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Civil War Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
2.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
3.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
4.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
5.

Who was the leading general of the Union army (after 1864)?

a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
6.

What Civil War battle showed the war would not end quickly and include spectators who were picknicking?

a)
Antietam
b)

Fort Sumter

c)
Gettysburg
d)

Bull Run

7.

What was the first battle of the Civil War with the only casualty being a Confederate horse?

a)
Antietam
b)

Bull Run

c)
Gettysburg
d)

Fort Sumter

8.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)

sectionalism

d)
secede
9.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
10.
The Kansas Nebraska Act caused many problems between abolitionists and southern slave owners. What was this conflict known as?
a)
Punctured Kansas
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Nebraska No
d)
Breathing Kansas
11.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for  Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
12.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
13.

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
14.
After Lincoln was elected:
a)
Southern states were happy
b)
Northern states hated him
c)
He began to establish more slave states
d)
Southern states began to secede
15.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
16.
President of the United States during the Civil War
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Thomas Jackson
17.

President of the Confederate States during the Civil War

a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Thomas Jackson
18.

Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin to show northerners what slavery was really like?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglas

19.

Which abolitionist was part of "Bleeding Kansas" and the raid on Harper's Ferry?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglas

20.

Which abolitionist was known as "Moses" and led more than 300 slaves to safety along the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglas

21.
Which region was more industrial?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
22.
Which region was more agricultural?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
23.
Which battle was the turning point of the war, when the Confederate invasion was stopped?
a)
Antietam
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Fredericksburg
d)
Gettysburg
24.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1800-1812
b)
1900-1906
c)
1861-1865
d)
1862-1863
25.

What do the Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act all have in common?

a)

All were bills that tried to destroy the Underground Railroad

b)

All were bills that dealt with slavery in new western territories

c)

All were proposed by Abraham Lincoln

d)

All three led to violence and fighting

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