WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 52mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the first state to secede?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
South Carolina
d)
Virginia
2.
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Donald Trump
d)
Abe Lincoln
3.
What were the Northern free states called?
a)
Unity
b)
Union
c)
North America
d)
Confederacy
4.
What were the Southern slave states called?
a)
Slavery
b)
Union
c)
The United States of America
d)
The Confederate States of America
5.
The _________ relied heavily on agriculture and had many plantations.
a)
South
b)
North
c)
slaves
d)
immigrants
6.
What did Abraham Lincoln want for the country?
a)
To become the most powerful country in the world
b)
to abolish slavery
c)
to keep the country united
d)
to kill all slave owners
7.
What is total war?
a)
When an army surrenders
b)
When there are many wars happening at once
c)
When the war is over
d)
when you destroy not just an army, but everything even their will to fight
8.
Who was the main general for the Union?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
9.
Who was the main general of the Confederacy?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
Sherman
d)
John Wilkes Booth
10.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The Union
b)
The South
c)
The Confederate States of America
d)
Canada
11.
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Appomattox Courthouse
c)
Appleton Courthouse
d)
Berwyn, IL.
12.
How was Lincoln killed?
a)
cancer
b)
in battle
c)
old age
d)
assassinated
13.
_____________ shot president Lincoln in the back of the head.
a)
John Wilkes Booth
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
a slave
d)
no body knows
14.
Abe Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The Gettysburg Address was a battle.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Abolitionists are people who believed ________ should be abolished.
a)
laws
b)
fidget spinners
c)
slavery
d)
battles
17.
Who was the most important black abolitionist?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Lloyd Garrison
18.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A train that traveled underground
b)
A secret club for slaves
c)
A series of escape routes and hiding places for runaways
19.
The Fugitive Slave Law required all citizens to help in the capture of runaway slaves
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Jefferson Davis was the president of the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The attack on __________ began the Civil War in 1861.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Fort Sumter
22.
The _______ had a larger population, more factories, railroads, roads, canals and strong Navy.
a)
South
b)
North
23.
The Monitor ship belonged to the ___________.
a)
Union
b)
CSA
c)
immigrants
d)
slaves
24.
What was the CSA's ironclad ship called?
a)
Monitor
b)
Merrimack
c)
Titanic
d)
The Black Pearl
25.
This was nicknamed the bloodiest one-day battle in the history of America.
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
World War II
d)
Battle of Bull Run
26.
Who says this, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...."
a)
Ulysses. S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
Abraham Lincoln
27.
Harriet Beecher Stowe got hit in the head by an overseer because she refused to to help tie up a fellow slave.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Who's flag is this?
a)
United States
b)
Union
c)
USA
d)
All of the above
29.
WHo's flag is this?
a)
Union
b)
Confederate States of America
30.
His election as president of the United States was the event that led 7 southern states to secede.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
31.
___________ was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was written to convince people that slavery should be ended.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Fredrick Douglass
32.
To "break away from" means to _______.
a)
surrender
b)
secede
c)
win the war
33.
What did the runaway slaves use to guide them to freedom?
a)
flashlights
b)
GPS
c)
cell phones
d)
the stars
34.
This was a big turning point in the war
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Gettysburg Address
35.
It is said that this battle was a tie
a)
Monitor Vs. Merrimack
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Shiloh
36.
Who's Army marched to sea destroying everything in their path?
a)
Abraham Lincoln's
b)
Robert E Lee's
c)
Beauregard's
d)
Sherman's
37.
This General had his army hold their ground like a stone wall, getting the name name" ___________".
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
General McDowell
c)
Jack Stone
d)
Robert E. Lee.
38.
The "Drinking Gourd" was really ___________.
a)
a place where slaves could get water
b)
the Big Dipper
c)
a hit song on the radio
d)
a code
39.
In a ________ war, people of the same country fight against each other.
a)
bloody
b)
nuclear
c)
civil
d)
friendly
40.
How many years did the Civil War last?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
9
41.
The Civil War mainly took place in the _______.
a)
South
b)
North
42.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a)
it made the CSA surrender
b)
it freed slaves who were living in states that had rebelled against the Union
c)
It caused a bigger war
d)
it ended the war
43.
Which one is a document?
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Swing Low, Sweet Char
44.
Miss DiMenna is the seriously the greatest.
a)
TRUE
b)
False
45.
What color did the Union soldiers wear?
a)
Gray
b)
black
c)
blue
d)
red and blue
46.
What color did the Confederate soldiers wear?
a)
blue
b)
gray
c)
red
d)
brown
47.
Nickname for union soldiers.
a)
Rebels
b)
Good guys
c)
Yanks
d)
United men
48.
Nickname for the Confederate soldiers.
a)
Bad guys
b)
villains
c)
Rebels
d)
Yankees
49.
Who wrote The Liberator?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
50.
What put an end to slavery?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Abolitionists
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Frederick Douglass
51.
How do you know so much about the Civil War?
a)
Because I like history
b)
Because I'm lucky to have an awesome teacher to teach me and prepare me for what I need to know.
c)
I taught myself on the weekends
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