Civil War & Industrial Revolution Test Review

Question 1

The North had many ____________ and the South had many _________________.

Answer 1

The North had many FACTORIES and the South had many PLANTATIONS.

Question 2

Free labor means __________________________________

Answer 2

They could choose their own jobs

Question 3

___________ was the most important crop in the South.

Answer 3

Cotton

Question 4

The ________________________________ had a goal of keeping an equal number of slave states and free states.

Answer 4

Missouri Compromise

Question 5

An abolitionist who took action and spoke out against slavery was __________________________.

Answer 5

Frederick Douglas

Question 6

California was admitted to the Union as a free state due to the __________________________________

Answer 6

Compromise of 1850

Question 7

Violent fights about slavery in the 1850s in Kansas caused it to get the nickname __________________________

Answer 7

Bleeding Kansas

Question 8

Southern slave owners were most angry about the election of _______________________________

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

The order that freed the slaves in the south was the ___________________________________

Answer 9

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 10

In order to get enough soldiers to fight in the Civil War a _______________ was started.

Answer 10

draft

Question 11

Union Soldier uniforms were ________________ and Confederate Soldier uniforms were __________________.

Answer 11

Union Soldier uniforms were BLUE and Confederate Soldier uniforms were GRAY.

Question 12

An important battle that took place in the North was ________________________________

Answer 12

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 13

Positions on low ground did __________ help defenders in battles.

Answer 13

NOT

Question 14

______________ was the greatest cause of death for soldiers in the Civil War.

Answer 14

disease

Question 15

Soldiers who fought in the Civil War had to search for ________________________________

Answer 15

food and water

Question 16

Lee surrendered to Grant at ________________________

Answer 16

Appomattox

Question 17

Reconstruction is the process by which Congress tried to ____________________ the South and _________________ it with the Union.

Answer 17

Reconstruction is the process by which Congress tried to REBUILD the South and REUNITE it with the Union.

Question 18

__________________ rented farmland by giving the landowner part of what they grew.

Answer 18

Sharecroppers

Question 19

Many people moved from farms to cities as a result of _____________________________

Answer 19

industrialization

Question 20

The assembly line lead to higher _______________________ because more goods could be created _____________________

Answer 20

The assembly line lead to higher PRODUCTIVITY because more goods could be created QUICKLY.

Question 21

An example of _____________________ is when Mrs. Ziggy cuts material and Mrs. Swift sews the material into clothes.

Answer 21

Assembly Line

Question 22

Ways people’s lives changed during industrialization:

3

Answer 22

Ways people’s lives changed during industrialization:

1. Prices of good dropped
2. People had access to electricity
3. Many people moved to cities

Question 23

Many businesses became ___________________ because of industrialization.

Answer 23

corporations

Question 24

Competitions between _________________ around the world led to __________________________

Answer 24

Competitions between COMPANIES around the world led to LOWER PRICES

Question 25

The __________________ changed food production because it allowed farmers to easily work their fields.

Answer 25

cast-steel plow