Civil War and Related Topics Worksheet (Version 2)

Why was the Freedman's Bureau established after the Civil War?

• to help only free slaves who fought in the military.

• to prevent blacks from gaining too much power.

• to help freed slaves get food, clothing and shelter.

• to make sure blacks got jobs as government officials.

In the movie Glory, what battle was Shaw in at the beginning

• A) Antietam

• B) Bull Run

• C) Wilderness

• D) Gettysburg

In the movie Glory, how many shots did Shaw say a good soldier could shoot in a minute?

• Six

• Two

• Three

• Eight

The term “total war” describes

• Sherman’s policy of destroying everything in order to show civilians the impact of the war.

• the Civil War stretched from the Eastern front in Northern Virginia to the Western front in Tennessee and Louisiana and skirmishes in the far west.

• General Winfield Scott’s original plan to destroy the Confederacy.

• Grant’s destruction of the Native Americans to keep them from coming into American territory.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant?

• Richmond

• Antietam

• Appomattox

• Chattanooga

Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?

• Scott

• Tubman

• James

• Barton

Which white supremacy organization formed after the Civil War to fight against the Republicans and new black rights?

• Irish Republican Army

• Ku Klux Klan

• American Federation Labor

• National Association Advancement Colored People

Who was the leader of the Underground Railroad?

• Van Buren

• Lee

• Tubman

• Brown

Why did General Sherman make it his goal to destroy everything he found in the South?

• to assist his men in boosting their morale

• to show Southerners that continued war would mean ruin for them

• to help General Grant in Virginia

• to help the Union naval blockade

Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation after a Union victory at the battle of

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Petersburg