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WorksheetsCivil War Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
2.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
3.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
4.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
5.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
6.
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Johnson
7.
What document gave freedom to the slaves (in name only)?
a)
The 10% Plan
b)
The Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The 3/5th Law
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation
8.
Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
9.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
10.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
11.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
12.
More factories, larger population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
13.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Bull Run
d)
Manassas
14.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
15.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
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
16.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war, declaring that
a)
A. all slaves in the South free
b)
B. all slaves in the US freed
c)
C. slaves in the Union free
d)
D. all slaves in the West free
17.
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
18.
North's strategy to destroy the South's land and people.
a)
Total War
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
Siege
d)
Habeas Corpus
19.
Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?
a)
Southern States
b)
Northern States
c)
Hawaii
d)
Great Britain
20.
The first state to secede from the Union was
a)
Canada
b)
North Carolina
c)
Arkansas
d)
South Carolina
21.
How many states were part of the Confederate States of America?
a)
12
b)
8
c)
13
d)
11
22.
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.
The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give women the right to vote
b)
to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
c)
to give African Americans the right to vote
d)
to abolish slavery
25.
The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870. What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vot
b)
to establish a federal income tax
to establish a federal income tax
c)
to give women the right to vote
to give women the right to vote
d)
to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"
26.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
c)
to abolish slavery
d)
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
27.
One of the most heavily debated programs of Reconstruction was the Freedman's Bureau. While it had mixed results, the primary goal of this program was to:
a)
prevent the African American population from voting in federal elections.
b)
establish the "sharecropping" system to make sure that white farmers continued to employ African Americans.
c)
provide newly freed slaves with food, shelter, work, and education.
d)
to enforce "Black Codes," or laws that treated African Americans as second-class citizens
28.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
29.
Which event occurred before secession of the southern states?
a)
The Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Lincoln was elected President
c)
Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people
d)
The Gettysburg Address was announced by President Lincoln
30.
In the beginning of the war, which was NOT part of the North's strategy?
a)
Fight a "War of Attrition"
b)
Blockade of the oceans
c)
Take the Mississippi
d)
take over the South's Capital of Richmond
31.
First major battle ended in southern victory and earned General Jackson the nickname "stonewall."
a)
Bull Run 1
b)
Antietam
c)
Ft. Sumter
d)
Fredericksburg
32.
This failed attempt to take Richmond occured when cautious, General McClellan to attacked up from Chesapeake Bay and, though successfully coming to within 15 miles of Richmond, McClellan retreated back to DC because he felt he didn't have enough troops.
a)
Chancellorsville
b)
Bull Run
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Overland Campaign
33.
the bloodiest single day in US history and ended in a draw, but the North claimed victory because the South eventually retreated?
a)
Shiloh
b)
Antietam
c)
Bull Run
d)
Overland Campaign
34.
Grant is having success in the West. He is surprised by General Johnston. After a bloody battle the South has to withdraw. One step closer to taking Corinth MS. Key to the goal of having control of the Mississippi River.
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
35.
Burnside has replaced McClellan. The South has the High Ground. Burnside tries multiple times to take Marye's Heights and fails. It is a bloodbath. Major Loss for the North. North had over 13000 casualties.
a)
Chancellorsville
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Fredericksburg
36.
Hooker replaced Burnside. Even though Lee is outnumbered 2:1, he is able to divide his forces and beat the North. Lee's greatest victory. Stonewall Jackson is hit by friendly fire and dies a few days later.
a)
Chancellorsville
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
Shiloh
d)
Vicksburg
37.
Lee invades PA looking for supplies. Also a victory on Northern soil would crush the North. Hoped Europe would become Southern allies. Bloodiest battle in American History. Turning point in the war. South never wins another major battle after this.
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Chancellorsville
d)
Gettysburg
38.
After surrounding the town and besieging it for months, The South finally surrenders one day after the loss at Gettysburg. This is the last piece to taking the Mississippi River. This is a decisive Union victory. Grant is promoted to General-in-Chief of the Union Army.
a)
Shiloh
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Fredericksburg
39.
Grant's victory in the Siege of Vicksburg is best known because
a)
victory was last battle of war
b)
victory gave south control of the entire Mississippi River
c)
the victory gave the north control of the entire Mississippi River
d)
Grant did not take Vicksburg
40.
African American's fought for which side of the war?
a)
the union side
b)
the confederate side
41.
Which of the following statements is true about the effect of the war?
a)
Northern factories produced less
b)
Prices of goods rose in both the North and South
c)
The North's economy was hurt more than the South's economy
d)
Trade between Europe stopped
42.
In Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, Confederates had to
a)
Swear allegiance to the Union
b)
Leave the southern states and move north
c)
Serve time as slaves
d)
Ask for forgiveness
43.
What did the Radical Republicans want to give African Americans?
a)
40 acres and a mule
b)
Full Citizenship and right to vote
c)
A weekly paycheck
d)
Jobs to take care of their family
44.
Who took the office of President after Pres. Lincoln was killed?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Andrew Livingston
d)
Andrew Young
45.
Newly freed African-Americans formed the
a)
NAACP
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Congress
46.
The Freedman's Bureau assisted blacks and
a)
paid taxes for sharecroppers
b)
helped poor whites
c)
closed down schools
d)
voted for Pres. Lincoln
47.
Pres. Lincoln's original goal was to
a)
Capture the South
b)
Preserve the Union
c)
Fund the war
d)
Win the election
48.
When Reconstruction ended, what era began?
a)
Disco
b)
Technology
c)
Great Depression
d)
Jim Crow
49.
The Supreme Court Case that said segregation was OK as long as it was equal (separate but equal)
a)
Brown vs Board of Education
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
c)
Plessy vs Ferguson
d)
15th Amendment
50.
Which of the following played a major role in denying African Americans their full civil rights?
a)
the concept of “separate but equal”
b)
the idea of the “New South”
c)
Radical Reconstruction
d)
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
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