WorksheetsCivil War Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was 1 of the ships that fought in the 1st battle between ironclad ships?
a)
The Alabama
b)
The Monitor
c)
The Excelsior
d)
The New Orleans
2.
The name given to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
3.
Which of the following was a Union advantage?
a)
Skilled Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Industry
d)
Fighting against invasion
4.
How many men died during the Civil War?
a)
480,000
b)
620,000
c)
750,000
d)
1,000,000
5.
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Nashville
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
6.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Border States
7.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
8.
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Johnson
9.
Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
10.
What document gave freedom to the slaves in Confederate territory?
a)
The 10% Plan
b)
The Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The 3/5th Law
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
11.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
12.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
13.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
14.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomattox
15.
Which side won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
16.
What did the North call the strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Scott's Blockade Plan
17.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
Heavy industrial development
b)
Strong railroad network
c)
Superior military leadership
d)
Alliance with Britain and France
18.
Which Civil War battle lasted three days in Pennsylvania, ended in a cemetery, and was the turning point of the war?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
19.
The first state to secede from the Union was?
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Arkansas
d)
South Carolina
20.
President of the Confederate States?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Jefferson Davis
21.
How did Stonewall Jackson get his name?
a)
He ran into a wall while on his horse
b)
He led his men to be like a wall against the Union
c)
He was a bricklayer
d)
He blew up the walls of Ft. Sumter
22.
Nearly all the early battles in the Civil War were won by the...
a)
British
b)
North
c)
South
d)
France
23.
What was the turning point in the Civil War?
a)
North won Gettysburg and Vicksburg
b)
South lost allies
c)
North gained allies
d)
South won Gettysburg and Vicksburg
24.
After 1864, who was in command of all Union Armies?
a)
Sherman
b)
McClellan
c)
Grant
d)
Meade
25.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
a)
Booth
b)
Jackson
c)
Mercer
d)
Bothbey
26.
Women involved in the Civil War were often either nurses or _______.
a)
Spies
b)
Doctors
c)
Abolitionists
d)
In charge of POW camps
27.
Grant first turned South to continue fighting Lee after which battle?
a)
Wilderness
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
Chancellorsville
d)
Gettysburg
28.
Who was the commander of the Confederate Armies in Virginia?
a)
Meade
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
Sherman
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