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WorksheetsCivil War Test
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What city was the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
New Orleans, LA
b)
Washington DC
c)
Richmond, VA
d)
Atlanta, GA
2.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Fort Sumter, SC
b)
Gettysburg, PA
c)
Vicksburg, MS
d)
Manassass, VA
3.
What was the Union's plan for victory?
a)
D-Day
b)
Picket's Charge
c)
Anaconda Plan
d)
Bull Run
4.
What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Shiloh
d)
Antietam
5.
What Civil War battle demonstrated the realities of war and proved that the war would be a long conflict?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Appomattox Courthouse
d)
Bull Run
6.
What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?
a)
End Slavery
b)
To stop slavery from spreading
c)
To Preserve the Union
d)
To punish the South
7.
What theory did Southerners use to justify secession?
a)
Right to slavery
b)
Secession Rights
c)
States' Rights
d)
Right to Sectionalism
8.
Which of the following was NOT a Southern advantage?
a)
Strong military leadership
b)
Strong transportation and supply lines
c)
Home field advantage
d)
Stronger desire to win
9.
Which of the following was NOT a Northern advantage?
a)
Strong Navy
b)
Strong transportation and supply lines
c)
Strong Communication lines
d)
Strong military leadership
10.
The election of ______________________ set off the events that lead to Civil War
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Stephen Douglas
11.
What document, issued by Lincoln, declared that all slaves in rebel territories were free?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
The Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Anti-slavery doctrine
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
12.
What Constitutional amendment ended slavery?
a)
12
b)
13
c)
14
d)
15
13.
What general accepted the surrender of the South in Virginia that ended the war?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
14.
What war tactic was used to cripple the South by burning everything in sight?
a)
Blitzkreig
b)
Slash and Burn
c)
Total War
d)
Shock and Awe
15.
The single bloodiest battle of the war that marked a turning point for the North was the battle at _____________.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Chancellorsville
16.
Lincoln dedicated the largest Civil War graveyard with a two minute speech titled _______________________.
a)
The Civil War Address
b)
The Total War Doctrine
c)
The Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The Gettysburg Address
17.
How did the North experience the Civil War?
a)
First Hand
b)
Through written letters
c)
Through the radio
d)
Through story telling
18.
The Southern forces surrendered control of the Mississippi River to the Union Army after what battle?
a)
Fredericksburg
b)
Chancellorsville
c)
Bull Run
d)
Vicksburg
19.
Many soldiers ______________ or left before the war was over
a)
Abandoned
b)
Deserted
c)
Surrendered
d)
De-enlisted
20.
Many women worked during the Civil War as ___________ for both sides
a)
Spies
b)
Combat Soldiers
c)
Generals
d)
Doctors
21.
Because of the shortage of goods, in the South during the war, prices rose __________ percent
a)
9%
b)
90%
c)
900%
d)
9000%
22.
Most of the battles of the Civil War took place in the South
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The South's economy increased during the war
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history
a)
True
b)
False
25.
African Americans were often sent to fight for Southern Army
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the United States
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Southern General who surrenders at the end of the war.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Robert E Lee
28.
16th President of the United States during the Civil War
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Robert E Lee
29.
Changed battle field medicine during War and founded Red Cross.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Robert E Lee
30.
Southern General who was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Robert E Lee
31.
Elected as the President of the Confederacy
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
William Sherman
32.
Burned a path of destruction through the South to end the war
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
William Sherman
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