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US Civil War Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

At the start of the war, which was an advantage for the North?

a)

More plantations

b)

Better generals

c)

Homefield advantage

d)

More facotires

2.

At the start of the war, which was an advantage for the South?

a)

Better generals

b)

More factories

c)

More railroads

d)

More population

3.

At the start of the war, what was the goal for Lincoln and the North?

a)

To free the slaves

b)

To defeat and embarrass the South

c)

To save the Union by rejoining the South with the North

d)

To save the Union and make it better by rejoining the South and freeing the slaves

4.

Which of the following was a main officer of the North?

a)

Albert S. Johnson

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

P.G.T. Beauregard

d)

George B. McClellan

5.

Which of the following was a major commander of the South?

a)

John Pope

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Irwin McDowell

6.

Where did the First Battle of Bull Run happen?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Virginia

c)

Ohio

d)

South Carolina

7.

What was the lesson of the First Battle of Bull Run?

a)

The war would harder and bloodier than people originally expected.

b)

The North would win easily.

c)

The South would win easily.

d)

Neither side could hope to win.

8.

In the early part of the war, who was winning in the Eastern Theater? (Virginia)

a)

The North, led by George B. McClellan

b)

The South, led by P.G.T. Beauregard

c)

The North, led by Ulysses S. Grant

d)

The South, led by Robert E. Lee

9.

In the early part of the war, who was winning in the Western Theater? (Tennessee & the Mississippi River)

a)

The North, led by George B. McClellan

b)

The South, led by P.G.T. Beauregard

c)

The North, led by Ulysses S. Grant

d)

The South, led by Robert E. Lee

10.

What years and for which party was Abraham Lincoln President?

a)

1861-1865 and Democratic

b)

1861-1865 and Republican

c)

1865-1869 and Whig

d)

1865-1869 and Free Soiler

11.

Why did Harriet Tubman go back to the South?

a)

She was caught and forced to go back into slavery.

b)

She wanted to find her husband.

c)

She wanted to free more people.

d)

She wanted to say goodbye to her slave owner/

12.

What was Harriet Tubman's birth name?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Ross

c)

Araminta Ross

d)

Gertie Tubman

13.

What was Ulysses S. Grant's birthname?

a)

Ulysses Simpson Grant

b)

Jesse Ularan Grant

c)

Hiram Ulysses Grant

d)

Obediah Franklin Jackson

14.

What did Harriet Tubman do after the war?

a)

Opened an orphanage in her husband's memory

b)

Provided guidance and help to freed African Americans

c)

Wrote extensively about the conditions of slavery

d)

Ran for President in 1884

15.

What was Robert E. Lee trying to achieve at the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

Prove the South deserved foreign aid and bring the war to the North's backyard

b)

Capture a supply depot in Pennsylvania to help the South

c)

Secure farmland in Pennsylvania to feed the starving South

d)

Destroy the homeland of Ulysses Grant to drop him from the war

16.

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

a)

The Confederates defeated the Union forces and brought the war to an end

b)

The Union suffered more than the Confederates

c)

The Confederates holed up in the "Devil's Den" and beat the Union back

d)

The South was defeated and Robert E. Lee would never strike into the North again

17.

Which of the following most accurately describes the fighting between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in the final years of the war?

a)

Lee would use his superior numbers to push back Grant and defeat the North

b)

Lee would outmaneuver Grant, causing many casualties, but Grant would push Lee back over and over

c)

Grant would use superior strategies to run circles around Lee and make Lee look like a fool

d)

Grant piloted small starfighter to run the Confederate's trench before detonating the reactor core

18.

What is General William Tecumseh Sherman most known for?

a)

His wildly ambitious facial hair, setting a sense of style that others would follow for decades

b)

His strong defense at the Battle of Chickamauga, earning him the nickname "Stick Fence"

c)

His use of "Total War", targeting anything that could be used by the South: farms, factories, railroads, etc.

d)

His sharp wit and quips, which is why he is one of the most quoted generals of all time

19.

What did Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 signal?

a)

The surrender by the South and end of the war

b)

The end of the war, but the South gets to keep its slaves

c)

The surrender by the North and the end of the war

d)

The end of the war, but the North must allow slavery

20.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

It freed all the slaves in the United States

b)

It freed all the slaves in the rebelling states (but not the Border States)

c)

It required slaves to take up arms against their slave owners

d)

It forced the South to surrender