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Civil War Quiz Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
2.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
3.

Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Richmond

d)

Appomattox

4.
Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
5.
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
6.

The Anaconda Plan called for all of the following except

a)

blockade of Southern ports

b)

cut the South in 1/2 along the Mississippi River

c)

capturing Richmond the capitol of the South

d)

assassinating Jefferson Davis

e)

capture the heart (Atlanta) of the South

7.
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
8.

Who was the the President of the Confederacy?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Alexander Stephens

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
10.

Which battle allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River?

a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
11.
The Union President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay 
d)
Robert E. Lee
12.

The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.

a)

Alexander Stephens

b)

William Sherman

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

13.

Which of the following was the first major land battle during the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

1st Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

14.

The Emancipation Proclamation

a)

freed all of the slaves in the Union.

b)

freed the slaves in states that were still in rebellion against the Union.

c)

freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.

d)

freed all of the slaves in the USA.

15.
War strategy used by General William Sherman in which the enemy's civilian population ( people not in army), become targets.
a)
blockade
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
Total War
d)
Duck and Cover
16.
What was the battle of Chickamauga?
a)
Largest battle in GA, 2nd deadliest of the war and a Confederate victory
b)
smallest battle in GA, 2nd deadliest of the war and a Confederate victory
c)
Largest battle in GA, 2nd deadliest of the war and a Union victory
d)
Smallest battle in GA, 2nd deadliest of the war and a Union victory
17.
Bloodiest single-day battle of the war?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Antietam
18.
Worst Confederate prison, in Georgia?
a)
Elmira
b)
Richmond
c)
Andersonville
d)
Jacksonville
19.
Sherman cut a wide path of destruction in Georgia & lived off the land after conquering what city?
a)
Savannah
b)
Macon
c)
Kennesaw
d)
Atlanta
20.
What city remained untouched by Sherman's strategy of "Total War" and was giving to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift?
a)
Savannah
b)
Kennesa
c)
Marrietta
d)
Atlanta
21.
The Assassination of Lincoln was carried out by whom?
a)
William Tecumseh Sherman
b)
Ulysses Simpson Grant 
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Robert Edward Lee
22.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
23.
Confederate general that fought at the Battle of Bull Run, and will later be shot by friendly fire?
a)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
b)
John Brown
c)
Jefferson Davis
24.

When did the Civil War end?

a)

July 4, 1945

b)

May 9, 1875

c)

April 12, 1865

d)

April 9, 1865

25.

When did the Civil War begin?

a)

April 12, 1861

b)

April 9, 1861

c)

July 4, 1865

d)

May 11, 1987

26.

Which was the first state to secede from the Union and started the Civil War? 

a)
Mississippi 
b)
Alabama 
c)
South Carolina 
d)
Virginia 
27.
What were the southern states called during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate
b)
Down Yonder
c)
Union
d)
Georgia
28.
Who was the Vice President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Alexander Stevens
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Andrew Johnson
29.
What were the 4 border states?
a)
Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Maryland
b)
Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Delaware
c)
Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland
d)
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
30.
Why was Georgia the “heart of the Confederacy”? 
a)
The fishing was great along the Chattahoochee River
b)
It was the largest city
c)
It was a strategic location that supplied the south with its railroad network
d)
It had the best restaurants for soldiers.

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