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Q4 Unit 2 The US Civil War

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The states that left the Union became known as the __________________________________ states.

a)

Confederate

b)

Farming

c)

Anaconda

d)

Hot

2.

During the Civil War, secession refers to___________________________________.

a)

dividing your paper into sections.

b)

stopping the steamboat traffic.

c)

states choosing to leave the Union of the United States.

d)

stopping the swarm of cicadas.

3.

_________________________________ was the 16th president of the United States and is konwn for freeing the enslaved African Americans and saving the Union.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

George Washington

c)

James K. Polk

d)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

The Anaconda Plan was a plan by the Union to ___________________________________.

a)

send snakes down the Mississippi River.

b)

have all the troops stand in a crooked formation when the crossed through Kentucky.

c)

block the South's ports to prevent supplies from getting through and block them from trade.

d)

put a snake in Fort Sumter.

5.

Why was the Battle of Ft. Sumter important?

a)

The Union/federal troops refused to leave even after the Confederate army asked them to. The Confederate army attacked the fort.

b)

It was a hub for British trading.

c)

The French and Native Americans were able to have victory over the British here.

d)

Abraham Lincoln came to the ballte as part of his presidency.

6.

Who was the president of the Confederate States?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Sutter

d)

Jefferson Davis

7.

Who was appointed leader of the Union army and later was elected president?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

George Washington

d)

James K. Polk

8.

Who was the key leader in the Confederate army that won many key battles?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Frederick Douglass

9.

Who was known as the "angel of the battlefield" and worked as a battlefield nurse at the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Phyllis Wheatley

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Sojourner Truth

10.

The official announcement by President Abraham Lincoln about setting the slaves free is known as the _______________________________________.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Louisiana Purchase

11.

Who was the superindendent of the army nurses in the Civil War and was very strict?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Phyllis Wheatley

c)

Dorthea Dix

d)

Martha Washington

12.

The famous speech given by President Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg to dedicate the battlefield as a cemetary is known as ____________________________________.

a)

The Pensylvania Proclamation

b)

The Big Speech

c)

The Best Grammy Speech of All Time

d)

Gettysburg Address

13.

What is Juneteenth?

a)

It is a holiday that marks the date that slaves in Texas finally heard they were freed (nearly 18 months after it actually happpnend!)

b)

It is a holiday that is celebreated in Floriday because that is the date is starts to get really hot.

c)

It is the date that Texas remembers when the fought a war against Mexico.

d)

This is a holiday that is celebrated because it is the summer solstice.

14.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender on April 9, 1865?

a)

The Potomac River

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Fort Sumter

15.

What was the first actual battle of the Civil War in July 1861?

a)

Battle of Soaking Creek

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Shark Cove

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

16.

What was the deadliest battle of the Civil War and was a turning point for the Union army (the South retreated in July 1863)?

a)

Battle of Jumping Frog

b)

Battle of the North

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

17.

What was the battle that marks the first time a Confederate (Southern) army invaded a state in the North and was the deadliest battle fought in one day (September 1862)?

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Stinking Creek

d)

Battle of Washington DC

18.

What battle did the Confederate (South) army take the Union army by surprise (April 1862) in Tennessee?

a)

Battle of Firey Gizzard

b)

Battle of Shiloh

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

d)

Battle of Stinking Cow