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*The Civil War

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a conflict between groups in the same country

a)

war of worlds

b)

international war

c)

civil war

d)

world war

2.

To break away from a group (to separate)

a)

to be neutral

b)

to put together

c)

to secede

3.

Confederate general that defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Brown

4.

Where was the first land battle in Virginia during the Civil War?

a)

Merrimack vs. Monitor

b)

Battle of Fredericksburg

c)

French and Indian war

d)

Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

5.

An abolitionist who tried to start a slave rebellion by attacking an armory at Harpers Ferry, VA.

a)

loyalists

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

King George

d)

John Brown

6.

President during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Abraham Lincoln

7.

Which states supported enslaving African Americans?

a)

territories

b)

union states

c)

border states

d)

confederate states

8.

Which states were against enslaving African Americans?

a)

territories

b)

union states

c)

border states

d)

confederate states

9.

Which states had an agricultural (farming) economy?

a)

territories

b)

union states

c)

border states

d)

confederate states

10.

Which states had an industrial (factories) economy?

a)

territories

b)

union states

c)

border states

d)

confederate states

11.

She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

a)

Nannie Burroughs 

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Martha Washington

d)

Rosa Parks

12.
The Underground Railroad was . . .
a)

A train that took the escaped enslaved back to their owners 

b)

A path that was made as part of the Fugitive Slave Act.

c)

A system of secret routes, that runaway slaves took to find freedom.

13.

An enslaved man who led a revolt against plantation owners in 1831?

a)

Harriet Tubman 

b)

John Brown 

c)

Nat Turner

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

14.

General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson refused to have his soldiers back down against Union attacks. He got the nickname "Stonewall" because...

a)

he could use different weapons

b)

he was angry

c)

he stood strong during battle

d)

he surrendered during battle

15.

An abolitionist was a person who......

a)

supported slavery

b)

opposed (were against) slavery

c)

neutral about slavery

16.

After Abraham Lincoln was elected some southern states

a)

supported his presidency

b)

wanted to become territories

c)

seceded from the Union

17.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The South (Confederate)

b)

the Territories

c)

The Border States

d)

The North (Union)

18.

Slavery was not popular in the Union/Northern states - Why?

a)

The North had mostly factories and small businesses

b)

northern farms were too small

c)

People in the North paid farm workers

d)

It was really cold

19.

Where was the capital of the Confederate States?

a)

Jamestown, VA

b)

Boston, Massachusetts

c)

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

d)

Richmond, Virginia

20.

Clara Barton was a ____________ during the Civil War.

a)

commander

b)

soldier

c)

nurse

d)

spy

21.

Elizabeth Van Lew was an abolitionist in Virginia and a ________ for the Union Army.

a)

soldier

b)

spy

c)

nurse

d)

merchant

22.

Mary Bowser was an _________ ___________ Union spy.

a)

Native American

b)

British Loyalist

c)

African American

23.

Robert Smalls was an African American _______ and a captain in the Union Navy.

a)

sailor

b)

spy

c)

pilot

d)

lawyer

24.

The Monitor vs. The Merrimack was a battle that ended in a

a)

loss for the Union Ship

b)

victory for the Union ship

c)

victory for the Confederate ship

d)

draw (no one won)

25.

During the Civil War, women ________

a)

took on more responsibilities

b)

were recruited as soldiers

c)

were neutral (didn't take sides)

d)

protested

26.

Many white Virginians. ___________ .

a)

were neutral and didn't take sides

b)

supported the Union (North)

c)

supported the Confederacy (South)

d)

moved to a border state

27.

During the Civil War, Native Americans/American Indians were ________.

a)

living in border states

b)

supporting the Confederacy (South)

c)

supporting the Union (North)

d)

neutral - they didn't take sides

28.

During the Civil war, many enslaved African Americans wanted freedom so they _____________

a)

remained neutral.

b)

fought for the Confederates

c)

refused to fight

d)

fought for the Union