have limited power
C
states are more powerful than the national government
D
the national government is all-powerful
14) Which of the following is NOT a reason why Northern soldiers fought in the Civil War?
A
to end slavery
B
topreserve the union
C
to secure democracy
D
to extend slavery
15) What famous Civil War photographer believed that the cameria was the eye of history?
A
Matthew Brady
B
Alexander Gardner
C
Timothy O'Sullivan
D
John C Calhoun
16) Why is the Battle of Manassas called 'The Great Skedaddle?'
A
Southern troops broke and ran all the way back to Richmond
B
both sides refused to fight
C
the stream at Bull Run was a 'skedaddling' or wandering stream
D
union troops broke and ran all the way back to Washington
17) How did the Civil War begin?
A
the union army attacked teh Confederate capital at Richmond
B
Northern soldiers attacked southern troops at Manassas
C
no one knows who fired the first shot
D
southern soldiers fired on the federal garrison at Fort Sumter
18) What group wanted to end slavery immediately?
A
secessionists
B
republicans
C
irish immigrants
D
abolitionists
19) Why were Southerners convinced that the end of slavery would ruin their economy?
A
All Southern people lived on plantations and owned slaves
B
paid immigrant workers had ruined the northern economy
C
Enslaved labor made Southern cash crops profitable
D
Southern factories depended on enslaved labor to make a profit
20) Why did Southerners oppose the new Republican political party?
A
The Republican Party did not want slavery in the western territories
B
The Republican Party supported giving the vote to freed blacks
C
The Republcian Party wanted to end the international slave trade
D
The Republican Party supported black immigration to northern states
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