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American Civil War

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The general who developed the Unionś early war strategy known as the "Anaconda Plan."

a)

Irvin McDowell

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John C. Pemberton

d)

Winfield Scott

2.

Confederate commander who surrendered to Grant at Vicksburg

a)

Sherman

b)

Pemberton

c)

Lee

d)

Jackson

3.

First woman to earn a medical degree

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Sally Louisa Tompkins

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

4.

Type of naval ship that changed the world

a)

Ironclads

b)

Contrabands

c)

Blockade runners

d)

Copperheads

5.

Small, fast vessels that outran larger Union warships

a)

Ironclads

b)

Contrabands

c)

Blockade runners

d)

Copperheads

6.

Union commander who used a ¨total war¨ strategy to destroy Georgia

a)

Robert Anderson

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John C. Pemberton

d)

David Farragut

7.

Commander who refused to surrender to the Confederates at Fort Sumter

a)

Robert Anderson

b)

Winfield Scott

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

8.

Nurse whose work formed the basis for what would later become the American Red Cross

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Sally Louisa Tompkins

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

9.

Union naval officer from Tennessee who sailed boldly past Confederate forts and captured New Orleans

a)

Irvin McDowell

b)

Robert Anderson

c)

David Farragut

d)

Winfield Scott

10.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

11.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

12.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

13.

Who is this?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant