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People & Effects of the Civil War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President of the United States at the start of the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

Who was leader of the Union Army during the civil war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Williams Sherman

d)

Stonewall Jackson

3.

Who was the leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

William Sherman

4.

Which Union leader used "total war" to destroy Atlanta and the route between Atlanta and Savannah?

a)

William Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stonewall Jackson

5.

Ulysses S. Grant was a master strategist during the Civil War. What does this mean?

a)

He was great at planning and carrying out a strategy or plan.

b)

He didn't have a good plan for the war.

c)

He encouraged his army.

d)

He gave up, and lost the war.

6.

Who was the President of the Confederate states during the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

He was a general for the Confederate Army and had a nickname for having stubborn courage.

a)

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

8.

What is one effect of the Civil War on both the North and South?

a)

Both supported Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Both economies were slow to recover

c)

Both had thousands of soldiers that died

d)

Both supported Abraham Lincoln as President

9.

Why was it easier for the North to recover from the Civil War than the South?

a)

Other countries would not trade with the Southern states.

b)

Most of the fighting during the war took place in the South.

c)

Slavery continued to be legal in the North but not in the South.

d)

The federal government made the Southern states pay for the war.

10.

What is the BEST title for this list?

___________?___________

*Property damage to farms, cities, railroads and factories

*Homes and businesses had to rebuilt

*Economy was slow to recover

a)

Impacts of the War on Northern States

b)

Impacts of the War on Southern States

c)

Impacts of the War on Just African Americans

d)

Impacts of the War on Just White Southerners