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WorksheetsUS Civil War
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
3.
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
4.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
5.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
6.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
7.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
8.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
9.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
10.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
11.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
12.
What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?
a)
factories
b)
smaller populations
c)
larger populations
d)
poor populations
13.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
14.
Which of the following conclusions were drawn by both the North and South after the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
The war would last only a few short months
b)
The soldiers needed training and victory would be difficult
c)
Naval warfare would not help this "land" war
15.
Both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were good military strategists because they each had experience in previous wars.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of what ?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
The Atlantic Ocean
d)
Mississippi River
17.
All were goals or strategies of the union, EXCEPT...
a)
Blockade Southern ports
b)
Gain control of the Mississippi
c)
Capture Richmond
d)
Capture Washington DC
18.
A decree freeing all enslaved people in rebel territory
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Habeas Corpus
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Gettysburg Address
19.
All were roles women played in the Civil War except...
a)
Spy
b)
Nurse
c)
President
d)
Soldier
20.
One of, if not the most famous African American Regiments.
a)
54th Regiment of Massachusetts
b)
52nd Regiment of Virginia
c)
53rd Regiment of Maryland
d)
47th Regiment of Mars
21.
Lincoln was willing to limit freedoms to save the union, how did he do this?
a)
suspend habeus corpus
b)
impose martial law
c)
neither of these
d)
both of these
22.
______ was a group Northern Democrats who spoke out against the Civil War.
a)
contrabands
b)
Copperheads
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Habeas Corpus
23.
What were the names of the 2 ships that fought in the first ironclad ship battle in history?
a)
Monitor and Merrimac
b)
Alabama and Georgia
c)
Monitor and Georgia
d)
Mississippi and Missouri
24.
What is the term for your Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment?
a)
inflation
b)
justice
c)
habeas corpus
d)
siege
25.
Why were “blockade runners” significant?
a)
ended the Union blockade
b)
bombarded Charleston
c)
slipped through the blockade to smuggle goods
d)
protected the Confederate submarine from attack
26.
_______ was captured by Sherman and his army on September 2, 1864, ensuring Lincoln's re-election.
a)
LaGrange
b)
Savannah
c)
Atlanta
d)
Nashville
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