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Civil War Battles

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

McClellan

d)

Jefferson Davis

2.

Who was the president of the Union?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stephen A Douglass

3.

Where was the Battle of Shiloh fought?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Arkansas

c)

Mississippi

d)

Virginia

4.

Which battle was an attempt for the Union to capture the Confederate capital?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Antietam

c)

First Bull Run/Manassas

d)

Gettysburg

5.

Which battle lasted 48 days?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Shiloh

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Atlanta Campaign

6.

Which battle proved Robert E. Lee could be defeated?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

First Bull Run/Manassas

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

7.

Which battle was fought on Union soil?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Shiloh

8.

Which general led a march through Georgia burning each city he came across?

a)

McClellan

b)

Beauregard

c)

Sherman

d)

Grant

9.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?

a)

Appomattox

b)

Atlanta

c)

Richmond

d)

Antietam

10.

What was the start date of the war?

a)

November 17, 1863

b)

April 12, 1861

c)

April 9, 1865

d)

June 7, 1860

11.

What started the war?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Abraham Lincoln being elected president

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

South seceding

12.

Give the correct order of these battles:

a)

Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, First Bull Run

b)

First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg

c)

Antietam, Shiloh, First Bull Run, Gettysburg, Vicksburg

13.

The battle of Shiloh was fought to gain control of...

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

a courthouse

c)

Corinth

d)

Robert E Lee's hometown

14.

Which battle was the bloodiest one-day battle of the war?

a)

Antietam

b)

First Bull Run/Manassas

c)

Shiloh

d)

Gettysburg

15.

What marked the end of the war?

a)

Union winning Gettysburg

b)

Robert E. Lee surrendering

c)

Lincoln being re-elected

16.

How many casualties were there at Ft. Sumter?

a)

4,856

b)

51,000

c)

none

d)

23,435

17.

Why did Lincoln relieve McClellan of his duties as general?

a)

he lost the battle of Antietam to him

b)

he ran against him for president

c)

he failed to aggressively pursue Robert E. Lee

18.

Which two battles overlapped and were both huge Union victories?

a)

Vicksburg & Gettysburg

b)

Antietam & First Bull Run/Manassas

c)

Shiloh & Vicksburg

d)

Ft. Sumter & Atlanta Campaign

19.

How long was the battle of Gettysburg?

a)

48 days

b)

3 days

c)

1 day

d)

14 days

20.

What year was Lincoln elected president?

a)

1860

b)

1862

c)

1858

d)

1864

21.

What did Sherman give to Lincoln as a Christmas gift?

a)

his sword

b)

a Union victory

c)

the city of Savannah

d)

Robert E. Lee

22.

Why was capturing Atlanta so important?

a)

because it was the 2nd largest city of the Confederacy

b)

because it was a huge railroad hub

c)

because it supplied weapons to some of the military

d)

all of the above

23.

Which of the following was not a general in the Civil War

a)

Pickett

b)

Coolidge

c)

McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

24.

What date did Lincoln give his famed "Gettysburg Address"

a)

November 19, 1863

b)

April 12, 1861

c)

April 9, 1865

d)

July 1, 1863

25.

How long was the Civil War?

a)

48 days

b)

almost 3 years

c)

almost 4 years

d)

10 years