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Civil War Course

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How was Robert Smalls able to allow freed black men to join the Union Army?

a)

He followed Sojourner Truth to Canada

b)

He wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln asking to join the Union Army

c)

He stole a Confederate ship and sailed into free territory

d)

He jumped on the Underground Railroad and rode a train

2.

This is known as continuous attacks with bombs, shells and missiles

a)

constitution

b)

total war

c)

bombardment

d)

port

3.

A way of fighting that destroys cities and supplies

a)

bombardment

b)

blockade

c)

total war

d)

constitution

4.

Where is Fort Sumter located?

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Chareston, South Carolina

c)

Vicksburg, Mississippi

d)

Richmond, Virginia

5.

Why couldn't cotton be exported during this time?

a)

the Union attacked plantations

b)

the Union ruined the railroads

c)

the Union blockaded the southern ports

d)

the Union ruined the bridges

6.

Which Union general defeated Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Less

7.

Who was known for their famous "March to the Sea"

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

8.

Why was there an Anaconda Plan?

a)

to help southern woman and their children leave the battle zones

b)

to protect the Southern harbors from attack

c)

to hurt the Confederate states by blockading the ports

d)

to create a snake on the United States map

9.

How were supplies able to get in and out during the blockade

a)

submarines

b)

abolitionists

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

blockade runners

10.

Who was the first and only president of the Confederate Army?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

William T. Sherman

11.

The H.L. Hunley is

a)

a name of a fort used in the war

b)

the name of a President of the Confederate States of America

c)

the name of South Carolina's governor during the war

d)

the name of the first submarine used in the war

12.

Who was the commanding general of the Confederate Army

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln