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Civil War Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the the President of the Confederacy?
a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

The President of the United States during the Civil War was ______________________.

a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay 
d)
Robert E. Lee
3.
The place where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Appomattox Court House
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
4.

How many lives were lost in the Civil War?

a)

5,000,000

b)

90

c)

500

d)

Over 600,000

5.

When did the Civil War end?

a)

1945

b)

1965

c)

1864

d)

1865

6.

When did the Civil War begin?

a)

1861

b)

1860

c)

1754

d)

1961

7.

What was the main(root) cause of the Civil War?

a)

Debate over slavery

b)

Debate over land ownership

c)

Debate over religion

d)

Debate over taxes

8.
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

9.
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

10.
The Emancipation Proclamation  
a)
freed all of the slaves in the Union.
b)
freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.
c)
freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.
d)
freed all of the slaves Union.
11.
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 
12.

The North was also known as the

a)

Confederacy

b)

Rebels

c)

Union

d)

Revolutionaries

13.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Confederates

c)

Rebels

d)

British

14.
Commonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...
a)
Red
b)
Grey
c)
Brown
d)
Blue
15.

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, southern states seceded from the Union.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Robert E Lee

e)

Dred Scott

16.

Which battle, fought in the North, was the turning point of the war?

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

The Battle of Bull Run

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

The Battle of Gettysburg

17.

What does "secede" mean?

a)

leave or break away from

b)

to join

c)

to accomplish something

d)

to gain a new state

18.

What is the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg?

a)

It was the bloodiest battle

b)

It split the South into 2; North gains control of Mississippi

c)

It happened in Texas after the war was already over

d)

It was the first major battle

19.

The Battle of Bull Run was known to Confederates as the

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Manassas

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Shiloh

20.

The Emancipation Proclamation

a)

freed all of the slaves in the Union.

b)

freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were still in a state of rebellion against the Union.

c)

freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland.

d)

freed all of the slaves Union.

21.

Who is known as the father of photojournalism?

a)

Robert E Lee

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Matthew Brady

d)

Clara Barton

22.

Which of the following were advantages the North had during war?

a)

Railroads

b)

Industry

c)

Telegraphs

d)

All of these

23.

The youngest soldier in the Civil War was _______ years old.

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

11

24.

After 1863, What percentage of the Union army was African Americans?

a)

30%

b)

10%

c)

0%

d)

20%

25.

Issued by Abraham Lincoln, the ________ said the slaves in the Confederacy are free.

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Second Inaugural Address

d)

None of these

e)

The Dred Scott Decision

26.
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

27.

Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

28.
The confederate states were located in the...
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
29.

to ABOLISH means to....

a)

make bigger

b)

get rid of/eliminate

c)

dance

30.

Select the terms that describe the NORTH: you may pick more than one.

a)

Blue

b)

Gray

c)

industrialized

d)

army lead by Ulysses S. Grant

31.

Select the terms that describe the SOUTH: you may choose more than one.

a)

Army led by Robert E. Lee

b)

gray

c)

industrialized

d)

agricultural

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