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Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the Southern states broke away from the United States:

a)

They Seceded

b)

Used Popular Sovereignty

c)

Voted for Abe Lincoln

2.

The Civil War was

a)

a war between Mexico & the U.S.

b)

a war between Britain & the U.S.

c)

a war between the North & South of the U.S.

3.

True or False: Today, the "Confederate Flag" is a celebrated part of American History that ALL Americans are proud of

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or False: The final event that pushed the South to secede & start the Civil War was the election of Abraham Lincoln

a)

True

b)

False

5.

During the Civil War the North was =

a)

"The Union"

b)

"The Confederacy"

6.

During the Civil War the South was the =

a)

"The Union"

b)

"The Confederacy"

7.

Who was the President of the "Confederate States of America" = "Confederacy" ?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A. Douglass

c)

Jefferson Davis

8.

What was a draft wheel used for?

a)

for farming

b)

for printing books

c)

for calling out names of men in draft for army

d)

for calling out names black men who would be free of enslavement

9.

What does this flag represent?

(a)  

10.

When a person's limb has to be removed this is an ______

a)

Secession

b)

Confederation

c)

Amputation

d)

Cholera

11.

True OR False: surgeries performed during the Civil War were very clean & there was barely any risk of infection.

a)

TRUE

b)

False

12.

Which of these was NOT a name for the North during the Civil War?

a)

The Yankees

b)

The Lincolns

c)

The United States of America

d)

The Union

13.

Which of these was NOT a name for the south during the Civil War?

a)

The Confederacy

b)

The Confederate States of America

c)

The Red Sox

14.

What was the name of the very destructive bullet used in Civil War muskets?

a)

The Miníe Ball

b)

The Mickéy Ball

c)

The Union Bullet

d)

The Slicer

15.

Why was the ammunition in question #14 so destructive?

a)

It was really cheap to make, so soldiers could carry so many of them at a time.

b)

Soldiers could load it into the musket so fast.

c)

It would exit the body and hit multiple soldiers.

d)

It would heat up on way out of musket, flatten, & shatter upon impact with the body.