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Unit 7 civil war

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What battle made both sides realize that the war was going to long and Lincoln asked for more troops?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Appomattox

2.

What was the bloodiest single day of the war?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Bull Run

d)

Antietam

3.

Was General Robert E. Lee a Confederate or Union general?

a)

Union

b)

Confederate

4.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

When the emancipation Proclamation was signed, if you were a slave in Delaware, were a free slave?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

Which of the following President Lincoln did not do while he was in office?

a)

Suspended Habeas Corpus

b)

Martial Law

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Led the Confederate army into battle

7.

Who assassinated Lincoln?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Tom Marvolo Riddle

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Alphonse Gabriel Capone

8.

After the war, the Confederate states returned to the Union.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

The Civil War is the bloodiest war in American history.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

secret routes that runaway slaves used to escape

b)

an underground train to smuggle illegal goods

c)

secrets codes that the spies of the Union army used

d)

Lincoln's private mode of transportation

11.

Why was Gettysburg important?

a)

the Confederate won this battle

b)

Lincoln was assassinated during this battle

c)

General Grant used to battle to take control of the Mississippi River

d)

It was the turning point of the war and the bloodiest battle of the war

12.

What is sectionalism?

a)

states breaking away from the country

b)

allowing states to vote on slavery

c)

different parts of the country forming their own political, social, and economic identity

d)

not giving people a trail when they are arrested

13.

What advantage the South had over the North?

a)

they had more industry

b)

they had a bigger population

c)

they had more modes of transportation

d)

they had better military leadership

14.

Which was not a trigger event of the Civil War?

a)

the attack on Fort Sumter

b)

the assassination of Lincoln

c)

Harpers Ferry

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

15.

What did General Sherman do on his March to the Sea?

a)

scorched earth

b)

he fed the Confederate Army

c)

he made the Confederate Army surrender thus ending the war

d)

he defied orders from General Grant

16.

Where did General Lee surrendered to General Grant, thus ending the war?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Appomattox

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Chancellorsville

17.

Which was not one of the causes of the Civil War?

a)

slavery

b)

sectionalism

c)

election of Lincoln

d)

secession

e)

states' rights