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USI.9d,e,f Leaders, Battles, Effects of the Civil War

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was a sailor and later a Union naval captain and was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

2.

Who became a Representative in the House of Representatives after the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

Jefferson Davis

3.

Who believed the United States was one nation, not a collection of independent states?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

4.

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

5.

Who opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

6.

Who frightened the South by opposing the spread of slavery?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

7.

Who urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to fight on?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

8.

Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

9.

Who was determined to preserve the union by force if necessary?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

10.

Who was General of the Union army that defeated Lee?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

11.

Who was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

12.

Who was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against his home state of Virginia?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

13.

Who was president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

14.

Who was the Union spy that worked in the Confederate White House?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Mary Bowser

d)

Clara Barton

15.

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

16.

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

17.

Who was the abolitionist from Virginia that organized a Union spy ring?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Mary Bowser

d)

Clara Barton

18.

Who was a Civil War nurse known as the "Angel of the Battlefield," who created the American Red Cross?

a)

Mary Bowser

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

Florence Nightingale

19.

Who was a former slave who promoted African American involvement in the Civil War by creating the United States Colored Troops?

a)

Robert Smalls

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Frederick Douglass

20.

Who was an abolitionist, activist, Union spy, and conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Mary Bowser

d)

Clara Barton

21.

___ were critical elements influencing important developments in the Civil War, including major battles.

a)

Location and the element of surprise

b)

Topography and Strategy

c)

Location and Topography

22.

The firing on ___ began the Civil War. (April 1861)

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

e)

Appomattox Court House

23.

The first battle ___ of in Northern Virginia was the first major battle of the Civil War. (July 1861)

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

e)

Appomattox Court House

24.

The siege at ___ in southern Mississippi divided the South and the North gained control of the Mississippi River. (May-July 1863)

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

e)

Appomattox Court House

25.

The Battle of ___ in southern Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war in which the North repelled Lee’s invasion. (July 1863)

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

e)

Appomattox Court House

26.

Lee’s surrender to Grant at ___ in 1865 ended the war. (April 1865)

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

e)

Appomattox Court House

27.

The signing of ___ made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war.

a)

Lee's surrender to Grant

b)

the Gettysburg Address

c)

the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

28.

After ___ Many free slaves joined the Union army. (January 1863)

a)

Lee's surrender to Grant

b)

the Gettysburg Address

c)

the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

29.

___ sent ships to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to prevent enemy troops and supplies getting out and European aid from getting in.

a)

The Confederates

b)

The Union

c)

England

30.

The Union blockade of Southern ports included the ports in ___.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Savannah

b)

Charleston

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

New Orleans

e)

Vicksburg

31.

The ___ was vital for moving Confederate troops and supplies throughout the South.

a)

Missouri River

b)

Ohio River

c)

Mississippi River

32.

The Battle of ___ resulted in the North taking control of the Mississippi River, splitting the South in half.

a)

Manassas

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox

d)

Vicksburg

33.

Battle locations were influenced by the struggle to capture ___.

a)

capital cities

b)

all railroads

c)

all bodies of water

34.

Which city was the capital of the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Manassas

d)

Richmond

35.

Which city was the capital of the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Manassas

d)

Richmond

36.

Which city was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Manassas

d)

Richmond

37.

Which topographical advantage would have soldiers not tire as quickly, would be able to move faster, and would be able to see farther when in formation, aiding them in making smart battle plans?

a)

capture of the capital

b)

gaining control of the major rivers

c)

control of the high ground

d)

blockading ports

38.

The Battle at Gettysburg is an example of when ___ influenced the outcome of a battle.

a)

capture of the capital

b)

gaining control of the major rivers

c)

control of the high ground

d)

blockading ports

39.

What was the major killer during the Civil War?

a)

weather exposure

b)

disease

c)

battlefield deaths

d)

famine

40.

Which best describes combat during the Civil War?

a)

mostly naval warfare

b)

trench warfare

c)

lots of artillery

d)

man-to-man

41.

One effect of the Civil War was__.

a)

families and friends often fought against one another

b)

all families fought on the same side

c)

most soldiers were protected from exposure to weather

d)

plantations continued to prosper

42.

True or False?


The Confederacy used enslaved African Americans as ship workers, laborers, cooks, and camp workers. The Union moved to enlist African American sailors and soldiers during the war.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

True or False?


Much of the Union was left devastated after the war. Major cities like Richmond and Atlanta had been burned, bridges were torn down, and roads and railroads had been destroyed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

Which of the following best describes Southern troops during the Civil War?

a)

All Southern enlisted men were of legal age to be soldiers

b)

Southern troops were very well trained and prepared for war

c)

Southern troops became increasingly younger and poorly equipped

d)

Southerners had fancy uniforms and expensive weapons

45.

Confederate money became worthless after the Civil War because of __.

a)

the collapse of the Union

b)

excess money was printed

c)

insufficient money was printed

d)

the collapse of the Confederacy

46.

Which of the following would be a way women contributed to the Civil War effort?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Women worked on farms and plantations

b)

Women served as officers in the Union Army

c)

Women nursed the wounded on both sides

d)

Women were left to run businesses in the North

47.

Which statement best describes the income of African American soldiers during the Civil War?

a)

African American soldiers were never paid for fighting

b)

African American soldiers were well paid

c)

African American soldiers were paid more than white soldiers

d)

African American soldiers were not paid as much as white soldiers

48.

Which best describes the African American participation in the Civil War?

a)

African American soldiers mainly fought with the Confederacy

b)

African American soldiers mainly fought with the Union

c)

African Americans served as officers in both the North and the South

d)

African Americans were not permitted to fight on either side

49.

True or False?

White soldiers were paid less than African American soldiers, were discriminated against, and served in segregated units under the command of African American officers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

50.

Which topic do you need to study the most?

a)

Key People of the Civil War

b)

Key Events of the Civil War

c)

Effects of the Civil War

d)

All of it!