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WorksheetsThe Civil War
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
1. The bloodiest single day of the Civil War was the Battle of ________.
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Antietam
Fort Pulaski
Lincoln freed slaves in rebellious states with the ____________ _____________.
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Inaugural Address
Exclamation Proclamation
The South never recovered from the defeat at the Battle of ______________
Antietam
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Gettysburg
The greatest battle ever fought in Georgia was the Battle of ______________
Kennesaw Mountain
Griswoldville
Fort Pulaski
Chickamauga
General Sherman's military objective was to capture the important rail city of _______________
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Richmond
Augusta
Sherman's "March to the Sea" ended in the city of _____________
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Savannah
Augusta
The most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War was ________________
Elmira
Camp Douglas
Andersonville
Rock Island
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ___________________
Fort Sumter
Fort Charleston
Fort Pulaski
Fort Washington
Four states chose not to secede; Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. There were known as _________________
Border States
Busted States
Backward States
Boneheaded States
The Union Blockade of Southern port cities was known as ___________________________
Steve's Great Snake
Scott's Great Snake
Sam's Great Snake
Stewart's Great Snake
The Southern plan to enlist the aid of France and England by stopping the export of cotton to them was known as __________________________
The Great Cotton Embargo
King Cotton Diplomacy
King Cotton Embargo
King Cotton Stoppage
The first battle ever fought in Georgia was the Battle of _______________________. It lasted two days and was a Union victory.
Fort Sumter
Fort Gordon
Fort Benning
Fort Pulaski
The Confederate officers imprisoned at Fort Pulaski are known today as the ______________________________
Immortal 500
Immortal 600
Immoral 600
Immortal 700
___________________ led a raid into Georgia, stole a train, and started what became the _____________________
James J. Andrews
Jesse James
Great Locomotive Chase
Western and Atlantic Railroad Caper
______________ and ______________ chased down the locomotive_______________ and recaptured it.
William Fuller and Anthony Murphy
William Fuller and Andrew Murray
Texas
General
Yonah
General __________________ led the Union army into Georgia on his March to the Sea.
US Grant
Lafayette McClaws
Phil Sheridan
William T. Sherman
The Union Army laid ______ to Atlanta during the Summer of 1864.
Siege
Waste
Tracks
fire
The ______________________ was used by the Union army to bring the war home to the citizens of Georgia and hasten the end of the war.
Lay Waste Strategy
Anaconda Plan
Boa Constrictor
Rattlesnake Plan
General ______________ surrendered to General _______________ at Appamattox Court House, Va on April 9, 1865.
John Bell Hood, William T. Sherman
Joe Johnston, William T. Sherman
US Grant, Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, US Grant
__________________ is the sole individual tried for war crimes committed during the Civil War.
Captain Henry Wirtz
Captain IM Crunch
Captain Henry Winkles
Captain Henry Wirds
_________________________ was awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Little Round Top.
Sir Lawrence Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Jeffery Lawrence Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chambermaid
The native of Milledgeville who served as General Sherman's personal escort was _________________.
Daniel R. Snelling
David R. Snelling
Thomas R. Snelling
Rufus Kelly
_________________ was one legged man who took on the entire 17th Corps.
Robert Kelly
Rufus Kelly
Richard Kelly
Rufino Kelly
_________________ replaced General Joe Johnston as commander of the Confederate army during the Battle of Atlanta.
Joseph B. Hood
Jonathon Bell Hood
John Bell Hood
Jesus Bell Hood
____________ was a veteran of the War of 1812 who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Josh Burns
George Burns
John Burns
Joseph Burns
The last slave ship to make port in America did so at Jekyll Island. It was named _________________.
The Welcomer
The Wanderlust
The Wanderer
The Woebegone
The sale of 436 men, women, and children in March of 1859 became known as the _________________ for the African-Americans of Savannah.
The Wandering Time
The Crying Time
The Mourning Time
The Weeping Time
President Lincoln called for _______ volunteers to put down the rebellion and defend Washington, DC.
100,000
25,000
75,000
1,000,000
The bloodiest single day in American history is the ____________________
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Griswoldville
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in _____________.
The United States
The Northern States
The Border States
The Southern States
The bloodiest battle in American history is the _______________.
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Griswoldville
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg and later became the governor of Georgia is _________________
General George Doles
General John B. Gordon
General Howell Cobb
General Horatio Haymaker
The first battle fought in Georgia was the _____________________.
Battle of Ft. McAllister
Battle of Ft. Gordon
Battle of Ft. Pulaski
Battle of Ft. Benning
Prison camp located in SW Georgia that is considered the harshest of the Civil War prison camps is ____________________.
Camp Elmira
Camp Douglas
Camp Andersonville
Camp Rock Island
The major problem facing the United States after the Civil War was ___________________________.
Reconstruction
Slavery
Repopulation
Burial of the dead
