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The Civil War

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
2.
Who was the president of the United States of America (The Union)?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
3.
Who was general of the Army of Northern Virginia?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Abraham Lincoln
4.
Who was general of the Union Army?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
5.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do for slaves?

a)

It freed all slaves in southern states at war against the U.S.

b)

It made slavery legal everywhere.

c)

It forced runaway slaves to return to the South.

d)

It gave former slaves voting rights.

6.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln's main goal was to -

a)

free all slaves

b)

preserve the Union

c)

destroy the South

d)

take over Canada

7.

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

a)

To enslave

b)

To abolish

c)

To free

d)

To vote

8.

Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Slavery was already illegal in the Border States

b)

Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States

c)

The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery

d)

He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South

9.

What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates

b)

More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union

c)

Many southern soldiers joined the North

d)

Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln

10.
The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Mississippi
11.
This battle was the single bloodiest of the Civil War
a)
Antietam 
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Shiloh
d)
Vicksburg
12.
Final battle of Civil War- Lee surrenders to Grant
a)
Appomattox
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Antietam
13.

What does "secede" mean?

a)

to file a lawsuit

b)

to break away

c)

to protest

d)

to join

14.
This battle was the first of the Civil War
a)
Antietam
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox
15.

What was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

Charleston, SC

c)

New Orleans, LA

d)

Richmond, VA

16.
Why did the South suffer the most destruction during the Civil War?
a)
Many teenagers served in the military.
b)
Most of the fighting took place there.
c)
Schools and churches were used as hospitals.
d)
Florida was one of the Confederacy's important suppliers.
17.
Gettysburg is know as the "turning point" in the Civil war.  What does that mean?
a)
The North finally won its first major battle in Pennsylvania
b)
Slaves could not fight for both Union and Confederacy
c)
After the battle General Grant would be the top General of the Union
d)
This was a major victory for the Union and the Confederacy was never able to recover
18.
The Emancipation Proclamation was specific about which slave were free, who was considered free?
a)
All slaves in the USA
b)
Only slaves in the Confederacy
c)
Only slaves in the Border States
d)
Only slaves in any new territory that would become a state