WorksheetsGeorgia and the Civil War
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War.
a)
Shiloh
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Antietam
2.
What was the name of the speech given by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves should be free?
a)
The Gettysburg Address
b)
The Emancipation Proclaimation
c)
I Have a Dream
d)
Lincoln's Inauguration Address
3.
Name the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Shiloh
4.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Jefferson Davis
5.
Who was the president of the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Jefferson Davis
6.
Which battle took place near an important railroad center in Georgia?
a)
The Battle of Gettysburg
b)
The Attack on Fort Sumter
c)
The Battle of Chickamauga
d)
The Battle of Dalton
7.
Why did Sherman march the Union through Georgia civilian towns?
a)
To get back at Jefferson Davis for owning slaves.
b)
To set slaves in Georgia free so they could run to the North.
c)
To ruin public opinion of the war, and bring down the morale of the South, and shorten the war
d)
The show President Lincoln that he was the best canidate for Vice President.
8.
What was The Anaconda Plan also known as?
a)
The Union Attack
b)
The Union Brigade
c)
The Confederate Defeat Plan
d)
The Union Blockade
9.
Why was it important to destroy Atlanta?
a)
It was Jefferson Davis' favorite place in the South.
b)
It was the industrial and transportation center of the confederacy.
c)
It was the city with the largest population of slaves to be freed.
d)
It was the city with the highest number of Government buildings.
10.
Where in Georgia did most of the fighting in the Civil war take place?
a)
In North Georgia
b)
In South Georgia
c)
Between The Blue Ridge Mountains the the Piedmont Region.
d)
Along a line connecting Dalton and Savannah
11.
Who was the commander of the Union Army who led the March to the Sea, and led the Siege of Atlanta?
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
William T. Sherman
d)
General Braxton Bragg
12.
In what town was the notorious Confederate prison located?
a)
Augusta
b)
Atlanta
c)
Andersonville
d)
Antietam
13.
Who was in charge of Andersonville Prison?
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Henry Wirz
d)
John Hood
14.
Where did Antietam take place?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Georgia
c)
Florida
d)
Maryland
15.
Where did Gettysburg take place?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Georgia
c)
Florida
d)
Maryland
16.
Which is not an important technological innovation in the Civil War?
a)
Railroads
b)
Telephones
c)
Telegraphs
d)
Bromine
17.
True or False: The muskets used in the Civil War were the same as those used in the Revolutionary War.
a)
True: They were still using the same weapons
b)
False: While they were similar the new muskets were faster to load.
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