WorksheetsMrs. Hart's Civil War Quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 20mins
Causes of the Civil War
States' Rights, Bleeding Kansas, 1860 Election of President Lincoln
many casualties, ironclad ships, Emancipation Proclamation
blockades, enlist, Rebels and Yankees
Lincoln Memorial, new amendments, suffering
Effects of the Civil War
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
secession
abolitionist
a monument built in honor of someone
suffer patiently
to give up or quit
a person who felt slavery was evil and wrong
states' rights
an article added to the U.S. Constitution
the rights and powers held by individual states
to withdraw or break away from the whole
join the military
Another name for the Northern States is what?
(a)
Another name for the Confederacy is what?
(a)
blockade
to give up or quit
a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out
a ship covered in iron plates
a large number of people that share a common history, culture, or language
Who was the Confederate General who stood his ground like a stone wall?
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Frederick Douglass
Who was a Civil War nurse and then later started the American Red Cross?
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Wilkes Booth
Who killed President Lincoln?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
John Wilkes Booth
Who was the Confederate General who surrendered to the Union Army?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
abolitionist and author of the novel - Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Sherman
Clara Barton
Union General
Ulysses S. Grant
Buffalo Bill Cody
Jesse James
Robert E. Lee
A radical abolitionist who attacked the Harper's Ferry Arsenal
Frederick Douglass
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown
Kit Carson
President of the Confederacy
Franklin Pierce
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
The most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nation
a large number of people that share a common history, culture, or language
the rights and powers held by individual U.S. states
an article added to the U.S. Constitution
to withdraw or break away
Lincoln Memorial
A monument in Illinois
a tree in Kentucky near his birthplace
a monument in Washington D.C. built in honor of President Lincoln
a battleship dedicated to Lincoln after the war
enlist
join the military
suffer patiently
to give up or quit
discharge
ironclad
an iron covered train car
a horse covered in armor
a ship covered in iron plates so it could withstand canon attacks
an iron covered wagon
surrender
suffer patiently
join the army
to withstand
to give up or quit
Yankees
Union soldiers
Confederate soldiers
amendment
an article added to the U.S. Constitution
the rights and powers held by the individual states
Confederacy
Canada
The South / Southern states
The North / Northern states
The territories
endure
to give up or quit
suffer patiently
to withdraw or break away
join the military
Rebel
Confederate soldier
Union soldier
Jesse James
Buffalo Bill
secede
suffer patiently
combine
connect two things together
to break away or withdraw from the whole
cause of the Civil War
secession, slavery, abolitionists
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Effects of the Civil War
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
enormous casualties
ironclad ships
Bleeding Kansas
secession
states' rights
Where did the first shots of the Civil War happen?
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
Antietam
Lincoln's most famous speech
The Day of Infamy
The Gettysburg Address
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
I Have a Dream
What was the Anaconda Plan?
blockading the Mississippi River
the siege at Vicksburg
military plan to squeeze the Confederacy like a big python snake
the surrender at Appomattox Court House
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
freed the slaves in the Southern States
allowed people of Kansas to vote on whether Kansas would be a slave state or a free state
admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
freed the slaves of the Southern states
freed the slaves everywhere
Which state was the 1st state to secede?
Florida
California
South Carolina
The Southern states' economies relied heavily on what?
fishing industry
steel manufactoring
cash crops such as cotton and tobacco
lumber
Where is the Lincoln Memorial located?
New York
South Dakota
Washington D.C.
Illinois
Some women dressed like men so they could fight in the Civil War
TRUE
FALSE
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant and the Union Army ?
Fort Sumter,
South Carolina
Appomattox Court House,
Virginia
Applebottom Store
South Carolina
Vicksburg,
Mississippi
What is the name of the theatre where Lincoln was assassinated?
Chevy's Theatre
Ford's Theatre
Lincoln's Theatre
Dodge's Theatre
Who killed President Lincoln?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
John Wilkes Booth
