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Civil War

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Bull Run
c)
Manassas
d)
Antietam
2.
What was the first official battle of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Gettysburg
3.
What is another name for the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Antietam
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Manassas
4.
What city and state was the Union Capitol?
a)
Richmond, Virginia
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
Appomattox, Virginia
d)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5.
What city and state was the Confederate Capitol?
a)
Richmond, Virginia
b)
Washington, D.C.
c)
New York City, New York
d)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6.
Who was the President of the Confederated States of America?
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Andrew Johnson
7.
Who was the commanding officer of the Confederation?
a)
General Grant
b)
General Lee
c)
General Sheridan
d)
General Sherman
8.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
9.
What was a network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves?
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
10.
Who was a former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
11.

Who was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist, author, and encouraged black men to enlist in the army?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

John Brown

12.
After 1864, who was in command of all Union Armies?
a)
Sherman
b)
McClellan
c)
Grant
d)
Meade
13.
Which of the following was a Union advantage?
a)
Skilled Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Industry
d)
Fighting against invasion
14.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Border States
15.
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Johnson
16.
Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
17.
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
18.
What Union General is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
19.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
20.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
21.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomattox
22.
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
23.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
a)
John Wilkes Booth
b)
Jackson
c)
Mercer
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
24.
Women involved in the Civil War were often either nurses or _______.
a)
Spies
b)
Doctors
c)
Abolitionists
d)
In charge of POW camps
25.
Who was the author of the anti-slavery novel pictured?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Sojourner Truth
26.

What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War? Hint* BEFORE the Emancipation Proclamation changed his mind!

a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make the Southern economy not dependent on cotton 
d)
to preserve the Union
27.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
28.

Which statement is true about photography in the Civil War?

a)

It wasn't invented yet

b)

Photographers became rich

c)

Civilians saw what a battle really looked like

d)

Photos were in color

29.
What invention is associated with Morse Code?
a)
The Telegraph
b)
The Cotton Gin
c)
The Mini Ball
d)
The Steamboat
30.
Which term is used when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the Federal Government?
a)
Secession
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Nullification
d)
Blockade
31.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1862
c)
1863
d)
1865
32.
What year did the Civil War end?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1865
d)
1812
33.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war, declaring that...

a)

A. all slaves in the South are free

b)

B. all slaves in the US freed

c)

C. slaves in the Union are free

d)

D. all slaves in the West are free

34.
What was the Bloodiest Day in American History?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Chancellorsville
c)
Antietam
d)
Second Bull Run/Manassas 
35.
Which of the following statements is true about the fates of the Presidents of the Civil War?
a)
Davis was killed by the army; Lincoln was assassinated by a single conspirator.
b)
Davis was arrested and tried for treason; Lincoln was assassinated.
c)
Davis was arrested, freed, and lived to be an old man; Lincoln was assassinated through an elaborate plot by several people.
d)
Both men became great friends in their later years.
36.
How did the blockade of Charleston hurt the Southern planters?
a)
They could not sell their slaves
b)
They could not export cotton
c)
The elite could not have parties
d)
It required them to free all of the slaves
37.
By the end of the war, what happened to most of the elite class in South Carolina?
a)
Gained more slaves
b)
They lost most of their wealth
c)
Moved to a northern state
d)
Gained political power
38.

General Sherman marched across Georgia and South Carolina ...

a)

In search of runaway slaves

b)

to destroy the Confederacy and their ability to continue the war

c)

to free the slaves

d)

to gather supplies for the soldiers

39.
What was the Confederate Hunley?
a)
A hot air balloon
b)
A ship
c)
A submarine
d)
An ironclad
40.

To break away from a country = ?

a)

leave

b)

secede

c)

surrender

d)

escape

41.
To bring in goods or supplies that are needed
a)
import
b)
export
c)
port
d)
auction
42.
A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...
a)
import
b)
export
c)
blockade
d)
battle
43.
What are goods to be sold ?
a)
import
b)
export
c)
port
d)
auction
44.
An abolitionist is  
a)
a person who fights for slavery
b)
a soldier that fights for the Confederate
c)

A person who wants to end slavery

d)
a soldier that fights for the Union
45.
What is this name of this flag?
a)
Star and Stripes
b)
Red, White and Blue
c)
Old Glory
d)
Stars and Bars
46.

Name the 5 Border States

Remember West Virginia will become a new state in 1863 and they do have slavery!

a)
Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland and Deleware
b)
Missouri, Tennessee, Virgina, Maryland and Delware
c)
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Deleware
d)
Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland and Deleware
47.
What did Amendments #13, #14 and # 15 do?
In order...
a)
#13 Made Black Men eligible to fight in the war
#14 Abolished Slavery
#15 Gave everyone the vote
b)
#13 Abolished Slavery
#14 Made Black Men citizens
#15 Gave Black Men the right to vote
c)
#13 Made Black Men eligible to fight in the war
#14 Made Black Men citizens
#15 Gave Black Men the vote
d)
#13 Abolished Slavery in the South
#14 Made Black Men citizens
#15 Gave Black Men the vote
48.
What was the nickname of these soldiers?
a)
Yankees
b)
Confeds
c)
Southy
d)
Rebels or Johnny Reb
49.
This modern state was called Indian Territory during the Civil War
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Kansas
c)
Minnesota
d)
Oregon
50.
Who started the Women Rights Movement.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
51.
What Military College is on the Hudson River in New York?
a)
Harvard
b)
Westpoint
c)
EOU
d)
Yale
52.
What do the stars represent?
a)

The original 7 states that seceded from the Union

b)

Sea Ports

c)
Slavery Trading Posts
d)
Generals in the Army
53.
What allowed pioneers to settle free land, west of the Mississippi for 5 years before paying any tax?
a)
Freedmans Buerea
b)
Land Grab
c)
Manifestdestiny
d)
Homestead Act
54.
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Richmond
c)
Appomatox
d)
Washington D.C.
55.
What vocabulary word means to Rebuild the Nation?
a)
Rebuild
b)
Reestablish
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Post War Clean Up
56.

Who owned the land that later becomes Arlington Cemetery?

a)

General Lee

b)

General Grant

c)

General Sherman

d)

Abraham Lincoln

57.

What is this?

a)

A phone

b)

A stapler

c)

A telegraph receiver

d)

A piece of junk Fritz needs in her classroom

58.

Who invented this?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Matthew Brady

d)

Albert Einstein

59.

What building- shown here, was being worked on throughout the Civil War?

a)

White House

b)

Library of Congress

c)

Supreme Court House

d)

The U.S. Capitol Building

60.

What was this called?

a)

War Ship

b)

Slave Vessel

c)

Iron Clad

d)

The Hunley

61.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Robert E. Lee

d)

Andrew Johnson

62.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

General Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Wilkes Booth

63.

Who is this?

a)

General Grant

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

General Sherman

d)

Stonewall Jackson

64.

Who is this?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

General Grant

c)

General Lee

d)

John Wilkes Booth

65.

General Grant- later President Grant is what currency?

a)

$5 bill

b)

$10 bill

c)

$20 bill

d)

$50 bill

66.

President Abraham Lincoln is on what paper money?

a)

$1 bill

b)

$5 bill

c)

$10 bill

d)

$20 bill

67.

Who is this?

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Andrew Johnson

68.

How many states were in America during the Civil War?

a)

There is no way to know from this image

b)

32

c)

34

d)

36

69.

How many years was the American Civil War?

a)

3 years

b)

4 years

c)

5 years

d)

Over 10 years

70.

With the end of the Civil War, the plantation owner life style was gone. What was a plantation?

a)

Small Town

b)

Large farm with slaves

c)

Miniature farm focusing on cotton

d)

Rural community

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