WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
a)
highly trained soldiers
b)
Population
c)
fighting in familiar territory
d)
control of the Mississippi River
2.
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?
a)
He was in favor of slavery.
b)
He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.
c)
He believed in the rights of states to secede.
d)
He had been defeated in the presidential election.
3.
Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
a)
large population
b)
strong military leadership
c)
control of the railway system
d)
many factories and businesses
4.
What was Jefferson Davis’s role prior to becoming president of the Confederate States?
a)
He was a Northern abolitionist.
b)
He was a wealthy plantation owner.
c)
He represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.
d)
He was a candidate in the 1860 presidential election.
5.
What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
It proved that the South was weak.
b)
It showed that the North would win.
c)
It proved that a quick victory was impossible.
d)
It showed that the armies were unwilling to fight long battles.
6.
The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except
a)
dividing the South.
b)
blocking Southern ports.
c)
capturing Richmond, Virginia.
d)
assassinating the Confederate president.
7.
Women supported the Civil War cause in all of the following ways except
a)
spying on the enemy.
b)
working in factories.
c)
fighting on the battlefield.
d)
treating wounded soldiers.
8.
Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
a)
wounds
b)
disease
c)
frostbite
d)
starvation
9.
What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?
a)
A Victory would cause the North to want slavery
b)
Union troops would be defeated and the war would end.
c)
Confederate troops would cut off Union access to the Potomac.
d)
Seeing their land being destroyed by war would discourage the Union.
10.
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that
a)
slaves in U.S. territories were free.
b)
slaves throughout the world were free.
c)
slaves in Confederate states were free.
d)
slaves in Union slave states were free.
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