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Unit 3 - Start of Civil War

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which battle fought from July 1-3, 1863 is considered to be the turning point of the war?

a)

Antietam

b)

Bull Run

c)

Shiloh

d)

Gettysburg

2.

What did they call the campaign that Union General William T. Sherman launched to destroy the South from Atlanta, GA to Savanah, GA?

a)

March to the Sea

b)

Sherman's Campaign

c)

Destruction of Atlanta

d)

Total War

3.

Which confederate general surrendered to the Union on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, VA?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

4.

Which battle was considered to be the bloodiest battle of the war, took place on Sept. 17, 1862 and led to the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Shiloh

5.

What did they call a slave state that remained loyal to the Union?

a)

slave state

b)

loyal state

c)

border state

d)

Union slave state

6.

Which of the following is a formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?

a)

Civil War

b)

Secession

c)

Emancipation

d)

Sherman's March

7.

Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

8.

Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.

Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Jefferson Davis

10.

At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?

a)

Fort Wagner

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Hood

d)

Fort Warren

11.

Which was the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Vicksburg

12.

Which Union General led a destructive march through Georgia toward the end the war, destroying civilian property, and taking anything of military value?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Jefferson Davis

13.

Which of the following was the first major battle of the Civil War, in which the Confederacy attempted to invade?

a)

The Battle of Bull Run

b)

The Battle of Gettysburg

c)

The Battle of Antietam

d)

The Battle of Fort Wagner

14.

True or False: The Confederacy had most of the advantages at the start of the war.

a)

True: The Confederacy had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.

b)

False: The Union had more factories, railroads, and fighting age men.