WorksheetsSC Secedes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which city would I visit if I wanted to see Ft. Sumter?
a)
Atlanta, Georigia
b)
Richmond, Virginia
c)
Vicksburg, Mississippi
d)
Charleston, South Caroina
2.
How was Robert Smalls able to convince Abraham Lincoln allow freed black men to join the Union Army?
a)
He wrote Abraham Lincoln a letter, asking if he could join the army.
b)
He jumped on the Underground Railroad and rode the train in Northern territory.
c)
He followed Sojourner Truth to Canada and declared himself free.
d)
He stole a Confederate ship and sailed into the free territory of the North.
3.
Why is H.L. Hunley an important term when studying the Civil War?
a)
He was the President of the Confederate States.
b)
He was South Carolina's governor in the Civil War.
c)
It was the name of the fort where the war began.
d)
It was the first submarine used in the war.
4.
Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman's 'total war' strategy targeted the Confederate army and.....?
a)
the citizens living in the south
b)
Northern citizens sympathetic to the South.
c)
the South's population of enslaved Africans.
d)
Native Americans who were not loyal to the U.S.
5.
Why couldn't plantation owners export cotton during the Civil War?
a)
The Union destroyed bridges.
b)
The Union destroyed railroads.
c)
The Union attacked plantations.
d)
The Union blockaded southern ports.
6.
In order to get important supplies in and out, how did the Confederate army slip in between Northern ships blocking southern ports?
a)
submarines
b)
abolitionists
c)
blockade runners
d)
Underground Railroad
7.
Why did the U.S. Navy put a blockade on Charleston Harbor during the Civil War?
a)
to stop people from escaping
b)
to stop the export of cotton
c)
to make the city rejoin the union
d)
to punish the city for destroying tea
8.
What would be considered an IMMEDIATE cause of the southern attack on Fort Sumter?
a)
the banning of slavery
b)
the Missouri Compromise
c)
the election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
the South Carolina Exposition and Protest
9.
What was the purpose of the ‘Anaconda Plan” shown on this Civil War map?
a)
to protect Southern harbors from European attack
b)
to prepare an all-out invasion of Southern states
c)
to hurt the Confederate states by blockading their ports
d)
to evacuate Southern women and children from battle zones
10.
What was the MOST negative effect of the Northern blockade of Charleston harbor during the Civil War?
a)
Women could not get the latest fashions.
b)
Ship builders could not build or repair boats.
c)
Citizens could not import goods or export crops like cotton.
d)
Families could not leave for vacations to the beach during the war
11.
He was the 16th President of the United States during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
12.
He was the commanding general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
13.
He is known for being the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
14.
This Union general defeated Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to end the Civil War.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
15.
The Union general is most famous for his ‘march to the sea’ through Georgia and South Carolina in 1864.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
William T. Sherman
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