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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
regional differences between north and south
C
whether or not to extend slavery west
D
Fighting with foreign nations like Great Britain
2) Why was the United States in trouble in 1861?
A
Western states had seceded from the union
B
Southern states seceded
C
western territories did not want to join the union
D
Northern states seceded
3) What happened that triggered the secession of the southern states?
A
The Republican Candidate won the election
B
The Northern states attacked Fort Sumter
C
Southern states attacked the northern states
D
Vice president John C Calhoun wanted states rights?
4) What did the Southern states call their new nations?
A
THe United States of America
B
The Confederates States of South
C
The Confederate States of America
D
The New American Nation
5) Which of the following is not a primary source
A
A letter written by Sullivan Ballou to his wife
B
A diary of a Civil War soldier
C
War Terrible War by Joy Hakim
D
A photograph by Matthew Brady
6) Why is Alexander Garnder considered the first photojournalist?
A
He wrote storeis about his Civil War photographs
B
He believed his photographs were so realistic they would tell the story of the Civil War
C
He sold his Civil War photographs to William Lloyd Garrison
D
He hired others to take Civil War photographs for his newspaper
7) What is a civil war?
A
a war between two countries
B
a war fought in another country
C
a war in which citizens of a country fight against each other
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
Robert E Lee
C
Matthew Brady
D
Abraham Lincoln
9) Where was the first major battle of the Civil War fought?
A
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
B
Manassas, Virginia
C
Richmond, Virginia
D
Washington D.C.
10) Whas was the south's peculiar institution?
A
the doctrine of states' rights
B
political power
C
growing cash crops on plantations
D
slavery
11) Which of the following is one reason why Southern soldiers fought in the Civil War?
A
to preserve the union
B
for the survival of their new nation
C
to end slavery
D
to spread slavery into the NOrthern states
12) What southern political leader defined the doctrine of states' rights?
A
John C Calhoun
B
Robert E Lee
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Jefferson Davis
13) What is the doctrine of states' rights?
A
national government is more powerful than the states
B
states have limited power
C
the national government is all-powerful
D
states are more powerful than the national government
14) Which of the following is NOT a reason why Northern soldiers fought in the Civil War?
A
to extend slavery
B
topreserve the union
C
to end slavery
D
to secure democracy
15) What famous Civil War photographer believed that the cameria was the eye of history?
A
Timothy O'Sullivan
B
John C Calhoun
C
Alexander Gardner
D
Matthew Brady
16) Why is the Battle of Manassas called 'The Great Skedaddle?'
A
Southern troops broke and ran all the way back to Richmond
B
the stream at Bull Run was a 'skedaddling' or wandering stream
C
union troops broke and ran all the way back to Washington
D
both sides refused to fight
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
irish immigrants
B
abolitionists
C
republicans
D
secessionists
19) Why were Southerners convinced that the end of slavery would ruin their economy?
A
Enslaved labor made Southern cash crops profitable
B
paid immigrant workers had ruined the northern economy
C
All Southern people lived on plantations and owned slaves
D
Southern factories depended on enslaved labor to make a profit
20) Why did Southerners oppose the new Republican political party?
A
The Republcian Party wanted to end the international slave trade
B
The Republican Party supported giving the vote to freed blacks
C
The Republican Party did not want slavery in the western territories
D
The Republican Party supported black immigration to northern states
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