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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
a)
Debate over slavery
b)
Debate over land ownership
c)
Debate over religion
d)
Debate over taxes
2.
Which invention was NOT important during the Civil War?
a)
Telephone
b)
Camera
c)
Ironclad Warship
d)
Railroad
3.
What was NOT an advantage the the North had during the Civil War?
a)
Greater population
b)
More manufacturing
c)
More cotton
d)
More railroad access
4.
Where were the first shots fired during the Civil War?
a)
The burning of Washington D.C.
b)
The Battle of Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Fort Sumter
5.
Describe the Battle of Gettysburg
a)
General Grant died
b)
Stonewall Jackson Died
c)
50000 dead or wounded
d)
Confederates Won
6.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Jack Ruby
d)
James Earl Ray
7.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
a)
Former slave, abolitionist
b)
President of the South
c)
Commander of the Confederate Army
d)
President of the United States
8.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
a)
Abolitionist, former slave
b)
President of the Confederate States
c)
Commander of the Confederate Army
d)
Commander of the Union Army
9.
Who was Robert E. Lee
a)
President of the United States
b)
President of the Confederate States
c)
Commander of the Union Army
d)
Commander of the Confederate Army
10.
What were the years of the Civil War?
a)
1773-1776
b)
1776-1779
c)
1861-1865
d)
1939-1945
11.
How many states left the Union?
a)
8
b)
11
c)
13
d)
12
12.
Which of the following was the first major land battle during the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Vicksburg
c)
The Battle of Bull Run
d)
Gettysburg
13.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Speech that ended the war
b)
Speech that declared war
c)
Speech that freed all slaves
d)
Speech that dedicated the National Cemetery
14.
Describe the Battle of Chancellorsville?
a)
First battle of the war
b)
The Confederates won
c)
The battle ended the war
d)
Stonewall Jackson was killed
15.
Which was the first state to leave the United States?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Alabama
c)
South Carolina
d)
Virginia
16.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
17.
Who wrote Tom's Uncle Cabin in 1852?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Frederick Douglas
18.
Which part of the U.S referred to as the North during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Border
d)
None of the above
19.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
20.
Which African- American slave was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Frederick Douglas
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Harriet Tubman
21.
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
General Sherman and his troops
22.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
23.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
24.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
25.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
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