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VS.7 Civil War Flashcards #1-37

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because of economic differences between the North and South, they were unable to resolve their conflicts, and the South ______________ from the United States.

a)

kept

b)

seceded

c)

flew

d)

drove

2.

Since Virginians were divided about session from the Union, this led to the creation of what state?

a)

Idaho

b)

Florida

c)

North Carolina

d)

West Virginia

3.

Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

Who campaigned to end slavery?

a)

plantationist

b)

economist

c)

abolitionist

d)

environmentalist

5.

Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took?

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Nat Turner

d)

American Indians

6.

Which cultural group did not take sides during the Civil War?

a)

American Indians

b)

African Americans

c)

Germans

d)

Southerns

7.

The Confederacy relied on whom to raise crops and provide labor for the army?

a)

American Indians

b)

white farmers

c)

enslaved African Americans

d)

plantation owners

8.

Most white Virginians supported which side during the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

South

d)

North

9.

1)_________ soldiers were paid less than 2)________ soldiers.

a)

1)German

2)Scot-Irish

b)

1)white

2)African Americans

c)

1)Scot-Irish

2)Spanish

d)

1)African Americans

2)white

10.

Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, VA? He was trying to start a slave rebellion. He was captured and hanged.

a)

John Brown

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman

11.

What was the name of the secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took?

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Appalachian Trail

d)

Confederacy Lane

12.

After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860, some southern states seceded from the ____________.

a)

South

b)

Confederacy

c)

United States

d)

Union

13.

The southern states that seceded from the Union formed the ______________ ___________ of American. Later, Virginia seceded and joined them.

a)

Confederate States

b)

United States

c)

Western States

d)

Eastern States

14.

Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in what year?

a)

1857

b)

1831

c)

1760

d)

1860

15.

Which states were known as the Union?

a)

The Eastern States

b)

The Northern States

c)

The Southern Sates

d)

The Western States

16.

Which states were known as the Confederacy?

a)

The Southern States

b)

The Western States

c)

The Northern States

d)

The Eastern States

17.

Conflict grew between the _________ counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and the __________ counties that did not favor slavery. These conflicts led to the formation of West Virginia.

a)

western

eastern

b)

northern

southern

c)

eastern

western

d)

southern

northern

18.

Virginia played a significant role in the Civil War and became a major battleground between _________ and ________ troops.

a)

Spanish

British

b)

Union

Confederate

c)

Continental Army

The United States

d)

National Guard

French

19.

What was the first major clash of the Civil War?

a)

Battle at Yorktown

b)

The Monitor Battle

c)

Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

d)

The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

20.

Which Confederate General played a major role in the Battle of Bull Runm?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

John Brown

21.

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas Jackson

d)

Nat Turner

22.

Where was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Alexandria

c)

Fredericksburg

d)

Richmond

23.

Which General captured and burned Richmond near the end of the war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stonewall Jackson

24.

Lincoln used the Union _______ to blockade southern ports.

a)

army

b)

navy

c)

air force

d)

marines

25.

Which two iron-clad ships battled in waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw.

a)

The Monitor (Union)

b)

The Sunrise (Confederate)

c)

The Mission (Union

d)

The Merrimack (Confederate)

26.

Where did the Civil War end?

a)

Norfolk

b)

Hampton

c)


Appomattax Court House

d)

Fredericksburg

27.

Who surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?

a)

Union General Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Confederate General Robert E. Lee

c)

Union President Abraham Lincoln

d)

Confederate President Jefferson Davis

28.

When did the Civil War end?

a)

May, 1965

b)

April, 1863

c)

May, 1865

d)

April, 1865

29.

Who won the Civil War? Choose both correct answers.

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The Union

d)

The Confederate

30.

Some free African American joined the ________ Army and Union __________.

a)

Union

Navy

b)

Confederate

Army

c)

Navy

Union

d)

Confederate Navy

31.

_________ ________, a Civil War nurse, created the American Red Cross.

a)

Elizabeth Van Lew

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Mary Bowser

d)

Roberta Smalls

32.

___________ __________ was an African American spy for the Union.

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Mary Bowser

33.

_________ __________ _________ was a Virginian abolitionist and spy for the Union Army.

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Elizabeth Van Lew

c)

Mary Bowswer

34.

_________ __________ was an African American sailor and later a Union naval captain. He was later elected to the House of Representatives.

a)

Robert Smalls

b)

John Brown

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

James Lafayette

35.

Many disagreements between the eastern and western counties of Virginia led to the creation of _________ __________.

a)

West Maryland

b)

West Virginia

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

36.

Three men refused to help the Confederates in the Civil War and escaped to Fort Monroe. This led to the __________ __________.

a)

Contraband decision

b)

Slavery decision

c)

Contraband debate

d)

House of Representative debate

37.

The Contraband decision led to tens of thousands of ___________ people to seek refuge with the ______________ Army.

a)

free Union

b)

enslaved

Confederate

c)

enslaved

Union

d)

free Confederate