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First Half of Civil War

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first official battle of the Civil War on land was...

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Manassass / First Bull Run

2.

Robert E. Lee was the commander of the...

a)

Confederacy (South)

b)

Union (North)

3.

Robert E. Lee's home was confiscated and turned into...

a)

A hospital

b)

Arlington National Cemetery

c)

A church

d)

A battlefield

4.

Who was the commander of the Union?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

J.E.B. Stuart

5.

This man was a photographer during the Civil War and he brought real, graphic photos of battles to the public.

a)

Matthew Brady

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

J.E.B. Stuart

6.

What song was created during the Civil War to honor the dead?

a)

Bonnie Blue Flag

b)

Dixieland

c)

Battle Hymn of the Republic

d)

TAPS

7.

The 54th Massachusetts was...

a)

A famous all-black regiment from the Union

b)

the address of the White House

c)

Lincoln's favorite regiment

d)

runaway slaves

8.

The Emancipation Proclamation did what?

a)

Freed all the slaves

b)

Freed just slaves in Border States

c)

Freed slaves in just the Deep South

d)

Freed slaves just in the states "in rebellion"

9.

The Monitor and the Merrimack were...

a)

Ironclads

b)

made from steel

c)

both submarines

10.

Clara Barton did what?

a)

started the Red Cross

b)

helped slaves escape

c)

wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

was a runaway slave

11.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the SOUTH?

a)

cotton

b)

"home field" advantage

c)

more experienced and educated generals

d)

larger population