WorksheetsCivil War 5th Grade Peek
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Bull Run
c)
Manassa
d)
Antietam
2.
Who was the President of the Confederated States of America?
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Andrew Johnson
3.
Who was the commanding officer of the Confederation?
a)
General Grant
b)
General Leee
c)
General Sheridan
d)
General Sherman
4.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
5.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
6.
Former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad
a)
James Cook
b)
Annabelle Lewis
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
7.
Former slave who became a leading abolitionist who made speeches, published books, and newspapers
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
John Brown
8.
Abolitionist who used violence in attempt to end slavery
a)
John Brown
b)
John Smith
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Elihu Embree
9.
After 1864, who was in command of all Union Armies?
a)
Sherman
b)
McClellan
c)
Grant
d)
Meade
10.
Which of the following was a Union advantage?
a)
Skilled Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Industry
d)
Fighting against invasion
11.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Border States
12.
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Henry Clay
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Johnson
13.
Which side had a larger population and more railroads?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
14.
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
15.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
16.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
17.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomattox
18.
Who was the author of the anti-slavery novel pictured?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Angelina Grimke
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Sojourner Truth
19.
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
20.
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
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