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civil war final exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Southern Belle who moved to the North because of the immorality of slavery

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Clarissa Harlowe Barton

2.

Northerner who started the abolitionist newspaper titled ‘The Liberator’

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

John Brown

d)

Dred Scott

3.

Runaway slave who would become a leader of the abolitionist movement and name his slave owner in his autobiography

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

4.

Ohio native who witnessed a slave auction while in Kentucky

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Angelina Grimke

d)

Clarrisa Harlowe Barton

5.

Famed ‘conductor’ of the underground railroad

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

John Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Dred Scott

6.

Founder of the ‘American Anti-Slavery Society’ which led protests and organized for the abolitionist movement

a)

William Henry

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Brown

d)

Harriet Tubman

7.

Created the abolitionist newspaper called ‘The North Star’

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Dred Scott

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

8.

Traveled to Kansas to participate in the battle to decide the new state’s future regarding slavery known as ‘Bleeding Kansas’

a)

John Brown

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

9.

Housed runaway slaves and used their stories as inspiration to write the famous book, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

10.

Led a failed attack on a federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, VA in an attempt to inspire a slave uprising

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

John Brown

d)

Dred Scott

11.

Supreme court case denied him freedom after traveling to free territories - essentially overturning the Missouri Compromise

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

12.

What year was Lincoln elected?

a)

1860

b)

1960

c)

1856

d)

1782

13.

What was Lincoln's political party?

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Federalist

d)

Democratic-Republican

14.

Lincoln agreed that he ...

a)

would abolish slavery completely

b)

would not interfere with slavery in present states, but would not allow it to spread into new states

c)

would not interfere with slavery anywhere

15.

What state first took action after Lincoln was elected?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

Maryland

d)

South Carolina

16.

What federal fort was attacked by Southern rebels after Lincoln’s election?

a)

Ft. Mitchell

b)

Ft. Fredericksburg

c)

Ft. Sumter

d)

Ft. Antietam

17.

Several southern stats wanted to _________ from the Union after Lincoln's election.

a)

secede

b)

leave

c)

expel

d)

quit

18.

What did the southern states call their new union?

a)

The Union

b)

Army of the Potomac

c)

The Confederacy

d)

Southern Army

19.

Southern capital

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Frankfort, Kentucky

c)

Charleston, West Virginia

d)

Columbia, South Carolina

20.

President of the Southern Union

a)

Thomas Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

George McClellan

21.

Battlefield nurse who would go on to found the Red Cross

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

George McClellan

c)

Ambrose Burnside

d)

Clarissa Harlowe Barton

22.

Iconic major general of the south

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ambrose Burnside

d)

John Wilkes Booth

23.

Famous Southern field general who earned his famous nickname early in the war

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

William Tecumseh

d)

John Wilkes Booth

24.

Lincoln’s Major General at the beginning of the war - proved to be indecisive and ineffective

a)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George McClellan

d)

William Tecumseh

25.

North's army on the eastern front

a)

army of the potomac

b)

the confederate army

26.

South's army on the eastern front

a)

army of the potomac

b)

the confederate army

27.

North’s plan to win a long war by strangling the south into submission - controlling the Mississippi, Gulf and Atlantic

a)

Pickets Charge

b)

Plan B

c)

Anaconda Plan

d)

Gangreen

28.

Southern hope that Great Britain would come to their aid because of the economic relationship

a)

Cotton Diplomacy

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

Gangreen

d)

Pickets Charge

29.

Final offensive by the South on day 3 at Gettysburg - pushed back by the Union and forced to retreat

a)

Pickets Charge

b)

Gangreen

c)

Anaconda Plan

30.

Term for the spread of infection caused by the bullets used at the time

a)

Disease

b)

Secession

c)

Sic Semper Tyrannis

d)

Gangreen

31.

‘Lincoln’s Man’ who would ultimately lead the North to victory

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ambrose Burnside

c)

William Tecumseh

d)

George McClellan

32.

Northern general who led the ‘March to the Sea’

a)

William Tecumseh

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Ambrose Burnside

d)

Old Saw Bones

33.

First major battle of the war at Manassas, VA

a)

Antiedam

b)

Chancellorsville

c)

Bull Run

d)

Fredericksburg

34.

Bloodiest one day battle in American history - Lee’s first invasion

a)

Antiedam

b)

Chancellorsville

c)

Fredicksburg

d)

Gettysburg

35.

Lee’s two greatest victories - but lost his ‘right hand’

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antiedam

c)

Chancellorsville

d)

Fredericksburg

36.

Bloodiest 3 days in American history

a)

Antiedam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Chancellorville

d)

Fredericksburg

37.

Turning point in the war - gave North the advantage and proved they could win

a)

Antiedam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Fredericksburg

d)

Chancellorsville

38.

Bloody march across Georgia - from _________ to __________

Format : __________, __________

(a)  

39.

Emancipation Proclamation

a)

slavery abolished

b)

states succeeded

c)

Lincoln's impeachment

d)

no states could be added

40.

Mason Dixon Line separated the

a)

north and south

b)

south and west

c)

north and east

d)

east and west

41.

Army of Northern Virginia

a)

confederate army

b)

army of the potomac

42.

military conflict te contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and obtain a complete victory

a)

sherman neckties

b)

succession

c)

total war

d)

reconstruction

43.

"Sherman Neckties"

a)

prison facilities

b)

bow ties

c)

twisted rail lines

d)

marching band

44.

The military prison facility

a)

Appomatox Courthouse

b)

Andersonville

c)

Mason Dixon Line

d)

Gettysburg

45.

Appomatox Courthouse

a)

the site in Virginia of the surrender of the Confederate forces

b)

Abraham Lincoln's death site

c)

the military prison facility

d)

Robert E. Lee's death site

46.

1865 official abolition of slavery

a)

10th Amendment

b)

3rd Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

13th Amendment

47.

Abraham Lincoln's Death Site

a)

Mason Dixon Line

b)

Burger King

c)

Ford's Theatre

d)

Chancellorsville

48.

‘Sic Semper Tyrannis’

a)

ready to fight

b)

down with tirance

c)

surrender

d)

defensive shouts

49.

military conflict where the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and obtain a complete victory

a)

complete war

b)

reconstruction

c)

total war

d)

sherman neckties

50.

the act or process of rebuilding, repairing, or restoring

a)

reconstruction

b)

fixing

c)

demolition

d)

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