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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Where were the first shots fired during the Civil War?
Bull Run
Shiloh
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the South's general?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass
Clara Barton
Who was the North's general?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass
Clara Barton
What does the 13th Ammendment say?
you can not have civil wars
slavery is illegal
the South has to pay for damages
taxes are illegal
Why was Gettysburg such an imprtant battle?
It was the last battle of the war.
It was the first battle of the war.
It stopped Grant's invasion of the South.
It stopped Lee's advance into the North
Which of the following was not part of the Anaconda Plan?
blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
attack of the Confederacy from the North
capturing territory along the Mississippi River
attack of the Confederacy from the East and West
Why was slavery important to the South?
It kept African Americand from voting
It was profitable for the southern economy
It allowed plantation owners to work in factories
Who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
all slaves
slaves in border states
slaves in the Confederacy
slaves in the Union
What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?
being shot
infection
starvation
other battle wounds
What battle led to Britain ending it's support of Union forces?
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
What term describes Sherman's March to the Sea?
blockade
draft
total war
sectionalism
What were Confederate soldiers allowed to keep after Lee's surrender?
their food supplies
weapons belonging to the Confederate Army
their horses and personal weapons
Had many factories
Union
Confederacy
Had many railroads
Union
Confederacy
Had lots of farmland and plenty of food
Union
Confederacy
Wanted to secede and form their own country
Union
Confederacy
Had trained military leaders and more military school
Union
Confederacy
Wore blue uniforms into battle
Union
Confederacy
More American soldiers died during the Civil War than any other war.
True
False
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy.
True
False
Andrew Jackson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated?
True
False
Abolitionists wanted slavery.
True
False
Gettysburg was a very short speech.
True
False
Most battles during the war were fought in the South.
True
False
Enslaved African American who claimed he was free because he had lived in a free state
Frederick Douglass
Dredd Scott
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Frederick Douglass
Clara Barton
Dredd Scott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Civil War Nurse who founded the Red Cross
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
Dredd Scott
Former slave who became a writer and abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
Dredd Scott
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abolitionist who led many people to freedom along the Underground Railroad
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
Dredd Scott
Harriet Tubman
California became a free state and the Figitive Slave Law was pass.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Territories above a certain line could become free states and those below the line would be slave states.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Said each new state could decide if they were a slave state or free state
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
