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WorksheetsCivil War leaders and battles
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Confederates attacked the fort, the Union surrendered. First shots of the war
a)
Bull Run/ Manassas 1
b)
Antietam
c)
Appomattox Courhouse
d)
Ft. Sumter
2.
Who led the Union troops to victory in the Civil War?
a)
Stonewall Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
3.
Where did the war end with the surrender of Robert E. Lee?
a)
Yorktown, VA
b)
Fredricksburg
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
At the corner store over ice cream
4.
What was the official name of the south during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate States of America
b)
Communist States of America
c)
Southern States of America
d)
Lincoln's Land
5.
What was Lincoln's main reason for fighting in the war?
a)
to get rid of slavery
b)
to bring the British and French to America
c)
to show his strength as a president
d)
to preserve the Union
6.
Jefferson Davis was
a)
President of the Union
b)
Vice President of the Confederacy
c)
Union General at Chickamauga
d)
President of the Confederacy
7.
The idea of attacking the Confederacy by squeezing them like a snake from the East and West is known as the...
a)
Snake Plan
b)
Anaconda Plan
c)
Hugging Plan
d)
No idea plan
8.
General Thomas Jackson received which nickname after the Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Stonehenge
b)
Rockwall
c)
Stonewall
d)
Rockhenge
9.
War Strategies: They believed they only had to defend their territory until the opponent got tired and gave up. Relied on Britain to help.
a)
North
b)
South
10.
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Northern most battle in the civil war.
a)
Antientam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Bullrun
d)
Vicksburg
11.
Idea was to not just stop the opposing army but to destroy the peoples will to fight. Marched 300 miles toward Savannah and down to Atlanta. 60 mile wide path of destruction.
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Sherman's March to Sea
d)
Bull Run
12.
At which battle did Lee win against an army twice his size but lose Stonewall Jackson?
a)
Fredericksburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Chancellorsville
d)
Antietam
13.
President Lincoln used the Union navy to blockade southern ports. An important sea battle between two iron-clad ships, the ____ (Union) and the _____ (Confederate) took place in waters near Hampton and Norfolk.
a)
Monitor, Manassas
b)
Monitor, Merrimack
c)
Saratoga, Merrimack
d)
airplane, boat
14.
Which army did Ulysses S. Grant lead?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
15.
Grant won this battle,taking control of Mississippi River and was then promoted to Head General
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Shiloh
d)
Antietam
16.
This battle was enough of a victory for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Vicksburg
17.
This battle convinced France & Britain it was not a good idea to aid the South
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Appomattox
d)
Antietam
18.
The election of Abraham Lincoln caused this state to immediately secede.
a)
South Carolina
b)
Texas
c)
Tennessee
d)
California
19.
This man was the commander of the Confederate troops.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
20.
George McClellan was
a)
Union General at Antietam
b)
Confederate General at Gettysburg
c)
Union General who because US president
d)
Confederate General who surrendered to Lincoln
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