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A House Divided By War (SS Weekly Gr 5 Wk 29)

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Confederate general was originally asked to be a Union general?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

George Pickett

c)

Robert Lee

d)

J. E. B. Stuart

2.

Who was the Union General?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Custer

3.

What did generals in the Confederate army and Union army have in common?

a)

They all had the same uniforms.

b)

They all attended West Point Military Academy.

c)

They all ate pizza on Wednesdays.

d)

They all had 1,000 people in their armies.

4.

What new type of boat did the navy use?

a)

Beam Rafts

b)

Ironcald Ships

c)

Steamboats

d)

Yachts

5.

What new technology helped deliver information about the war?

a)

Telephone

b)

Telepheme

c)

Telemark

d)

Telegraph

6.

If you had two sons fighting on different armies, what phrase would people use to describe this situation?

a)

Son against son

b)

Brother against brother

c)

A mother's horror

d)

Every man for himself

7.

Why did people come to the USA during the Civil War.

a)

The situations in their home countries were terrible.

b)

They wanted gold in California.

c)

The USA has Chick-fil-a

d)

Actually, no one came during the war.

8.

What speech did Lincoln give when he was dedicating a cemetery?

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Freedom Speech

c)

The Gettysburg Address

d)

The Graveyard Announcement

9.

What document freed enslaved people in the southern states?

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Freedom Speech

c)

The Gettysburg Address

d)

The Graveyard Announcement

10.

What was the first African American regiment in the Union army?

a)

The 1st New York

b)

The 26th Vermont

c)

The 54th Massachusetts

d)

The 98th Connecticut

11.

How did women serve in the war? (There is more than one correct answer.)

a)

As spies

b)

As nurses

c)

Making gunpowder cartridges

d)

Gathering supplies