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BOC | Chapter 9

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1860, ______ won the presidency.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

2.

Eleven Southern states seceded from the Union and formed the

      __________.

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

United States of America

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Gettysburg Address

3.

_______ was elected President

     of the Confederacy.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Andrew Jackson

4.

The war began when Southern guns fired on the U.S. troops at

      ________.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Bull Run

c)

Antietam

d)

Fredricksburg

5.

The first major battle of the Civil War was the ________.

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Shiloh

d)

Battle of Chancellorsville

6.

The bloodiest day of the war was fought at _____.

a)

Antietam

b)

Bull Run

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fredericksburg

7.

Abraham Lincoln issued the _________

     which freed all the slaves in the Rebel states.

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

Mason-Dixon Line

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

8.

Most of the Civil War was fought in the ____.

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

9.

On July 1, 1863, the bloodiest 3-day battle of the war started.  It was at

 __________.

a)

Antietam

b)

Bull Run

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Shiloh

10.

The commander of the Union army at Gettysburg was _______.

a)

General Lee

b)

General Meade

c)

General Grant

d)

General Pickett

11.

The commander of the Confederate army at Gettysburg was _________.

a)

General Lee

b)

General Meade

c)

General Pickett

d)

General Grant

12.

_________ took place on July 3, 1863 and was a disaster and resulted in more than 5,000 Confederate casualties

a)

Battle of Big Round Top

b)

Battle of Little Round Top

c)

Pickett's Charge

d)

Battle of Vicksburg

13.

The Battle of Gettysburg was won by the _______.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

14.

General Ulysses S. Grant won a victory at ______ by

      blockading the river entry to the city and shelling the city for 48 days.

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Shiloh

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Fredericksburg

15.

The victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of the ___________.

a)

Colorado River

b)

East Coast

c)

Mississippi River

d)

forts in the South

16.

Abraham Lincoln delivered the __________

      to honor those who died during the Battle of Gettysburg.

a)

Emancipation Proclaimation

b)

Antietam Address

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Gettysburg Address

17.

General Sherman captured and burned the city of _________ during his march.

a)

Atlanta

b)

Orlando

c)

Charleston

d)

Vicksburg

18.

In 1864, _______ won the reelection for the presidency.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

19.

The process of rebuilding the south was known as ________.

a)

the industrial revoluation

b)

The Emancipation Proclaimation

c)

reconstruction

d)

Sherman's March to Sea

20.

On April 15, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated by ____.

a)

George Meade

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

John Wilkes Booth

21.

What three amendments were added after the civil war?

a)

12, 13, 14

b)

13, 14, 15

c)

20, 21, 22

d)

17, 18, 19

22.

What were the three parts of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan?

a)

1. Blockade the Coastline

2. Take control of the Mississippi River

3. Surround and isolate the South

b)

1. Blockade the Coastline

2. Take control of the Mississippi River

3. Surround and isolate the North

c)

1. Destroy the enemy's ammunition

2. Take control of the Mississippi River

3. Surround and isolate the South

d)

1. Blockade the Coastline

2. Burn all the forts in the South

3. Destroy the enemy's ammunition

23.

During the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union army controlled ____.

a)

Seminary Ridge

b)

The Peach Orchard

c)

Devil's Den

d)

Cemetery Ridge

24.

During the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate army controlled ____________.

a)

Seminary Ridge

b)

Little Round Top

c)

Culp's Hill

d)

Atlanta

25.

Choose the two battles that reversed the war.

a)

Gettysburg and Antietam

b)

Gettysburg and Shiloh

c)

Bull Run and Vicksburg

d)

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

26.

______ marched the U.S. Army of the West from Tennessee through Georgia and on to the Carolinas. 

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

General William Sherman

d)

General George Meade

27.

The fall of _________, the Confederate capital, showed the war was nearing its end.

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Orlando, Florida

c)

Richmond, Virginia

d)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

28.

On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered at _________.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Yorktown

d)

Shiloh