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Civil War

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Advantage of the North.

a)

Highly trained officers

b)

Lots of manufacturing

c)

Fighting on home turf

d)

Control of the Mississippi River

2.

Commanding officer of Confederate Army

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

3.

President of the Confederacy.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

4.

Style of warfare where one wins by wearing down their opponent.

a)

Guerrilla Warfare

b)

War of Attrition

c)

Defensive War

d)

Offensive War

5.

Confederate weakness.

a)

Very little manufacturing

b)

Good generals

c)

Fighting on home turf

d)

Bad military leaders

6.

Which of the following were slave states that remained part of the Union? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Tennessee

b)

Kentucky

c)

Virginia

d)

Maryland

e)

Missouri

7.

Southern Advantage.

a)

Good military Leadership

b)

Lots of manufacturing

c)

Strong Economy

d)

Strong allies

8.

Northern weakness.

a)

Weak economy

b)

Poor military leadership

c)

Dependent on foreign trade

d)

Not enough manufacturing

9.

First outbreak of violence of the Civil War.

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Siege of Vicksburg

10.

What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?

a)

Proved how weak the North was

b)

Showed how deadly new technologies made warfare

c)

Showed the armies were unwilling to fight long battles

d)

Proved a quick victory was not possible

11.

Strategies of the Anaconda Plan. CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Divide the South

b)

Cut off the South from foreign trade

c)

Assissnate the President Jefferson Davis

d)

Capture the Confederate Capital

e)

Erase the South from existence by finding all the infinity stones

12.

Reason the Union is fighting the war.

a)

To end slavery

b)

Lincoln hates southern cooking

c)

Keep the Union together

d)

End the violence in Kansas between pro slavery and anti slavery people

13.

Leading cause of death of soldiers during the Civil War.

a)

Combat

b)

Disease

c)

Wounds

d)

Starvation

14.

Why does the Confederacy invade the state of Maryland, just before the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Capture Lincoln and hold him for ransom

b)

Convince the Union army to give up by invading Union territory

c)

Cut the Union off from the Potomac River

d)

Convince the border state of Maryland to join the Confederacy

15.

Why does the Confederacy withdraw at the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Yoda experiences a disturbance in the Force

b)

Confederates were losing too many men

c)

Union sent an invasion force to capture Richmond, VA

d)

Confederates were about to be surrounded

16.

A clear sign each side is tiring of the war.

a)

Both sides initiate a draft

b)

Severe outbreaks of disease in major cities

c)

Each side has to take out large loans from European countries

d)

Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln give in and use the Dark Side

17.

Northern Democrats speaking out against the war and Lincoln.

a)

Cobras

b)

Copperheads

c)

Black Mambas

d)

Anacondas

18.

Union suspends this for those accused of interfering with the war.

a)

Habeas Corpus

b)

Bail

c)

Lawyer

d)

Right to remain silent

19.

Reasons Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Take away a valuable workforce from the South

b)

Morality

c)

Keep European countries from entering the war on the side of the South

d)

So newly freed slaves will cause rebellion in the South

e)

Pressure from European countries

20.

Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?

a)

In the Confederacy

b)

In the Union

c)

All over the world

d)

Slaves in Washington DC

21.

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the war?

a)

Lee successfully captured the last infinity stone needed for the gauntlet

b)

Rebels were able to destroy the Death Star by firing a photon torpedo into the injection port

c)

European countries entered in to help

d)

The loss hurt the South too much for them to recover

22.

Siege of Vicksburg outcome

a)

Confederate soldiers desert the Confederate army

b)

Union now has complete control of the Mississippi River

c)

Union has now completely shut the Confederacy off from European aid

d)

Confederacy received an influx of soldiers

23.

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Preamble to the Constitution

d)

Constitution

24.

General Sherman's march through Georgia is an example of what?

a)

Guerrilla Warfare

b)

A defeat for both armies

c)

Example of total war

d)

The bloodiest battle of the war

25.

Were the terms of Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House...

a)

Meant to punish the Confederacy

b)

Pay the North back for the war

c)

Meant to show the North wanted to be forgiven for the war

d)

Generous to avoid anymore suffering

26.

What are the three points of the Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

a)

All soldiers of the Confederacy must serve one year in prison

b)

Officers may keep their sword

c)

Confederate soldiers may take home their horses and mules for spring planting

d)

If the Confederate men agree to fight no more they may return home

e)

The Confederacy must repay the Union the cost of fighting the war