WorksheetsChapter 16 - Section 2 The Two Sides
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where was the first major battle of the Civil War? (Choose all that apply)
Harper's Ferry
Manassas Junction
Northern Virginia
Bull Run
Who won the first major battle of the Civil War?
The North
The South
No one, it was a tie
Southerners salvaged an old Union warship named the ______ and covered it with iron plates. They renamed it the Virginia.
Monitor
Minnesota
Missouri
Merrimack
Who won the sea battle between to two ironclads on March 9, 1862?
The North
The South
No one, it was a tie
Who did Lincoln appoint to be the general of the Army of the Potomac after the First Battle of Bull Run?
U.S. Grant
Irvin McDowell
George B. McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
What was the North's primary goal of the war in the West?
to end slavery
To gain control of the Mississippi River
to destroy the railroad lines
to capture the capital of Richmond
Who was Union commander at Cairo? He was also the commander who captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, helped secure the lower Tennessee River, and won the Battle of Shiloh.
U.S. Grant
George B. McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
Robert E. Lee
What was the goal of the Peninsular campaign?
to capture the Mississippi River
to capture Richmond
Which one day battle was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
Shiloh
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
What was Lincoln's reaction to the results of the Battle of Antietam?
He gave the Gettysburg Address
He fired George B. McClellan
He passed the 13th Amendment
He hired U.S. Grant as commander of all the armies
