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Civil War Unit Test

Part 1

Directions: Read the statements and fill in the blanks using the words below.

Southern Underground Railroad Confederacy labor spies hospitals Cherokee

1. During the war, women took over the jobs left behind by the men who had gone to fight. Some women worked in hospitals, and some, like “Belle” Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew even acted as spies.

2. The Confederacy relied on enslaved African Americans to raise crops and provide labor. Some were able to escape to the North through the Underground Railroad, and some escaped to join the Union Army as it traveled through Virginia.

3. Free African Americans felt differently about the Confederacy. Some supported it to try and protect their limited rights, while others left and moved north.

4. Most Native Americans did not take sides during the Civil War, even though both armies wanted their support. However, some Southern Indians, like the Cherokee, stayed loyal to the South because they had adopted some of their ways of life.

Part 2

Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Why was Virginia important to both the North and South? Virginia was important to both the North and the South because of its location. It was close to Washington, DC, and had the most railroad lines of any Southern State. It was important to the Confederacy because it had the largest population of any Southern state, and they moved the capitol to Richmond after Virginia seceded.

2. What led to the creation of West Virginia? West Virginia was created when not everyone in Virginia was happy with the state’s choice to join the Confederacy. The people in the western counties of Virginia were abolitionists and didn’t support slavery. The people in the east relied on slave labor because they had large plantations. Their disagreements caused the west part of Virginia to enter the Union as a new state, West Virginia.

Part 3

Directions: Complete the Venn diagram below. Include at least two similarities and at least five differences between the northern and southern states.

Union

South

Robert E. Lee

both economies depended on farming

music

leaders trained at West Point

free states

Abraham Lincoln

agriculture

slavery

factories

plantations

slave states

Ulysses S. Grant

goods

cities

Jefferson Davis

cash crops

North

Part 4

Directions: Match the following items.

1. E Robert E. LeeA. The leader of the Northern Army

2. A Ulysses S. GrantB. The site of the first battle of the Civil War

3. G ConfederacyC. The name of the Northern Army

4. H Richmond, VAD. To formally withdraw

5. F Appomattox, VAE. The leader of the Southern Army

6. C UnionF. The site where the South surrendered

7. B Manassas, VAG. The name of the Southern Army

8. D secede H. The capitol of the Confederacy

Part 5

Directions: Look at the pictures below and answer the questions.

Who is this? Harriet Tubman

What did she do? She helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.

How did her actions lead to the Civil War? (answers will vary)

Who is this? John Brown

What did he do? He led a raid on the Armory at Harpers Ferry, hoping to start a rebellion against slavery.

How did his actions lead to the Civil War? (answers will vary)

Who is this? Nat Turner

What did he do? He led a revolt against plantation owners that killed over 50 people.

How did his actions lead to the Civil War? (answers will vary)

Who is this? Abraham Lincoln

Why is he important? Southern states threatened to secede if he was elected president. By the time he took office, seven states had seceded and they formed the Confederacy with Jefferson Davis as their president.

How did his election help lead to the Civil War? (answers will vary)

Part 6

Directions: Circle one of the following events from the Civil War.

Battle of Bull RunFredericksburg

Merrimack vs. MonitorSurrender at Appomattox Courthouse

In the space on the next page, draw a picture to depict this event. Make sure to include a caption to describe the important aspects of the event you have included in your drawing.

(Drawings and answers will vary. The important aspect of this part of the test is that they know the important things that took place at whichever event they are depicting—this will be seen in how they caption their image.)

Created by Kristin Stevens

EDCI 554 Fall 2013

Created by Kristin Stevens

EDCI 554 Fall 2013