WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who did the Confederate States of America elected as their president?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Fredrick Douglass
2.
What did the south call their country?
a)
Liberators
b)
War Between the States
c)
Confederate States of America
d)
United States of America
3.
Why was slavery important to the Southern States?
a)
Slaves were needed to produce cotton and other crops
b)
Southern factories depended on slave labor
c)
Slaves were the only people that could read and write
d)
Slaves were needed to build roads
4.
What was the most serious disagreement between the North and the South?
a)
how much money farmers should be paid
b)
how to deal with Native Americans
c)
whether slavery should be allowed to spread
d)
whether to gain independence from Great Britain or not
5.
Which novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to exposed the cruelty of slavery?
a)
Little House on the Prarie
b)
The Liberator
c)
Slavery must be stopped
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.
Which statement best describes the causes of the Civil War?
a)
The North wanted their own slaves
b)
The south wanted slavery and states' rights
c)
The south wanted a strong federal government
d)
The North was angry about Lincoln's death
7.
The big industry in the south was
a)
education
b)
cotton
c)
mills
d)
factories
8.
Which word best describes work in the North?
a)
farming
b)
agriculture
c)
factories
d)
crops
9.
This law gave southerners more opportunity to have their escaped slaves caught and returned to their masters in the south.
a)
Annexation of Texas
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Missouri Compromise
10.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
11.
Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states to form the ______.
a)
Confederate States of the Union
b)
Confederate States Of America
c)
Confederate Union
12.
_____ established a secret route that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Freedom Trail
c)
Turner Route
13.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
14.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
15.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
16.
After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
John Adams
17.
"Secede" means....
a)
To be successful
b)
To leave
c)
To stay
18.
What started the Civil War?
a)
Nothing
b)
The bombing of Fort Sumter
c)
High taxes
19.
A Civil War is a war between states.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The Confederacy was another name for the south.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The Union was another name for the north.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Slavery was one of the main causes of the civil war.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Who had the biggest advantage during the war?
a)
The Confederacy
b)
The Union
c)
No one
24.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
25.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
26.
The name given to the northern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
27.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
28.
This is where the Civil War ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
29.
The president of the Confederate States of America was..
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
George Washington
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Thomas Jefferson
30.
What was the goal of the Abolitionist movement?
a)
Help the cotton farmers
b)
Help states secede from the Union
c)
Support trading among the states
d)
To outlaw slavery
31.
To break away from a country
a)
leave
b)
secede
c)
surrender
d)
escape
32.
The Confederacy fired the first shots of the Civil War at the Union soldiers at Fort _______.
a)
Fort Molturie
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Jackson
d)
Fort Johnson
33.
Who was elected President of the United States in the election of 1860 (before the Civil War)
This President wanted to keep the country together, but knew slavery had to be ended.
This President wanted to keep the country together, but knew slavery had to be ended.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
34.
What battle was the most deadly battle of the war but also a turning point for the Union in the war?
Hint: After this battle, President Lincoln gave a speech to encourage the Union soldiers to keep fighting and win.
Hint: After this battle, President Lincoln gave a speech to encourage the Union soldiers to keep fighting and win.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of the Bulls
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Greenville
35.
Who was the army general of the South during the war?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
36.
What did President Lincoln do to free the slaves?
a)
The Gettysberg Address
b)
The Emancipation Proclamation
c)
The Constitution
37.
Confederate General
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
38.
Union General
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
39.
US President during the Civil War
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
40.
This document ended slavery in the south.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Constitution
41.
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
George Washington
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
42.
Many factories, railroads, and soldiers were strengths of the ___.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
slaves
d)
generals
43.
Well-trained military officers and motivated soldiers were strengths of the ___.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
slaves
d)
generals
44.
A large farm was called ___.
a)
an abolitionist
b)
a plantation
c)
the Underground Railroad
d)
secede
45.
States that were between the free and slave states were called ___.
a)
border states
b)
southern states
c)
northern states
d)
Union states
46.
True or False: border states allowed slavery.
a)
true
b)
false
47.
True or false: border states seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy.
a)
true
b)
false
48.
Which side was Ohio a part of during the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
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