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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
The first major battle of the Civil War was
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
1st Bull Run
d)
Vicksburg
2.
Which of the following states was NOT a border state?
a)
Kentucky
b)
Missouri
c)
Maryland
d)
Tennessee
3.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
A. Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Alexander Stevens
d)
Jefferson Davis
4.
What battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation soon afterwards?
a)
Chattanooga
Chattanooga
Chattanooga
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
5.
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War and Lee's last attempt to invade northern soil?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Ft. Donelson
6.
What side had more farms, horses, draft animals, and food stuffs before the war?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
same
d)
none of the above
7.
Which of the following advantages belonged to the South?
a)
leadership
b)
factories
c)
population
d)
transportation
8.
What was the "anaconda plan"?
a)
Southern plan of capturing D.C.
b)
Union plan to capture Richmond
c)
Union plan to blockade the South
d)
Southern plan to slip the Union blockade with fast boats called "blockade runners"
9.
Where did the Civil War end?
a)
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
b)
Gettysburg, PA
c)
Antietam, MD
d)
Savannah, GA
10.
What was the least common role for women in the Civil War?
a)
factory workers
b)
nurses
c)
soldiers
d)
farmers
11.
The most famous nurse from the Civil War on the Union side was
a)
Florence Nightingale
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Mary Todd Lincoln
d)
Clara Barton
12.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
a)
all of the slaves
b)
only slaves in the deep south
c)
only slaves in states that were in rebellion
d)
only slaves under 15 years of age
13.
What percentage of the southern population consisted of slaves?
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
1/3
d)
3/4
14.
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
a)
stalemate
b)
North
c)
South
d)
France
15.
What was the result of Sherman's March to the Sea?
a)
Rebels fought off Sherman's quest to conquer GA
b)
Atlanta was burned and Sherman applied total War to state ending in the surrender of Savannah
c)
Atlanta's ability to be a transportation link for Confederacy was destroyed
d)
both B and C
16.
Lincoln fired McClellan after Antietam because he
a)
was too timid and did not follow Lee back to VA
b)
lost the battle
c)
refused to engage Lee in Maryland
d)
all of the above
17.
"King Cotton" diplomacy was attempted by the south to gain
a)
new trading partners
b)
an ally in the war
c)
a manufacturing base
d)
more states through secession
18.
The importance of Vicksburg was
a)
control of the Ohio River
b)
control of the Miss. River
c)
Control of the Tenn. River
d)
control of the Potomac R.
19.
What types of ships were involved the battle Merrimac v. Monitor?
a)
submarines
b)
riverboats
c)
ironclads
d)
wooden ships
20.
What act allowed the Union Army to seize slaves as property?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Confiscation Act
c)
Conscription Act
d)
13th Amendment
21.
What government action allowed for all slaves to be free?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
22.
What group of northerners wanted to sue for peace and end the war and were viewed as traitorous ?
a)
Rattlers
b)
Copperheads
c)
Mambas
d)
Cobras
23.
Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus during the war?
a)
to maintain control in border states
b)
to control those with pro-confederate sentiments
c)
to focus more on the prosecution of the war and less on rights
d)
all of the above
24.
What was NOT a way in which the Union financed the war?
a)
issued greenbacks
b)
raised the tariff (Morrill Tariff) and passed excise taxes
c)
created a national bank
d)
all of the above
25.
What was not an effect of the war?
a)
over 700K people died
b)
15 billion spent or lost due to war damage
c)
4 mil slaves freed
d)
Confederate soldiers were banished from the United States
26.
The most important Union general was
a)
Sherman
b)
Meade
c)
Grant
d)
Pope
27.
Who shot and killed Lincoln?
a)
Booth
b)
Oswald
c)
Hinckley
d)
McClellan
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