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Civil War Quiz Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 5 Causes of the Civil War?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

Dred Scott

e)

Brown’s Raid

2.

The Union represents...

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

3.

The Confederacy represents

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

4.

Who was fighting who in the Civil War?

a)

The Union (North)

b)

The Union (West)

c)

The Confederacy (East)

d)

The Confederacy (South)

5.

Why were they fighting against each other?

a)

The North didn’t want slavery and the South did, and to bring the country back together again

b)

The South didn’t want slavery and the North did, and to bring the country back together again

c)

The East didn’t want slavery and the West did, and to bring the country back together again

d)

The West didn’t want slavery and the East did, and to bring the country back together again

6.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

a)

100th President of the USA

b)

Some random, tall guy.

c)

16th President of the USA

d)

3rd President of the USA

7.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

a)

President of the Union, general, and governor.

b)

President of the Confederacy, soldier and politician.

8.

Who was Robert E. Lee?

a)

Union Soldier

b)

Confederate Soldier

c)

Confederate General

d)

Union General

e)

A Double Agent

9.

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

Union Soldier

b)

Confederate Soldier

c)

Confederate General

d)

Union General

e)

A Double Agent

10.

What battle was the turning point in the war for the Union?

a)

The Battle of Fort Sumner

b)

The Battle of Gettysburg

c)

The Battle of Lexington

d)

The Bleeding Kansas

11.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

To ensure that no slaves could be free in all states

b)

To free the slaves in Union states

c)

To free all slaves

d)

To free slaves in the Confederate states

12.

Choose the two reasons Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act requiring Union soldiers to return slaves to the South

b)

Lincoln wanted more slaves to join the Union Army

c)

Lincoln had no reason

d)

Lincoln wanted more slaves to join the Confederate Army

13.

What was the author's intentions when writing the Gettysburg Address?

(Select Three)

a)

To reiterate his views on the purpose of the United States

b)

To entertain people

c)

To honor the fallen soldiers

d)

To provide direction on the future country

e)

To make people sad :(

14.

Who surrendered to who at the end of the Civil War?

a)

The Confederacy surrendered to The Union.

b)

The Union surrendered to The Confederacy.

c)

Neither, they both signed an agreement.