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American History

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many states were in the North and how many were in the South during the Civil War

a)

23 & 12

b)

22 & 13

c)

23 & 11

d)

24 & 18

2.

What was the capital city of the North?

a)

Washington

b)

Virginia

c)

Atlanta

d)

Birmingham

3.

The government of the North was a working government and had been so for around 70 years

a)

true

b)

false

4.

The south's government was new and untitled

a)

true

b)

false

5.

In the southern government who had more power the states or the central government?

a)

states

b)

central government

6.

What was the capital of the South?

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Washington, DC

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

7.

What was the population of the people in the North?

a)

22 mil

b)

25 mil

c)

48 mil

d)

12 mil

8.

What was the population of the south? How many were slaves?

a)

12 mil 3.5 mil

b)

24 mil 5.8 mil

c)

11 mil 3.2 mil

d)

9 mil 3.5 mil

9.

How much of the nations factories were in the North

a)

75%

b)

65%

c)

85%

d)

90%

10.

the North did NOT contain most of the skilled workers who could make weapons for battle

a)

true

b)

false

11.

what did the south rely on for war materials since they did not have a lot of factories and skilled labor

a)

exports

b)

imports

12.

Transportation in the North came down to what two major ways of travel?

a)

ships and cars

b)

cars and railroads

c)

railroads and ships

d)

railroads and cars

13.

Who were the people that worked on the shipping vessels in the North?

a)

Navy

b)

Merchants

c)

Merchant Marines

d)

Marines

14.

The south had what two systems of travel which were far less superior to the North

a)

cars & planes

b)

railroads & cars

c)

ships & railroads

d)

planes & boats

15.

The North controlled 100% of the nation's wealth

a)

true

b)

false

16.

the north issued money called what?

a)

dollars

b)

pounds

c)

euro

d)

greenbacks

17.

What did the North place high tariffs on?

a)

food

b)

iron

c)

exports

d)

imports

18.

The south controled 30% of the wealth and had trouble getting loans from foreign banks

a)

true

b)

falsoe

19.

People in the South wanted to be taxed for everything?

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Who had the more experienced officers for the war?

a)

North

b)

South

21.

Who fought an offensive war due to inexperience?

a)

North

b)

South

22.

Who fought a defensive war

a)

North

b)

South

23.

In the South men were drafted between the ages of 18-35 unless you owned how many slaves

a)

10

b)

5

c)

20

d)

12

24.

What percent of slave owners owned more than 20 slaves?

a)

10%

b)

12%

c)

24%

d)

5%

25.

The North drafted men aged 20-45 and if you didn't want to find you could find a substitute or pay how much?

a)

$50

b)

$100

c)

$200

d)

$300

26.

Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Jeb Stewart

d)

Nathan Bedforest

27.

Severed under Robert E. Lee and was key in winning many battles and died in 1863

a)

George Pickett

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Nathan Bedforest

d)

James Longstreet

28.

Was a military leader of for the Confederate States

a)

George Pickett

b)

Jeb Stewart

c)

James Longstreet

d)

Nathan Bedforest

29.

Corps Commander of Army of Northern Virginia joined the republican party after the war and had a successful post-war career working in the us government.

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Jeb Stewart

d)

James Longstreet

30.

Calvary Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

a)

Jeb Stewart

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Stonewall Jackson

31.

Best known for leading the futile Pickett's Charge on the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg

a)

Jeb Stewart

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

George Pickett

32.

The highest ranking US officer to resign and join the Confederacy fought against Sherman during his March to the Sea and later surrendered at Bennett Farm on April 26, 1865

a)

Joseph E Johnston

b)

Albert Sidney

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

PGT Beauregard

33.

Commanded armies in teh middle Western theater, surrendered to General Sherman at Bennett Farm in Durham, NC in the largest surrender of Confederate troops on April 26, 1865

a)

PGT Beauregard

b)

PT Barnahm

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Albert Finney

34.

Killed during the Battle of Shiloh and was the highest ranked officer on either side to be killed in the war

a)

Albert Finney

b)

Albert Sidney

c)

Sherman Douglas

d)

Ulysses S Grant

35.

Led troops to victory in TN and MS and in 1864 became commanding general of Union Army

a)

Sherman Douglas

b)

Ben Sherman

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

George Benson

36.

Organized and led Union army during the 1962 Peninsual Campaign, removed after the Battle of Antietam

a)

Sherman Douglas

b)

George Brinton McClellan

c)

Ben Sherman

d)

Scott Walker

37.

1864 became commander of the Western forces, his March to the Sea devastated the Confederacy

a)

William Sherman

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Winifred Scott

d)

Jarvis Cocker

38.

Best known for his leadership during the battle of Gettysburg

a)

Winfield Scott Hancock

b)

Michael W Smith

c)

Stephen Patrick Morrissey

d)

Winfield Scott

39.

Led the Union Navy to victory in New Orleans

a)

Scott Walker

b)

David Farragut

c)

Winifred Scott

d)

Williams Sherman

40.

Hero of the Mexican-American was, commanding general of the US army until 1861, came up with the Anaconda Plan

a)

Winfield Scott Hancock

b)

Winifred Scott

c)

Williams Sherman

d)

Francis Scott Key

41.

Had a successful career during the Civil War and , in 1867 was dispatched to lead troops in the west against the native americans

a)

George Washington

b)

George Webster

c)

John Pope

d)

William Sherman

42.

Led troops to victory in North Carolina and TN but suffered a disastrous defeat at Fredericksburg (and the term sideburns was derived from his fashionable wiskers)

a)

Williams Sherman

b)

Geoge Doublas

c)

Sherman Douglas

d)

Ambrouse Burnside

43.

Commanded the army of the Potomac, best known for leading the Union to victory at Gettysburg

a)

George Michael

b)

George Meade

c)

Williams H Macy

d)

WIlliam Shatner

44.

After the disastrous defeat at 2nd Bull Run, he was sent West to command Union forces in the 1862 Dakaota War

a)

John Peel

b)

John Pope

c)

Tim Pope

d)

George Meade

45.

What did woman do during the war?

a)

fought for their side

b)

worked on the farms and businesses

c)

made new communities

d)

went back home to parents

46.

Some women disguised themselves as men and fought in the war. How many did this?

a)

400-500

b)

500-1000

c)

1000-2000

d)

400-750

47.

mainly women served as what in the war in the fields

a)

nurses

b)

guieds

c)

soldiers

d)

cooks

48.

Clara Borton was a famous what during the Civil War?

a)

solider

b)

cook

c)

nurse

d)

spy

49.

Established a network of Union spied made up of former slaves

a)

Harriett Tubman

b)

Teletubies

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Rose O'Neal Green how

50.

Confederate spies name two

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Rose O'Neal Greehow

c)

Belle Boyd

d)

Pauline Cushman

51.

female Union Spy

a)

Pauline Cushman

b)

Belle Boyd

c)

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

d)

Ellen Monroe