WorksheetsCivil War Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 40mins
What did the states who seceded from the Union name their new country?
Rebel Country
The Confederacy
Who was the president of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Who was president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
What was the capital of the Union?
Washington D.C.
Philadelphia
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Atlanta, GA
Richmond, VA
Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky were all known as:
Confederate states
Border states
What did the South want to preserve?
The federal government
Slavery and state's rights
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Who was better prepared for the war?
North
South
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fredericksburg
The First Battle of Bull Run
What was the nickname of the naval blockade proposed by Winfield Scott?
The Snake Blockade
The Anaconda Plan
What river would “split the Confederacy in two?”
The Tennessee River
The Mississippi River
What was Southern military strategy?
Sit and wait (defensive)
Conquer the North (offensive)
Who was the overly cautious, slow-moving Union general in the East?
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
Who was the Union’s bold General who originally commanded Union troops in the West? He later became President of the United States:
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
The Battles of Shiloh, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson were all apart of the war in the East or in the West?
East
West
Who is the famous commander of the Confederate army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Who was Lee’s right-hand man until he was killed by friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Stonewall Jackson
General Sherman
What was the nickname for the Confederates?
Rebels
Yankees
Who was Lee trying to gain support from by entering the North for the Battle of Antietam?
Abraham Lincoln
Europe
Which party was in control of Congress in the North?
Democrat
Republican
What kind of law is an emergency rule by military authorities in which some Bill of Rights guarantees are suspended?
Martial Law
Treason
Lincoln’s proclamation that declared “all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free” was called the:
The 13th Amendment
The Emancipation Proclamation
What were the enslaved captured by Union troops considered?
Contraband
Confederates
Were African Americans allowed to fight for the Union?
Yes
No
Were women allowed to participate in the war?
No, they had to stay at home.
Yes. They became nurses, worked in factories, and worked on farms.
The event known as Pickett’s Charge occurred during which famous Civil War battle?
The Second Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Gettysburg
In Vicksburg, Mississippi, Grant used a tactic to surround and “starve out” the enemy in order to make them surrender. What was this battle called?
The Siege of Vicksburg
The Battle of Mississippi
Who used their superiority in population as a strategy?
Grant (The Union)
Lee (The Confederacy)
Where did Grant employ another siege tactic?
Petersburg
Washington D.C.
Which city in Georgia was an important industrial and railroad center?
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Which Union general laid siege to the city of Atlanta?
Stonewall Jackson
Sherman
Who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1864?
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
Did Sherman’s capture of Atlanta make things better or worse for Lincoln’s reelection?
Better
Worse
Who won the election of 1864?
McClellan
Lincoln
Which amendment stated: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been dully convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject of their jurisdiction.”
The 13th Amendment
The 21st Amendment
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865?
Appomattox
Atlanta
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
George McClellan
Which battle is often considered the turning point of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Antietam
Who was the Union general known for his 'March to the Sea'?
William Tecumseh Sherman
George McClellan
What document officially abolished slavery in the United States?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The 13th Amendment
