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Civil War Practice Quiz 2 (CHMS)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stephen Douglas

2.

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stephen Douglas

3.

Who was the Union general that defeated Robert E. Lee?

a)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

George McClellan

4.

Who was the Confederate General from Virginia that was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

a)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

George McClellan

5.

Who was determined to preserve the Union, even if it meant using the force of an army?

a)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

6.

Who was a former slave who escaped to the North and became a leading Abolitionist?

a)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Frederick Douglas

7.

Who said he could not fight against Virginia, and refused Lincoln's offer to command the Union Army?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

George McClellan

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

8.

Who wrote and gave the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stephen Douglas

9.

Who opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force? After the war he encouraged southerners to accept defeat.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

10.

Who was the Union general that moved his army very slowly and was eventually fired by President Lincoln?

a)

George McClellan

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William T. Sherman

11.

Who was the Union general that burned and destroyed a path across Georgia in his "March to the Sea"?

a)

George McClellan

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William T. Sherman

12.

Which battle divided the South and allowed the North to take control of the MIssissippi River?

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Siege of Petersburg

d)

Appomattox Court House

13.

Which battle was won by the North and was the Turning Point of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Siege of Petersburg

d)

Appomattox Court House

14.

What was the name of the small city in central Virginia where Grant surrounded Lee's army and began a Siege that lasted nearly a year?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Petersburg

d)

Appomattox

15.

Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the Civil War?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Petersburg

d)

Appomattox Court House