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Civil War

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When this man was elected President in 1860 the Southern states began seceding from the Union.

a)

James Polk

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

To leave or withdraw from the union

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Secede

d)

Emancipate

3.

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

4.

An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Gratz

5.

Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Chancellorsville

6.

an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union in the American Civil War.

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

William Sherman

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

7.

First modern general to understand the concept of total war.

a)

William Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stonewall Jackson

8.

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

William Sherman

9.

Brave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Dred Scot

d)

John Rolfe

10.

Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy

a)

Schlieffen Plan

b)

Hail Mary Plan

c)

Gadget Play

d)

Anaconda Plan

11.

A court order requiring jailers to explain to a judge why they are holding a prisoner in custody.

a)

habeas corpus

b)

13th amendment

c)

suffrage

d)

fugitive slave act

12.

Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

a)

Antietam

b)

habeas corpus

c)

Bull Run

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

13.

A battle near a sluggish little creek, it proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History with over 26,000 lives lost in that single day.

a)

Bull Run

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Chancellorsville

14.

A major battle in the American Civil War (1863), the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker. General Jackson was killed by friendly fire.

a)

Chancellorsville

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Atlanta

15.

A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Sumter

d)

Mexican

16.

A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

a)

Bull Run

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Anaconda Plan

17.

Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

a)

Auburn

b)

New Orleans

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Washington DC

18.

Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant

a)

Atlanta Courthouse

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Appomattox Court House

d)

Vicksburg

19.

The north had a much larger population than the south.

a)

Helped the South stay in the war

b)

Helped the North to win the war

c)

Helped the South win the war

d)

Helped the North when they surrendered

20.

The north had more of these to transport food, weapons and other supplies to the battle front.

a)

Pony Express

b)

Railroads

c)

Shipping lanes

d)

Automobiles

21.

The north had factories and a larger economy to help them win the war.

a)

Industrial advantage

b)

Industrial disadvantage

c)

Rural advantage

d)

Rural disadvantage

22.

This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

The Constitution

d)

Lincoln/Douglas Debates

23.

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

a)

radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

b)

a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

c)

a pro-slavery Senator

d)

a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

24.

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

a)

slavery would be banned in all future states.

b)

the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

c)

the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

d)

slavery would be allowed in every future state.

25.
What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?
a)
the expansion of slavery
b)
the building of railroads 
c)
the provision of women's suffrage
d)
support for the homesteading 
26.

What did the Wilmot Proviso state?

a)

Slavery should not expand into the territory acquired after the Mexican American War

b)

All runway slaves who are captured must be brought back to their plantations in the southern states

c)

The Slave Trade would end in 1845 for all states of the Union

d)

Slavery would be permitted in some Northern states

27.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that...
a)
It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
b)
Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
c)
The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
d)
All people in the United States should have the right to vote.
28.
Abolitionist who raided the Harper's Ferry arsenal in 1859 to arm slaves to revolt.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
John Brown
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
29.

How did the Dred Scott case impact the civil war?

a)

It impacted the civil war by making both sides of the slavery argument heat up.

b)

It did not Impact the Civil War

c)

It Added More Soldiers to the Sides

30.

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

a)

a major tax increase from the federal government

b)

Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South

c)

the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

d)

Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln

31.

President Polk over saw the addition of which new territories?

a)

New Mexico, Utah, & California as part of the Mexican Cession

b)

Kansas, Nebraska & Texas as part of Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Oregon & Washington as part of the Oregon Compromise

d)

California & Nevada as part of the Missouri Compromise