WorksheetsUnit 3 - Start of Civil War
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which battle fought from July 1-3, 1863 is considered to be the turning point of the war?
Antietam
Bull Run
Shiloh
Gettysburg
What did they call the campaign that Union General William T. Sherman launched to destroy the South from Atlanta, GA to Savanah, GA?
March to the Sea
Sherman's Campaign
Destruction of Atlanta
Total War
Which confederate general surrendered to the Union on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
Jefferson Davis
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Which battle was considered to be the bloodiest battle of the war, took place on Sept. 17, 1862 and led to the Emancipation Proclamation?
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Shiloh
What did they call a slave state that remained loyal to the Union?
slave state
loyal state
border state
Union slave state
Which of the following is a formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?
Civil War
Secession
Emancipation
Sherman's March
Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Hood
Fort Warren
Which was the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
Gettysburg
Antietam
Appomattox Courthouse
Vicksburg
Which Union General led a destructive march through Georgia toward the end the war, destroying civilian property, and taking anything of military value?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Which of the following was the first major battle of the Civil War, in which the Confederacy attempted to invade?
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Fort Wagner
True or False: The Confederacy had most of the advantages at the start of the war.
True: The Confederacy had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.
False: The Union had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.
