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Civil War Facts

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He proposed a blockade and an attack on the South called the Anaconda plan.

a)

General Sherman

b)

General Scott

c)

General Grant

d)

General Jackson

2.

What was the first state of the south to secede from the Union?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Mississippi

c)

Florida

d)

South Carolina

3.

The first battle of the Civil War.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Bleeding Kansas

4.

The South that fought the North in the Civil war

a)

were known as The Confederate States of America

b)

were known as the Union States of America

5.

Abraham Lincoln

a)

Was the Republican

candidate in the 1860 election

b)

Was the Democratic

candidate in the 1860 election

6.

true or false

an abolitionist

wanted slavery

a)

False

b)

True

7.

After the 1860 election many southern states wanted to _________

a)

secede from the Union

b)

stay in the Union

8.

The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state is called

a)

government rights

b)

state's rights

c)

people's rights

d)

abolitionist

9.

What case did the Supreme Court

rule against a slave, who sued his owner, to receive his freedom?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Brown

10.

True or False

The Southern States based their economy on slavery

a)

True

b)

False

11.

the advantages

that the South had during the war

a)

were fighting for their homeland and they knew the land well

b)

had better generals

c)

both

12.

Railroads, population, navy, and factories were all advantages of the

a)

North

b)

South

13.

The South's capital

a)

Washington D.C.

b)

Denver, Colorado

c)

Richmond ,Virginia

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

14.

He was a Union General trusted by Abraham Lincoln

a)

Lee

b)

Grant

15.

Confederate general who stood like a stone wall"

a)

Lee

b)

Jackson

c)

Grant

d)

Douglas

16.

The North had around 22 million people vs the South's 9 million

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The President of The Confederacy

a)

Abraham

Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Jefferson Davis