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Civil War Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The name given to the northern army. 
a)
Confederates
b)
Americans
c)
Military
d)
Union
2.
The name given to the southern army.
a)
Confederates
b)
Union
c)
Americans
d)
Military
3.
The event held at this location encouraged the start of the civil war and rallied both sides to build up their armies.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Yorktown
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Appomattox 
4.
This was the first battle of the Civil War
a)
Yorktown
b)
Bull Run
c)
Appomattox
d)
Gettysburg
5.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
6.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
7.
This battle was the turning point in the war.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Antietam
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
8.
This was the main economy of the Confederacy
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industy
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
9.
This was the main economy of the union
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry
c)
Shipping
d)
Trade
10.
This is where the Civil War Ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
11.

The word for the North wanting a strong federal government and South wanting each state to make their own decision.

a)

Freedom

b)

Slavery

c)

Secession

d)

States' rights

12.

Word for states leaving the Union.

a)

Confederacy

b)

States' rights

c)

Secession

d)

Liberty

13.

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

a)

Lincoln's election of 1860

b)

They didn't like the clothes the North wore

c)

The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

14.

What was the reason taking sides was hard for the people in border states?

a)

The states allowed slavery, but wanted to remain in the union.

b)

They didn't like the South

c)

They were abolitionists

d)

They formed their own country

15.

What was the effect of having large plantations and little help in the South?

a)

Less slavery

b)

Less money

c)

More slavery

d)

Southerners leaving the south

16.

What did the South fear with Lincoln's election?

a)

He would increase the amount of slavery used

b)

He would keep the North and South separated

c)

He would abolish slavery

d)

None of the above

17.

Why did the North and South disagree so much?

a)

They didn't have the same opinion on slavery

b)

They both hated Abraham Lincoln

c)

They both wanted to keep all of the slave to themselves.

d)

They had different opinions on states' rights

18.
To give up during a fight 
a)
secede
b)
surrender
c)
blockade
d)
abolitionist 
19.
By the end of the war, what happened to most of the elite class in South Carolina?
a)
Gained more slaves
b)
They lost most of their wealth
c)
Moved to a northern state
d)
Gained political power
20.
What was the goal of the Abolitionist movement?
a)
Help the cotton farmers
b)
Help states secede from the Union
c)
Support trading among the states
d)
To outlaw slavery
21.
The Confederacy fired the first shots of the Civil War at the Union soldiers at Fort _______.
a)
Fort Molturie
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Jackson
d)
Fort Johnson
22.
General Sherman's path of destruction was known as...
a)
The March to the Sea
b)
The Path to Success
c)
The Traveling Soliders
d)
The Union March
23.
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
North
b)
South
24.
who marched to harpers fairy?
a)
Ulysses s grant
b)
Jefferson davis
c)
john brown
d)
Abraham licoln
25.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
26.
One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
27.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
28.

What army was Robert. E. Lee in charge of?

a)

The Union (North)

b)

The Confederacy (South)

29.

What did President Lincoln put Ulysses in charge of?

a)

volunteers from Illinois

b)

The Union Army

c)

capturing Southern territories.

30.

What made Atlanta such an important place to be in control of?

a)

the central railroad

b)

the gold

c)

the water ways

d)

the Varsity

31.

What was Sherman’s main goal in his March to the Sea?

a)

destroying everything

b)

build bridges

c)

build railroads

d)

give out money to southerners