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Civil War

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the president of the USA during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

2.

Who was the president of the CSA during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

3.

Who was the commander of the USA army?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

4.

Who was the commander of the CSA army?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

5.

Who made the "March to the Sea" in Georgia?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

6.

When did the Civil War begin?

a)

April 12, 1865

b)

November 27, 1863

c)

April 9, 1861

d)

March 30, 1862

7.

When did the Civil War end?

a)

April 12, 1865

b)

November 27, 1863

c)

April 9, 1861

d)

March 30, 1862

8.

What was the North's plan to "squeeze" the South by blockading the ports and invading the South called?

a)

Python Plan

b)

Rattlesnake Plan

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

Boa Plan

9.

Where did the Civil War begin?

a)

Fort McHenry

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Pulaski

d)

Virginia

10.

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

a)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

b)

Manassass, Virginia

c)

Nashville, Tennesses

d)

Savannah, Georgia

11.

Who was nicknamed "Moses" because they led over 300 slaves to freedom?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Wilkes Booth

12.

Who was the "little lady who started the big war" by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Wilkes Booth

13.

Who was the actor that assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Wilkes Booth

14.

Who was the nurse during the Civil War that later started the American Red Cross?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Wilkes Booth

15.

When people stopped volunteering to fight in the Civil War, what did the USA begin?

a)

imprisonment

b)

draft

c)

compromises

d)

whippings

16.

Which compromise made Missouri a slave state, Maine a free state, and kept the number of free and slave states equal?

a)

Dred Scott decision

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

17.

Which compromise made California a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves, and created the Fugitive Slave Law?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

18.

Which case did the Supreme Court rule that slaves had no rights under the Constitution?

a)

Dred Scott decision

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Compromise of 1850

19.

Which act stated that new states could decide to be a free or slave state by voting and led to what is called "Bleeding Kansas"?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1850

20.

What document from Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves?

a)

Dred Scott decision

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Missouri Compromise

21.

The North and South argued over such issues as tariffs and slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The North started the war at Fort Sumter.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Abolitionists wanted slavery in America.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

After Lincoln was elected, most Southern states seceded.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The first submarine to sink a ship was the Hunley.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

More than half the soldiers were killed by diseases and/or bad medical care.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Blacks were allowed to fight for the North.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Only the rich could afford to get a replacement to fight for them.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Civil War was a quick and easy war.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What does CSA stand for?

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

Confederate Slaves of America

c)

Compromise States of America

d)

Civil Slaves of America

32.

What did a lot of slaves "ride" to escape by following the "drinking gourd"?

a)

horse

b)

boat

c)

car

d)

Underground Railroad

33.

What was the economy in the North based on?

a)

farming

b)

military

c)

business

d)

railroads

34.

What was the economy in the South based on?

a)

farming

b)

military

c)

business

d)

railroads

35.

In which state were most of the major battles fought?

a)

Georgia

b)

Tennesse

c)

West Virginia

d)

Virginia

36.

What was one of the South's strengths?

a)

railroads

b)

best generals

c)

money

d)

factories

37.

What were some strength's of the North?

a)

slaves

b)

best generals

c)

money

d)

factories

38.

Where did William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" begin?

a)

Savanna

b)

Atlanta

c)

Cartersville

d)

Dalton

39.

Where did William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" end?

a)

Savanna

b)

Atlanta

c)

Cartersville

d)

Dalton

40.

How long was the Civil War?

a)

3 months

b)

5 years

c)

24 months

d)

4 years

41.

How long did Lincoln ask the 75,000 volunteers to enlist for at the beginning of the war?

a)

3 months

b)

5 years

c)

24 months

d)

4 years

42.

How was "Stonewall" Jackson killed?

a)

freezing to death by a stone wall

b)

by his own men

c)

a surprise attack

d)

flag pole at Fort Sumter falling on him