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WorksheetsTutorial - 5/17 (8th Grade Social Studies) - The Civil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was important about the battle between the Merrimack (Virginia) and the Monitor?
It was the first naval battle of the war.
It was the first time ironclads fought each other.
It prevented the Union from destroying the Confederate ship yards at Hampton Roads.
It prevented the Confederacy from keeping the Union navy out of the Mississippi River.
Which Union leader captured New Orleans?
David Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
A. S. Johnston
George B. McClellan
Why was the capture of Vicksburg important to the Union strategy in the west?
It allowed the Union to invade Texas and Arkansas.
It prevented the Confederacy from exporting cotton to Europe.
It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River.
It prevented the Confederacy from moving troops into the North.
Who was Stand Watie?
the Confederate general who surrendered Vicksburg
an African American who led a Confederate unit
the Confederate admiral who defended New Orleans
a Native American who was a Confederate general
What was the symbolism of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It described how the war would be won.
It defined what the Union was fighting against.
It outlined how new civil rights would be extended.
It restated the principles and values of the Union.
What happened in July 1863 in New York City during a dockworker strike and the first draft of the war?
African Americans and draft offices were attacked.
Democrats nominated George B. McClellan for president.
Copperheads protested President Lincoln’s draft policies.
Habeas corpus was suspended and multiple arrests occurred.
What did President Lincoln proclaim in the Gettysburg Address?
The Union would win the war so that slavery would end.
The Union would need to win more battles before ultimately winning the war.
The Union would win the war so that the ideals it was founded upon would continue.
The Union would need to invade more territory before finally forcing an end to the war.
How did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist freed people and poor southerners after the Civil War?
by offering 40-acre plots of land
by building schools and colleges
by organizing mutual-aid societies
by setting up the sharecropping system
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the South into five districts that were led by
a federal judge.
a military commander.
a temporary governor.
a member of Congress.
Which of the following industries was important to rebuilding the economy of the “New South?"
oil
steel
textile
fishing
