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Civil War Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the states who seceded from the Union name their new country?

a)

Rebel Country

b)

The Confederacy

2.

Who was the president of the Union?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

Who was president of the Confederacy?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

4.

What was the capital of the Union?

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Philadelphia

5.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

Richmond, VA

6.

Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky were all known as:

a)

Confederate states

b)

Border states

7.

What did the South want to preserve?

a)

The federal government

b)

Slavery and state's rights

8.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

9.

Who was better prepared for the war?

a)

North

b)

South

10.

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

a)

The Battle of Fredericksburg

b)

The First Battle of Bull Run

11.

What was the nickname of the naval blockade proposed by Winfield Scott?

a)

The Snake Blockade

b)

The Anaconda Plan

12.

What river would “split the Confederacy in two?”

a)

The Tennessee River

b)

The Mississippi River

13.

What was Southern military strategy?

a)

Sit and wait (defensive)

b)

Conquer the North (offensive)

14.

Who was the overly cautious, slow-moving Union general in the East?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

George McClellan

15.

Who was the Union’s bold General who originally commanded Union troops in the West? He later became President of the United States:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

16.

The Battles of Shiloh, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson were all apart of the war in the East or in the West?

a)

East

b)

West

17.

Who is the famous commander of the Confederate army?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

18.

Who was Lee’s right-hand man until he was killed by friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

General Sherman

19.

What was the nickname for the Confederates?

a)

Rebels

b)

Yankees

20.

Who was Lee trying to gain support from by entering the North for the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Europe

21.

Which party was in control of Congress in the North?

a)

Democrat

b)

Republican

22.

What kind of law is an emergency rule by military authorities in which some Bill of Rights guarantees are suspended?

a)

Martial Law

b)

Treason

23.

Lincoln’s proclamation that declared “all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free” was called the:

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

24.

What were the enslaved captured by Union troops considered?

a)

Contraband

b)

Confederates

25.

Were African Americans allowed to fight for the Union?

a)

Yes

b)

No

26.

Were women allowed to participate in the war?

a)

No, they had to stay at home.

b)

Yes. They became nurses, worked in factories, and worked on farms.

27.

The event known as Pickett’s Charge occurred during which famous Civil War battle?

a)

The Second Battle of Bull Run

b)

The Battle of Gettysburg

28.

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?

a)

The Siege of Vicksburg

b)

The Battle of Mississippi

29.

Who used their superiority in population as a strategy?

a)

Grant (The Union)

b)

Lee (The Confederacy)

30.

Where did Grant employ another siege tactic?

a)

Petersburg

b)

Washington D.C.

31.

Which city in Georgia was an important industrial and railroad center?

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Atlanta

32.

Which Union general laid siege to the city of Atlanta?

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Sherman

33.

Who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1864?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George McClellan

34.

Did Sherman’s capture of Atlanta make things better or worse for Lincoln’s reelection?

a)

Better

b)

Worse

35.

Who won the election of 1864?

a)

McClellan

b)

Lincoln

36.

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.”

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The 21st Amendment

37.

Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865?

a)

Appomattox

b)

Atlanta

38.

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

George McClellan

39.

Which battle is often considered the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

The Battle of Gettysburg

b)

The Battle of Antietam

40.

Who was the Union general known for his 'March to the Sea'?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

George McClellan

41.

What document officially abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The 13th Amendment