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WorksheetsCivil War Test Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What was the single "bloodiest day" of the Civil War
Antietam
Ft. Sumter
Bull Run
Vicksburg
Who was the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
What was an abolitionist?
someone who worked to end slavery
someone who wanted to keep slavery
someone who wanted to end the war
none of these
What was the Underground Railroad?
a real railroad that stops all along the South
a secret, organized system of stops to help enslaved people escape North
tunnels underground that led people to the North
None of these
Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Who was the commander of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Who was the commander of the Union Army?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Workers in Northern factories are called
Hardtack
Union
Confederacy
Free Laborers
The states that remained loyal to the country were called the
Union
Confederacy
Immigrants
Free Laborers
The group of states that seceded from the United States over state's rights and slavery.
Hardtack
Union
Confederacy
Free Laborers
What was the name of the compromise in which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, Maine was admitted as a free state, and included a line drawn at the 36 30'N parallel to determine which areas would be "free" and which would be "slave"?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay Compromise
The Maine Compromise
What was the Fugitive Slave law?
A law stating that any escaped slave captured in the North would be executed.
A law stating that if escaped slaves made it to the North, they were free.
A law stating that Northern officials must return any escaped slaves to the South.
A law stating that Canada would now return all escaped slaves to the South.
What was the name of the compromise in which California was admitted as a Free State, New Mexico and Utah territories could vote to allow slavery, all sale of slaves in Washington, D.C. was ended, and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed?
Henry Clay Compromise
Missouri Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to both territories being able to vote for slavery. North and South both rush to Kansas to vote in the election. Pro-slavery wins. The North refused to accept the results. Both sides clash and it leads to violence. This event is later called what?
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Nebraska
Kansa-Nebraska Compromise
Pro-Slavery Proclamation
Who is the former slave that worked to help other slaves escape along the Underground Railroad?
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Clara Barton
Which of the following groups would probably have been most angry about the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?
enslaved African Americans
slave owners
northern abolitionists
conductors of the Underground Railroad
The Civil War began when Confederate soldiers attacked:
Fort Sumter
Lexington and Concord
Fort McHenry
Vicksburg
Which of the following documents did Lincoln sign that said all slaves in the Confederate states were to be free?
Gettysburg Address
Treaty of Paris
Fugitive Slave Law
Emancipation Proclamation
The "other impacts" that affected the majority of Civil War casualties were due to:
lack of food
improved weapons
disease and infection
all of the above
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at:
Appomattox Courthouse
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Yorktown
Which battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Saratoga
Antietam
Vicksburg
Which of these was true about the North?
seceded from the Union
used slave labor
mostly rural
large cities
Why were there more American casualties in the Civil War than in any other American war in history?
improved weapons
smallpox outbreak
food shortage during the war
Americans were killing Americans
What food was NOT something that soldiers ate regularly?
hardtack
dried or pickled meat
dried vegetable cakes or beans
steak
Who is known as a nurse who had the nickname "Angel on the Battlefield" and went on to be the founder of the Red Cross?
Harriett Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
Harriett Beecher Stowe
What was the name of the speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln to honor soldiers that died in battle and it created a National Cemetary?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Proclamation of 1863
State of the Union Address
William Tecumseh Sherman led Union soldiers through a destruction of the South in what was called "total war". They burned towns and ruined the railroad system so the South had no resources to keep fighting. What was this called?
Sherman's March to Sea
The Northern Final Attack
Serman's Shenanigans
The Last Battle
Why were there more American casualties in the Civil War than in any other war in history?
Americans were fighting Americans
improved weapons
more diseases than any other war
food shortages
Both Grant and Lee had several things in common. Which is NOT one of them?
both went to West Point
Both served in the Mexican-American War
Both became a US President later
Both worked together after the war to reunite the nation
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
14th
15th
12th
Which amendment guaranteed equality under the law for all citizens?
13th
14th
15th
12th
Which amendment allowed all men, regardless of their race, to vote?
13th
12th
14th
15th
In what ways did women contribute to the war?
became nurse and spies
disguised themselves so they could fight
sold their belongings to raise money for the soldiers
all are correct
Who led the attack on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth
Published the newspaper "The Liberator" to convince others that slavery should be ended
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth
