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Lincoln and the Civil War

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lincoln was born in what state?

a)

Illinois

b)

Kentucky

c)

Indiana

d)

Massachusetts

2.

Lincoln was our first president to have or done what?

a)

A beard

b)

Had states leave the Union

c)

Been so tall

d)

All of these

3.

What was Lincoln's wife's name?

a)

Mary Todd

b)

Eleanor

c)

Jackie

d)

Nancy

4.

Which son of Lincoln's dies while he was the President?

a)

Robert

b)

Willie

c)

Edward

d)

Steven

5.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Free all slaves

b)

Free slaves in the North

c)

Free slaves in the South and the territories

d)

Free slaves in the South

6.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Sirhan Sirhan

b)

Charles Guiteau

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

John Wilkes Booth

7.

What was the job of the man who assassinated Lincoln?

a)

Farmer

b)

Actor

c)

Banker

d)

Former soldier

8.

Who else was targeted to be killed the night Lincoln was murdered?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

William Seward

d)

All of these men

9.

What did Lincoln often have under his stovepipe hat?

a)

A weapon

b)

Food

c)

Important papers

d)

His glasses

10.

Who was this man?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Sherman

d)

Stonewall Jackson

11.

Which state did not leave the Union to create the Confederate States of America?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Texas

c)

New Jersey

d)

Mississippi

12.

Which was a strength of the army in the South?

a)

They were fighting mainly on their land

b)

They had better uniforms

c)

They had more food

d)

They had better generals

13.

Which was a strength of the Union army? Select all that apply.

a)

They had more factories to make goods

b)

They had better railroads

c)

They had more soldiers

d)

They had better generals

14.

Who was the most famous soldier for the Union?

a)

Sherman

b)

Pope

c)

Lincoln

d)

Grant

15.

Who was the most famous soldier from the South?

a)

Lee

b)

Jackson

c)

Johnston

d)

Smith

16.

What was the Civil War mainly fought over?

a)

States Rights

b)

Slavery

c)

Land

d)

Money

17.

Where was Lincoln assassinated?

a)

His home

b)

A restaurant

c)

Ford's Theater

d)

Kennedy Theater

18.

Ulysses S. Grant is on what piece of money?

a)

$50

b)

$100

c)

$5

d)

$10

19.

Lincoln is on what piece of paper money?

a)

$5

b)

$10

c)

$1

d)

$50

20.

Who became president after Lincoln?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

James Garfield

21.

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis