Civil War Quiz

What was the main goal of the plan that involved sending boats down the Mississippi River during the Civil War?

• To capture key cities and split the Confederacy in half

• To build new cities along the river

• To trade goods with the Confederacy

• To explore new territories

Which states did both the Union and the Confederacy want to gain during the Civil War?

• Northern states

• Western states

• Border states

• Eastern states

Who was the superintendent of the United States Army Nurses during the Civil War?

• Clara Barton

• Florence Nightingale

• Dorothea Dix

• Mary Todd Lincoln

The following statements describe what battle? It was a long battle and many Americans were killed. It was a turning point in the war. It ended the South’s chance to win the war.

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Which term best describes the four lightly shaded states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware) on the Civil War map?

• Border states

• Abolition states

• Confederate states

• Disloyal states

Where did the Civil War officially end?

• Appomattox Court House

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Fort Sumter

Which person’s name belongs in the center of the graphic organizer below?

• Harriet Tubman

• Dolley Madison

• Dorothea Dix

• Clara Barton

What does this political cartoon illustrate?

• the Confederacy's strategy to blockade the Union and split it in half

• the Union's strategy to blockade the Confederacy and split it in half

• a plan to expand territories westward

• a depiction of peaceful trade routes

In which region would this political cartoon have most likely appeared?

• the North

• the South

• the West

• the East

Capturing cities along which body of water would split the enemy in half?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean