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Civil War Test Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A __________________________________________ is a state in which it was not legal to own slaves.

a)

Slave state

b)

Union

c)

free state

d)

Confederacy

2.

The site of an 1863 Civil War battle won by the North that was a turning point in the war was ________________________________________________.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

3.

A person who wanted to end, or abolish, slavery was known as an _________________________________________.

a)

Union

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Free state

4.

A ______________________________________ was a state in which it was legal to own slaves.

a)

Slave state

b)

free state

c)

Union

d)

Confederacy

5.

To ________________________ means to officially withdraw from a government or a country.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Union

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Secede

6.

The ________________________________ was the government, armies, and citizens of the states that chose to remain a part of the United States during the Civil War.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Free State

d)

Gettysburg

7.

The ______________________________________ was a system in which abolitionists secretly helped escaping slaves reach freedom.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Free State

d)

Underground Railroad

8.

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.

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Slave State

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Reconstruction

9.

______________________________________ is the process by which Congress tried to rebuild the South and reunite it with the Union after the Civil War.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Confederacy

c)

Secede

d)

Reconstruction

10.

The ___________________________________ is the nation that was formed by the 11 states that left the Union.

a)

Confederacy

b)

Union

c)

Reconstruction

d)

free state

11.

Which of the following situations did NOT contribute to the start of the Civil War?

a)

Abraham Lincoln wanted to have his own slaves

b)

slavery

c)

states seceding from the United States

d)

states’ rights

12.

Which of the following situations does NOT explain why slaves escaped to freedom?

a)

Slaves were treated badly by their owners.

b)

Slaves did not have the freedom to do what they wanted when they wanted to do it.

c)

Slaves were overworked.

d)

Slaves wanted to escape so they could meet Abraham Lincoln.

13.

Which side surrendered and ultimately ended the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

border states

c)

Confederacy

d)

nobody surrendered

14.

Which phrase does NOT describe what casualties are?

a)

wounded soldiers

b)

soldiers that won

c)

missing soldiers

d)

soldiers that were killed

15.

He was the president of the Union during the Civil War.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

16.

He was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

17.

He was the leading general in the Union Army during the Civil War.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

18.

He was the leading general in Confederate Army during the Civil War.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

19.

Look at the map. The states in red were the ________________________________.

a)

Union

b)

boarder states within the Union

c)

Confederacy

20.

Look at the map. The states in orange were the__________________________.

a)

Union

b)

border states within the Union

c)

Confederacy

21.

Look at the map. The states in tan were the _______________________________.

a)

Confederacy

b)

Union

c)

border states within the Union