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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
2.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
3.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
4.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
5.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
6.
Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?
a)
Florida
b)
Maine
c)
Ohio
d)
California
7.
Which of the following states was part of the Union?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Texas
8.
Where is the capital of the Confederacy?
a)
Washington D.C.
b)
Montgomery
c)
Richmond
d)
Charleston
9.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
10.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
11.
Which side won all the early battles of the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
12.
Which waterway was important to both the North and the South?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
13.
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
14.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
15.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
16.
What battle was the single bloodiest battle in US history?
a)
Antietam
b)
Shiloh
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Vicksburg
17.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
18.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
19.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
20.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
24.
What was a major strength of the Union?
a)
education
b)
slavery
c)
more churches
d)
factories
29.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
28.
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
27.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
28.
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
29.
Commonly, the Confederate soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Brown
c)
Grey
d)
Blue
30.
What was a major advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a)
heavy industrial development
b)
a network of railway lines to transport supplies and troops
c)
superior military leadership
d)
an alliance with Britain and France
31.
Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?
a)
heavy military support fr Great Britain
b)
more experienced generals
c)
Southern Nationalism
d)
more soldiers and factories
32.
The South were fighting a(n)
a)
offensive war
b)
defensive war
33.
The North wanted to control the Mississippi River so that
a)
it could control the movement of trade and goods
b)
it was a natural division to “split the South”
c)
it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land
d)
all of the above
34.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
industrial
c)
union
35.
The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.
a)
immigrants
b)
slaves
36.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, West Virginia in 1859.
a)
Howardville
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Hop a Ferry
37.
John Brown wanted to arm the ____ and start a war. He was stopped when he was captured by United States Marine troops.
a)
abolitionist
b)
slaves
c)
plantation owners
38.
Virginians were divided about secession from the Union which led to the formation of ____.
a)
Tennessee
b)
West Virginia
c)
Kentucky
39.
Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states to form the ______.
a)
Confederate States of the Union
b)
Confederate States Of America
c)
Confederate Union
40.
The capital of the Confederacy was ____.
a)
Washington
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Richmond
41.
A civil war is a war between _________________.
a)
people of the same race
b)
people of the same country
c)
two different countries
42.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
43.
The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 was General ________.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
44.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
45.
After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
John Adams
46.
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
a)
Make the citizens like him
b)
surrender to the Confederacy
c)
remind Americans of why the Civil War was being fought
d)
declare and end to the Civil War
47.
The border states Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all
a)
free states that sided with the Union
b)
completely unified in their feelings about the war
c)
against President Lincoln’s war policies
d)
slave states that did not join the Confederacy
48.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
a)
Abolitionist, former slave
b)
President of the Confederate States
c)
Commander of the Confederate Army
d)
Commander of the Union Army
49.
Which of the following was the first major land battle during the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Vicksburg
c)
The Battle of Bull Run
d)
Gettysburg
50.
How many lives were lost in the Civil War?
a)
5,000,000
b)
90
c)
500
d)
600,000
51.
What was Sherman's strategy of total war?
a)
destroying all civilian and military resources
b)
killing prisoners of war
c)
attacking from land and sea
d)
killing all the slaves in the south
52.
What number president was Lincoln?
a)
10th
b)
14th
c)
16th
d)
4th
53.
The President of the Confederacy was
a)
John J. Crittenden
b)
John Bell
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
John C. Breckinridge
54.
What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
a)
Bricklayer
b)
Actor
c)
Clerk
d)
Soldier
55.
The ____ amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
56.
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Mark David Chapman
d)
Sirhan Sirhan
57.
Abraham Lincoln was the ____ American President to be assassinated.
a)
First
b)
13th
c)
16th
d)
Last
58.
This began in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Freeport Doctrine
c)
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
d)
John Brown’s Raid
59.
Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
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