WorksheetsCivil War Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
1. What does it mean when the Southern states seceded?
The Southern states joined Mexico instead of the United States.
The Southern states joined the Union.
The Southern states left or broke away from the Union.
2. John Brown was a white abolitionist who led a raid on a US arsenal in which town and state?
Washington, DC
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a famous book that made Northerners more aware of the cruelty of slavery. What was the title of the book?
The North Star
Farming in the South
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
4. Who fired the first shots of the Civil War?
The Confederacy
The Union
Native Americans
5. What caused 7 states to secede from the Union?
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States
Southerners were unhappy with the price of cotton
6. What was the South’s economy based on?
Industry
Shipbuilding
Agriculture
7. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
8. Which Civil War general used the strategy “total war” to not just defeat, but destroy his enemy during his March to the Sea?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
9. Which of the following is true about the Confederate army towards the end of the Civil War?
They were running out of food and supplies and many men were deserting.
They were watching the Union army run out of food and supplies.
They were negotiating peace with the Union army.
10. The North favored ________________ rights while the South favored ________________ rights.
Federal, state's
Compromise, secession
11. What is an abolitionist?
A person who is in favor of slavery
A person who fought during the Civil War
A person who is against slavery
12. ______ was a series of successful battles lead by Union General William T Sherman fought in the area around Atlanta in the summer of 1864.
Atlanta Campaign
Uncle Tom's Cabin
13. ________ was the general of the confederate army who was originally asked to fight for the union.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
14. ________Is an important speech that began “Four score and seven years ago…” and spoke about one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
Atlanta Campaign
Gettysburg Address
15. ________ was the president of the union and delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
16. ________ was the general of the union army and later became president of the United States.
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
17. _______ was a former senator of Mississippi and became the president of the confederacy.
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
18. ________ is the battle that is considered the turning point of The Civil War.
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Battle of Gettysburg
Atlanta Campaign
19. ________ was a Confederate general who led the army to many victories.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
20. What is a civil war?
A war with no allies.
A war between people in the same country.
A way involving all the countries in the world.
