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Civil War Test

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 7hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the Southern states that broke away to form their own country?

a)

Unionist

b)

Confederacy

c)

Rebels

d)

Americans

2.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Appomattox Court House

d)

Richmond

3.

Who was the president of the US during the Civil War?

(a)  

4.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

a)

William Sherman

b)

Colonel Sanders

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Bob Dylan

5.

When the Civil War began what was Abraham Lincoln’s main goal?

a)

To preserve the Union 

b)

To end slavery 

c)

To punish the South 

d)

To make a name for himself

6.

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union 

a)

Seceding 

b)

Leaving the country 

c)

Peacing Out 

d)

Separatists

7.

A system in which the residents vote to decide on an issue (slavery).

a)

Suffrage 

b)

Popular Sovereignty 

c)

Manifest Destiny 

d)

Abolition

8.

A system of routes along which runaway slaves were helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free states 

a)

The Underground Railroad 

b)

The Wagon Train 

c)

Tubman Trail 

d)

The Underground Freedom Path

9.

States that remained in the Union, but still enslaved men, women, and children (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri).

a)

The in between states 

b)

Border States 

c)

Union Salve States 

d)

The Middle States

10.

Northern plan to crush the Confederacy by surrounding it with a naval blockade to prevent any imports.

a)

The Constrictor Plan 

b)

The Anaconda Plan 

c)

The Snake Plan

d)

The Blockade Plan

11.

All of the following are Weakness of the Union at the start of the war EXCEPT....

a)

Needed to fight an offensive war as opposed to a defensive one

b)

Did not expect the war to be so difficult

c)

They had much better military leaders than the South

d)

Morale and motivation for war was not as high as in the South for many

12.

First shots were fired here when Lincoln sent ships with food to feed hungry men. 

a)

Bunker Hill

b)

Bull Run

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Antietam

13.

Which of the following describes General Sherman's march through Georgia?

a)

an example of total war

b)

a defeat for both armies

c)

a peaceful end to conflict

d)

the bloodiest battle of the war

14.

The Union’s Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except?

a)

dividing the South

b)

blocking Southern ports.

c)

capturing Richmond, Virginia.

d)

assassinating the Confederate president

15.

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

a)

enslaved people in U.S. territories were free

b)

enslaved people throughout the world were free

c)

enslaved people in Confederate states were free

d)

enslaved people in Union states with slavery were free.

16.

Which document did Lincoln reference in his Gettysburg Address?

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal

a)

U.S. Constitution

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Preamble to the Constitution

d)

Declaration of Independence

17.

Clara Barton worked with wounded soldiers and later founded the

a)

American Field Hospital

b)

Nurses's Union

c)

American Red Cross

d)

Hospital for Soldiers

18.

True or false: A major strength of the North at the beginning of the Civil War was that its population was much larger than the South's.

a)

True

b)

False

19.
The Confederate States of America refers to states that . . . 
a)
had slaves but remained loyal to the United States.
b)
were part of the Mexican Cession.
c)
seceded from the United States of America.
d)
had no slaves.
20.

Which side had the advantage of greater industrial resources?  

a)
United States.
b)
Confederate States.
21.
More factories, larger population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for  Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
22.

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

a)

Lee succeeded in capturing a city in the North

b)

The South suffered many losses while the North and few.

c)

The loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North

d)

The outcome convinced European nations to aid the Confederacy

23.

How did Northerners view secession of Southern States?

a)

As a voluntary act which they were allowed to do

b)

As a traitorous act of rebellion

c)

They supported their decision because they didn't like slavery and wanted slave states out of the Union

d)

With jealousy because they wished they could leave too

24.

Define the term 'Total War' used by General Sherman in his march to the sea

a)

tanks, planes and carriers...Oh MY!

b)

The use of the trench warfare

c)

The creation of a committee to create a treaty that was fair to all

d)

Burn and destroy factories to wipe out the economy of a region

25.

WHO WAS LEFT TO RUN THE BUSINESSES, FACTORIES AND FARMS IN THE WAR?

a)

SOLDIERS

b)

SLAVES

c)

WOMEN

26.

Who shot Abe?

a)

E. Lee

b)

W. Booth

c)

J. Davis

27.

Where was he assassinated?

a)

White House

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

a cafe

d)

a restaurant

28.

First State to secede from the Union?

a)

Mississippi

b)

South Carolina

c)

Kentucky

d)

Virginia