WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who led the first slave rebellion?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Harriet Tubman
2.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called ________.
a)
Option 1*Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
The South Will Rise
c)
Gone with the Wind
3.
An _________ is someone who wanted to end slavery.
a)
soldier
b)
farmer
c)
abolitionist
4.
Mrs. Lincoln had brothers in the Confederate army.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Which person below did NOT play an important role in the Civil War?
a)
George Washington
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
General Stonewall Jackson
d)
General Robert E. Lee
6.
Which battle was a victory for the Union army?
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
OK Corral
7.
Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Abraham Lincoln
8.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Nat Turner
d)
General Grant
9.
The Emacipation Proclamation freed all slaves.
a)
true
b)
False
10.
When and where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
a)
1920 in Atlanta, Georgia
b)
1865 in Appoomattox, Virgina
c)
1860 in Gettysburg, Pennisylvania
11.
Where were the first shots fired that started the Civil War?
a)
Jacksonville, Florida
b)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
c)
Gettysburg, Pennisylvania
12.
Who was one of the men who persuaded Congress to accept the Missouri Compromise?
a)
John Calhoun
b)
Daniel Webster
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Abraham Lincoln
13.
Who defended the rights of both slaves and women?
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
c)
Mary Todd Lincoln
d)
Clara Barton
14.
Abraham Lincoln became well known through his debates with __________.
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Jefferson Davis
15.
The Union strategy to win the war by weakening the South was called the ________.
a)
Join or Die plan
b)
King Cotton plan
c)
Anaconda Plan
16.
What is the name of President Lincoln's famous speech
a)
I have a dream
b)
If you elect me I will free slaves
c)
Gettysburg Address
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