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Chapter 9 - Study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The first major battle of the Civil War was fought on this date.
a)
June 21, 1861
b)
July 21, 1861
c)
June 12, 1861
d)
July 12, 1861
2.
The first major battle of the Civil War took place at a stream called _________________.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Manassas
d)
Red River
3.
The ________________won the first battle of the civil war.
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
Border States
d)
Territories
4.
This is a selection of people who must serve in the military.
a)
brigade
b)
civilians
c)
draft
d)
slaves
5.
This plan would make it more difficult for the South to get the __________ it needed to fight the war.
a)
soldiers
b)
supplies
c)
slaves
d)
civilians
6.
The __________ ___________ was the name of the Union's plan to win the war.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Anaconda plan
c)
emancipation Proclaamation
d)
Bull Run
7.
In a _______ _______, each side strikes against the economic system and civilians of the other.
a)
total war
b)
political war
c)
emancipation proclamation
8.
___________ are people who are not in the armed forces.
a)
spies
b)
soldiers
c)
civilians
d)
enslaved
9.
General Robert E. Lee was the commander of the ____________ army.
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
10.
General Ulysses S. Grant was the commander of the _________ army.
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
11.
The Battle at Antietam resulted in President Lincoln issuing the _____________ ___________.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Anaconda Plan
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
12.
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that on January 1, 1863, all ___________ people in the Confederacy were emancipated, or freed.
a)
civilian
b)
enslaved
c)
southern
d)
drafted
13.
The victory at Vicksburg gave the __________control of the Mississippi River.
a)
North
b)
South
14.
On July 1, 1863, Lee's army met Union troops in the small farm town of ____________, Pennsylvania.
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Manassas
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Georgetown
15.
In all, about ________soldiers were killed or wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
a)
51,000
b)
510,000
c)
510
d)
501,000
16.
Lee was forced to retreat, and the line of wagons carrying wounded soldiers back to Virginia was _______miles long.
a)
10
b)
17
c)
20
d)
27
17.
Lincoln gave a  speech at Gettysburg called the _________ ________.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Gettysburg Address
18.
Some women took dangerous jobs during the war as _________or nurses near the front lines.
a)
doctors
b)
maids
c)
farmers
d)
spies
19.
On April 9, 1865, ______________ surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
a)
Jackson
b)
Lincoln
c)
Lee
20.
Less than a week after Lee's surrender, President ___________ was assassinated.
a)
Washington
b)
Lee
c)
Lincoln