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WorksheetsAmerican Civil War
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 24mins
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.
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
5.
Abolitionist who used violence in attempt to end slavery
a)
John Brown
b)
John Smith
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Elihu Embree
6.
Which of the following was a Union advantage?
a)
Skilled Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Industry
d)
Fighting against invasion
7.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Border States
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 Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
12.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
a)
Red States
b)
Border States
c)
Free States
d)
Blue States
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.
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
16.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
a)
Booth
b)
Jackson
c)
Mercer
d)
Bothbey
17.
Who becomes President after the death of Lincoln?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Secretary Seward
d)
Andrew Johnson
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 did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
20.
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
21.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1619
d)
1865
22.
What year did the Civil War end?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1865
d)
1812
23.
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
24.
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.
25.
General Sherman marched across Georgia and South Carolina to...
a)
In search of runaway slaves
b)
to try to split up the Confederacy
c)
to free the slaves
d)
to gather supplies for the soldiers
26.
To break away from a country
a)
leave
b)
secede
c)
surrender
d)
escape
27.
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
28.
An abolitionist is
a)
a person who fights for slavery
b)
a soldier that fights for the Confederate
c)
A person who fights against slavery
d)
a soldier that fights for the Union
29.
Name the 5 Border States
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
30.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
31.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
32.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
33.
Who founded the Red Cross?
a)
Clara Barton
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Matthew Brady
34.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
35.
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
36.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Bull Run
d)
Manassas
37.
What triggered the Civil War?
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
The Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Compromise of 1850
38.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
39.
Former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad
a)
James Cook
b)
Annabelle Lewis
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
40.
Reformer who wrote and influential anti-slavery novel
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Henry Clay
41.
Name of the highly influential anti-slavery novel
a)
Uncle Sam's Cabin
b)
The North Star
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
The Liberator
42.
Led an unsuccessful raid on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia and was executed for treason
a)
William Bradford
b)
John Brown
c)
John Marshall
d)
James Brown
43.
Wanted a federal government
a)
North
b)
South
44.
Disliked federal government
a)
North
b)
South
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