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Unit 10 Review-Civil War

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

a)

a major tax increase from the federal government

b)

the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

c)

Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South

d)

Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln

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.
Which army did General Robert E. Lee lead?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Neutrals
d)
He was not a general.
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 _____ produced more than 90% of the country's weapons, cloth, shoes, and iron. They also had more railroads, canals, roads and money.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
8.
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
9.
General Thomas Jackson received which nickname after the Battle of Bull Run?
a)

Stonehenge

b)

Rockwall

c)
Stonewall
d)
Rockhenge
10.
Battle took place in Maryland and was the closest Civil War battle to Washington D.C. The Union won and Great Britain stopped supporting the Confederacy after this battle.
a)
Antietam
b)
Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
11.
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
12.
Led by Ulysses S. Grant. They blockaded the Mississippi River and split the confederate troops into smaller groups giving them a greater chance of victory.
a)
Vicksburg
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Bull Run
d)
Antietam
13.
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)
Shermans March to Sea
d)
Bull Run
14.
Lincoln wanted until a Union victory at _____________what battle to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
15.
President Lincoln suspended the right of _________
so that Union officials could put their enemies in jail without a trial.
a)
Corpus Christi
b)
Happy Corpus
c)
Haebeas Corpus
d)
Happy Birthday
16.
Clara Barton helped found the ________________.
a)
Confederacy Red Cross
b)
American Red Cross
c)
Copperheads
d)
Habeas Corpus
17.
1) Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a)
Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.
b)
Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.
c)
 Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
d)
All the Above
18.
According to the Emancipation Proclamation slaves would only be set free in what parts of the country?
a)
Only the states still at war with the Union
b)
In the four loyal slave states
c)
Confederate lands already captured by the Union
d)
Kansas
19.
A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of famous battle of the Civil War.
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
"Four score" speech
20.
A march of Union army troops from Atlanta to the Georgia coast, destroying Confederate supplies and towns along the way. 
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Sherman's March to the Sea
d)
Trail of Tears
21.
The first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war. 
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Bull Run
22.
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
a)
Appomattox Courthouse
b)
Ft. Sumter
c)
Bull Run
d)
Missouri Compromise of 1850
23.
After the victory here, the Union controlled the Mississippi River.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
24.

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

25.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
26.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
27.
Hispanic Union naval hero during the Civil War.  Received the Medal of Honor.
a)
Philip Bazaar
b)
William Carney
c)
Jamestown 1607
28.
African American soldier that fought with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War.  1st black soldier to win the Medal of Honor
a)
Philip Bazaar
b)
William Carney
c)
Jamestown 1607