WorksheetsCivil War Test Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
A __________________________________________ is a state in which it was not legal to own slaves.
Slave state
Union
free state
Confederacy
The site of an 1863 Civil War battle won by the North that was a turning point in the war was ________________________________________________.
Reconstruction
Underground Railroad
Gettysburg
Emancipation Proclamation
A person who wanted to end, or abolish, slavery was known as an _________________________________________.
Union
Underground Railroad
Abolitionist
Free state
A ______________________________________ was a state in which it was legal to own slaves.
Slave state
free state
Union
Confederacy
To ________________________ means to officially withdraw from a government or a country.
Reconstruction
Union
Emancipation Proclamation
Secede
The ________________________________ was the government, armies, and citizens of the states that chose to remain a part of the United States during the Civil War.
Union
Confederacy
Free State
Gettysburg
The ______________________________________ was a system in which abolitionists secretly helped escaping slaves reach freedom.
Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction
Free State
Underground Railroad
The ______________________________________________ was President Abraham Lincoln’s order to free slaves in states that were still fighting the Union, and to allow African Americans into the Union army and navy.
Abolitionist
Slave State
Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction
______________________________________ is the process by which Congress tried to rebuild the South and reunite it with the Union after the Civil War.
Gettysburg
Confederacy
Secede
Reconstruction
The ___________________________________ is the nation that was formed by the 11 states that left the Union.
Confederacy
Union
Reconstruction
free state
Which of the following situations did NOT contribute to the start of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln wanted to have his own slaves
slavery
states seceding from the United States
states’ rights
Which of the following situations does NOT explain why slaves escaped to freedom?
Slaves were treated badly by their owners.
Slaves did not have the freedom to do what they wanted when they wanted to do it.
Slaves were overworked.
Slaves wanted to escape so they could meet Abraham Lincoln.
Which side surrendered and ultimately ended the Civil War?
Union
border states
Confederacy
nobody surrendered
Which phrase does NOT describe what casualties are?
wounded soldiers
soldiers that won
missing soldiers
soldiers that were killed
He was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
He was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
He was the leading general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
He was the leading general in Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Look at the map. The states in red were the ________________________________.
Union
boarder states within the Union
Confederacy
Look at the map. The states in orange were the__________________________.
Union
border states within the Union
Confederacy
Look at the map. The states in tan were the _______________________________.
Confederacy
Union
border states within the Union
