Name: 1 Section One: Civil War Exam STANDARD: a. Identify Uncle Tom s Cabin and John Brown s raid on Harper s Ferry and explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War. Directions: Use the vocabulary words in the box below to answer the questions. Abolitionists John Brown Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom s Cabin Harpers Ferry were against slavery and wanted it to be illegal in the United States. (1 point) With a group of twenty-two others, raided hoping to get weapons to give to slaves so they could fight for their freedom. (2 points) 3. wrote an anti-slavery book called that inspired many people to join the movement to end slavery. (2 points) Section Two: Directions: Answer the short answer questions in complete sentences. Make sure that you are actually answering the questions. 4. What did people like Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown do to the abolitionist movement? Did they help it, or hurt it? (2 points) 5. How would a person in the North learn about the abolitionist movement to end slavery (give me two ways)? (4 points)
Name: 2 Section 3: STANDARD: b. Discuss how the issues of states rights and slavery increased tensions between the North and South. Part One. Directions: Use the vocabulary words in the box below to answer the questions. North South Urban Rural Tariffs Sectionalists 6. The was more with lots of factories and larger cities. (2 points) 7. The people of the lived in areas and depended on farms to make money. (2 points) 8. People in the South were angry about the large that were put on cotton. 9. People that wanted the states and not the Federal Government to decide what to do about slavery, and taxes were called. Section 4: Answer the short answer questions in complete sentences. Make sure that you are actually answering the questions. 10. Why did plantation owners in the South believe they needed slavery? (2 points) 1 Why did the sectionalist, or state s rights movement, become strong in the South (give me two reasons)? (4 points)
Name: 3 1 Why were people in the North against slavery (give two reasons)? (4 points) SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War. Section Five: Match the Civil War leader with why he is famous and remembered. Abraham Lincoln A. He was the President of the Southern Republic known as the Confederacy Thomas Stonewall Jackson B. He was the President of the United States during the Civil War 3. Robert E. Lee C. He was the Commanding General of the Union Army 4. Ulysses S. Grant D. He was a famous Confederate General who was known for fighting back the Union army in Tennessee 5. Jefferson Davis E. He was the commanding General of the Confederate Army Section Six: Multiple Choice 6. The Union Army was from the a. North b. South c. Confederacy d. Federal Government
Name: 4 7. The Confederate Army was from the a. North b. South c. Union d. Federal Government 8. The Appomattox Courthouse is remembered because: a. it was the site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army. b. it was the site where the Union Army surrendered to the Confederate Army. c. it was the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. d. it was the site where Sherman started his March to the Sea. 9. Fort Sumter is famous because: a. it was the site where the Confederate Army surrendered to the Union Army b. it was the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. c. it was the site where the Thomas Stonewall Jackson fought back the Union Army d. it was where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address 10. Sherman s March to the Sea a. secured victory for Robert E. Lee s Army in the Civil War b. secured victory for the Confederate Army in the Civil War c. secured victory for the Atlanta Campaign d. secured victory for the Union Army in the Civil War 1 The Atlanta Campaign was: a. When General Grant led the Union Army into Atlanta but lost to the Confederate Army b. When General Sherman led the Union Army to victory over the Confederate Army. Atlanta, the capitol of the Confederacy was burned and destroyed by the Union Army. c. When Abraham Lincoln came to the South to campaign for President of the United States d. When Thomas Stonewall Jackson stopped the Union Army from taking Atlanta, and winning the Civil War.
Name: 5 1 Gettysburg was an important battle in the Civil War because it a. stopped the Union s Army from going further South. b. stopped slavery in the America c. stopped the Confederate Army from going further North d. stopped Sherman s March to the Sea. SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War. Section Seven: Answer the following question in complete sentences: 13. What did the South look like economically after the Civil War was over? 14. Who was in worse shape after the Civil War, the North, or the South? Explain your answer. EXPLANATION OF POINTS: 2 points for a complete answer that is completely correct for the given part of a question (possibility of four points on questions that ask for two reasons) 1 point for answers that are partially correct or have vocabulary that would suggest that the student is on the right track 0 points for wrong answers, or incomplete answers.