Name: ______________________________________________________ #: _______________ Date: _________________ Civil War Unit Test Part 1 Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. What were some of the jobs that women held during the war? a. working in hospitals b. spies c. running businesses d. all of the above 2. Why did some free African Americans support the South? a. They believed it would protect their limited rights. b. They were too scared to leave. c. Southern leaders forced them to support the Confederacy. d. None of them wanted to support the North. 3. Which Indian tribe stayed loyal to the South because they had adopted many of their ways of life? a. Powhatan b. Iroquois c. Cherokee d. Algonquian 4. The South relied on enslaved African Americans to __________________________. a. take care of children b. raise crops and provide labor c. work in the hospitals d. keep watch around forts 5. To emancipate means to _____________________________. a. enslave b. escape c. free d. tax Part 2 Directions: Complete the Venn diagram on the next page. Include at least one similarity and at least three differences between the northern and southern states. You may refer to the word bank below. Robert E. Lee Abraham Lincoln Union slavery factories music Jefferson Davis Confederacy Ulysses S. Grant West Point trained leaders slave states free states agriculture cities plantations economy depended on farms cash crops goods Created by Kristin Stevens EDCI 554 Fall 2013

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North

Part 4 Directions: Match the following items. 1. _______ Robert E. Lee 2. _______ Ulysses S. Grant 3. _______ Confederacy 4. _______ Richmond, VA 5. _______ Appomattox, VA 6. _______ Union 7. _______ Manassas, VA 8. _______ secede A. The leader of the Northern Army B. The site of the first battle of the Civil War C. The name of the Northern Army D. To formally withdraw E. The leader of the Southern Army F. The site where the South surrendered G. The name of the Southern Army H. The capitol of the Confederacy Created by Kristin Stevens EDCI 554 Fall 2013

Part 5 Directions: Circle one of the following events from the Civil War. Battle of Bull Run Merrimack vs.Monitor Fredericksburg Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

In the space below, draw a picture to represent the event you chose. Make sure to include a caption to describe the important aspects you have included in your drawing.

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Part 6 Directions: The following page has the names and actions of the people in the pictures below. Cut and paste to answer the questions in the boxes below. Who is this?

How did his/her actions lead to the Civil War?

Who is this?

How did his/her actions lead to the Civil War?

Who is this?

How did his/her actions lead to the Civil War?

Who is this?

How did his/her actions lead to the Civil War?

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Harriet Tubman

He led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was trying to start a slave revolt. When he ran for office, some leaders vowed to secede if he won. He won, and by the time he took office in 1861, seven states had left the Union. Nat Turner

John Brown

She was a former slave who helped many others escape along the Underground Railroad.

Abraham Lincoln

He was a slave who led a revolt against plantation owners that killed more than 50 people.

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