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Civil War Battles and People Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did John Brown's Raid occur?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Harper's Ferry

d)

Gettysburg

2.
This state was the site of the first battle of the Civil War and the 1st to secede
a)
North Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
South Carolina 
d)
Middle Carolina
3.

What was the first major battle in the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Fredericksburg

b)

Battle of Bull Run or Manassas

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Appomattox

4.

Which battle did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname?

a)

Battle of Bull Run or Manassas

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Appomattox

d)

Battle of Yorktown

5.

Where did the Civil War end?

a)

Jamestown, VA

b)

Yorktown, VA

c)

Appomattox Courthouse, VA

d)

Williamsburg, VA

6.

Where did the Monitor and the Merrimack dock in Virginia?

a)

Manassas

b)

Norfolk

c)

Richmond

d)

Jamestown

7.

This painting shows the "Surrender at Appomattox." Which two generals are in the picture?

a)

General Lee and General Jackson

b)

General Lee and General Jackson

c)

General Washington and General Grant

d)

General Lee and General Grant

8.

Who was the President of the US during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

9.

This commander captured Richmond, which was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

General Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Robert E. Lee

d)

General Thomas Stonewall Jackson

10.

This general was Commander of the army of Northern Virginia

a)

General Ulysses S. Grant

b)

General Robert E. Lee

c)

General Stonewall Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

11.
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
a)
Battle of Antietam
b)
The Battle of Vicksburg 
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
The Battle of Gettysburg
12.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
13.
At the end of the war, what happened to the South?
a)
They continued to have slavery and have great plantations.
b)
The South was devastated.  They burned Atlanta and Richmond.
c)
They became an urban center and had more factories.
14.

Why did free African Americans support the Confederacy?

a)

They agreed with the Confederacy's ideas

b)

They were promised land

c)

They had limited rights and did not want to loose any rights

15.

What group during the war considered themselves neutrals?

a)

freed African Americans

b)

white farmers

c)

enslaved African Americans

d)

American Indians