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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
2.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
3.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
4.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
5.
Does the Emancipation Proclamation makes the institution of slavery illegal?
a)
Yes
b)
No
6.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
7.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
8.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
9.
The belief that states had rights and powers within the Union.
a)
Constitution
b)
States' Rights
c)
Federalism
d)
Confederacy
10.
The South's system of forced labor force in which people were treated as property
a)
slavery
b)
states' rights
c)
tariffs
d)
factories
11.
This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery
a)
Election of Jefferson Davis
b)
Tariffs
c)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
d)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
12.
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
13.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
14.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
15.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It made slavery more important to the South.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
16.
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
17.
A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.
a)
Annexation
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Northerners
d)
Sovereignty
18.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
industrial
c)
union
19.
The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.
a)
immigrants
b)
slaves
20.
Define secession
a)
to settle a disagreement
b)
to give a speech to a large crowd
c)
to think of or imagine something
d)
To formally separate from an organization or government
21.
This battle site became the "turning point" in the Civil War.
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Manassas
22.
Who was the leader of the Confederate army?
a)
Richard S. Ewell
b)
General James Longstreet
c)
General Robert E. Lee
d)
General George E. Pickett
23.
Who was the President at the time?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Barack Obama
c)
George Washington
d)
Abraham Lincoln
24.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
a)
Dr. Seuss
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
J. K. Rowling
25.
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
North
b)
South
26.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
27.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
28.
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
29.
The 1st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Jefferson Davis
30.
Who did Ulysses S. Grant choose to capture Atlanta?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
William T. Sherman
31.
What was Sherman's plan to end the war quickly?
a)
Asking soldiers to surrender
b)
Total war
c)
Capture as many confederates as possible
32.
Did total war help to capture Atlanta?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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