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WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 17mins
When this man was elected President in 1860 the Southern states began seceding from the Union.
James Polk
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
To leave or withdraw from the union
Gettysburg Address
Fort Sumter
Secede
Emancipate
16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.
Ulysses S Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Gratz
Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
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.
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
First modern general to understand the concept of total war.
William Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Brave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Dred Scot
John Rolfe
Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy
Schlieffen Plan
Hail Mary Plan
Gadget Play
Anaconda Plan
A court order requiring jailers to explain to a judge why they are holding a prisoner in custody.
habeas corpus
13th amendment
suffrage
fugitive slave act
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
Antietam
habeas corpus
Bull Run
Emancipation Proclamation
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.
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
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.
Chancellorsville
Antietam
Gettysburg
Atlanta
A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863.
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sumter
Mexican
A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Bull Run
Gettysburg Address
Vicksburg
Anaconda Plan
Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
Auburn
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Washington DC
Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
Atlanta Courthouse
Gettysburg Address
Appomattox Court House
Vicksburg
The north had a much larger population than the south.
Helped the South stay in the war
Helped the North to win the war
Helped the South win the war
Helped the North when they surrendered
The north had more of these to transport food, weapons and other supplies to the battle front.
Pony Express
Railroads
Shipping lanes
Automobiles
The north had factories and a larger economy to help them win the war.
Industrial advantage
Industrial disadvantage
Rural advantage
Rural disadvantage
This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Constitution
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Which of the following best describes John Brown?
radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
a pro-slavery Senator
a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
Popular Sovereignty was the idea that
slavery would be banned in all future states.
the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.
the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.
slavery would be allowed in every future state.
What did the Wilmot Proviso state?
Slavery should not expand into the territory acquired after the Mexican American War
All runway slaves who are captured must be brought back to their plantations in the southern states
The Slave Trade would end in 1845 for all states of the Union
Slavery would be permitted in some Northern states
How did the Dred Scott case impact the civil war?
It impacted the civil war by making both sides of the slavery argument heat up.
It did not Impact the Civil War
It Added More Soldiers to the Sides
South Carolina seceded from the Union after -
a major tax increase from the federal government
Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA
Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln
President Polk over saw the addition of which new territories?
New Mexico, Utah, & California as part of the Mexican Cession
Kansas, Nebraska & Texas as part of Kansas Nebraska Act
Oregon & Washington as part of the Oregon Compromise
California & Nevada as part of the Missouri Compromise
