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WorksheetsEvents of the Civil War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the order given on Jan. 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves?
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
2.
A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of famous battle of the Civil War.
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
"Four score" speech
3.
The first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war.
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Bull Run
4.
The two battles, both fought near Manassas Creek and both won by the South.
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Ft. Sumter
d)
Battle of Bull Run
5.
It was the bloodiest battle in American history, Union victory there led to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Ft. Sumter
6.
A 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Union Army won.
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Bull Run
d)
Ft. Sumter
7.
A march of Union army troops from Atlanta to the Georgia coast, destroying Confederate supplies and towns along the way.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Sherman's March to the Sea
d)
Trail of Tears
8.
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
a)
Appomattox Courthouse
b)
Ft. Sumter
c)
Bull Run
d)
Missouri Compromise of 1850
9.
The agreement where Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state to keep balance in the Union.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
10.
Agreement where California becomes a free state and the territories of Utah & New Mexico get popular sovereignty, (state gets to choose to be slave or free)
a)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
b)
Dred Scott Decision
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
11.
A law passed, which gave southern slaveholders legal means to capture slaves even in "free" territories.
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Dred Scott Decision
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
12.
A landmark court decision which said blacks, or those with African blood, were not considered U.S. citizens.
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
13.
This allowed citizens in Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide locally whether to allow slavery.
a)
Freedom to chose Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Ft. Sumter
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