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CW & Recon. Puzzle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the years of the US Civil War?

a)

1765 - 1770

b)

1761 - 1765

c)

1861 - 1865

d)

1842 - 1848

2.
In which state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Virginia
3.
Who led the Confederate Army at Gettysburg?
a)
General George Washington
b)
General Robert E. Lee
c)
General Stonewall Jackson
d)
General Ulysses S. Grant
4.
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
5.

Which government officials also became Booth's, and his friend's, targets on the night of April 14th?

a)

Andrew Johnson & Caleb Smith

b)

William Seward & Edward Bates

c)

Edwin Stanton & Salmon P. Chase

d)

Andrew Johnson & William Seward

6.
On what day was Lincoln assassinated? 
a)
April 30, 1865
b)
January 10, 1864
c)
April 14, 1865
d)
April 4, 1865
7.

How was Lincoln assassinated?

a)

He was stabbed

b)

He was strangled

c)

He died in a house fire

d)

He was shot

8.

Booth went to the home of Dr. Mudd because

a)

the police officers told him to

b)

he needed horses

c)

he broke his leg when he jumped from the balcony

d)

he needed money to travel, so he could get away

9.

What was John Wilkes Booth's *occupation?

*occupation means job

a)

Bricklayer

b)

Actor

c)

Clerk

d)

Soldier

10.
Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Mark David Chapman
d)
Sirhan Sirhan
11.
In which theater did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln take place?
a)
Ford's Theater
b)
Kennedy Center Performing Arts Theater
c)
Strathmore Theater
d)
Warner Theater
12.

Who became president after Lincoln's assassination?

a)

U.S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Robert E. Lee

13.

Where is Ford's Theatre?

a)

Albany, NY

b)

Harrisburg, PA

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Gettysburg, PA

14.

A primary source is __________________.

a)

a first-hand source, meaning a person or object that existed during the time period you are studying.

b)

a secondary source, meaning a story about a historic event.

c)

always the most accurate and unbiased type of resource to use when researching a historic topic.

d)

a good resource, like a textbook or history teacher

15.

Newly freed slaves were called _________________.

a)

non-slaves

b)

immigrants

c)

congress members

d)

freedmen