WorksheetsStation H: Extra Credit
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country is known as
a)
states' rights
b)
secede
c)
sharecropper
d)
sectionalism
2.
Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Border states
d)
Western territories
3.
The name given to the North
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
4.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
5.
Control of this waterway was an important part of the North's strategy to win the war
a)
Ohio River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
6.
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all of the slaves in America?
a)
Yes
b)
No
7.
The name given to the South
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
8.
The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Mississippi
9.
This was the first battle of the Civil War
a)
Yorktown
b)
Bull Run
c)
Appomattox
d)
Gettysburg
10.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
11.
This battle changed the way navy warships were made.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of the Monitor vs Merrimack
c)
Battle of For Sumter
d)
Battle of Richmond
12.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
13.
This was the bloodiest SINGLE DAY of the Civil War
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox
14.
Even though these were states where slavery was legal, they did not secede and join the Confederate states.
a)
Western States
b)
State of Confusion
c)
Border States
d)
Southern States
15.
The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --
a)
allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
b)
broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
c)
enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
d)
gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River
16.
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to
a)
uphold national honor
b)
prevent foreign involvement
c)
free all slave
d)
preserve the Union
17.
What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?
a)
greater manufacturing
b)
more effective navy
c)
better government
d)
more capable military leaders
18.
Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
19.
How did the blockade of Charleston hurt the Southern planters?
a)
They could not sell their slaves
b)
They could not export cotton
c)
The elite could not have parties
d)
It required them to free all of the slaves
20.
General Sherman's path of destruction was known as...
a)
The March to the Sea
b)
The Path to Success
c)
The Traveling Soliders
d)
The Union March
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