Worksheets4th Grade Civil War
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
I am the president of the Union and fought to end slavery and keep the country together through the Civil War. Who am I?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
I am the president of the Confederacy and fought to keep slavery. Who am I?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
This is the name for the Southern states who fought for states rights and to keep slavery.
The Confederacy
The Union
The United States
South America
This is the name for the Northern states that fought to end slavery and keep the country together.
The Confederacy
The Union
The United States
North America
I am the Confederate general that fought many of the Confederacy's battles and eventually surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. Who am I?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
I am the Union general who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and helped lead the Union to win the Civil War. Who am I?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
I am the Confederate general known for standing tall and unmoving "like a stone wall." Who am I?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
General Sherman
In this battle, the Union stopped the Confederates from attacking in Pennsylvania and it became a "turning point" of the war. After this battle, Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous speech. What battle is this?
Fort Sumter
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Gettysburg
Atlanta Campaign
This was the first battle of the Civil War where Confederate soldiers attacked a Union army base. What was this battle?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Atlanta Campaign
Sherman's March to the Sea
Fort Sumter
Why did General Sherman do his "march to the sea?"
To destroy railroad lines and factories in the south
To capture southern soldiers
To capture northern soldiers
To leave the south
This is the place where the Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy surrendered to the Union army and ended the Civil War. Where is this?
Appomattox Courthouse
Atlanta
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
What does it mean when a state "secedes" from the country?
They end slavery
States can ignore federal laws
They leave to make their own country
They support their country
Most fighting took place in the...
North
South
This side relied on slave labor and crops to support their economy. This is the...
North
South
This side made its money with factories and fought to end slavery. This is the...
North
South
What does it mean to support abolition?
You want to keep slavery
You think states should be able to ignore federal laws
You think that the South should secede from the Union
You think slavery should end
What was one effect of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
It made more people support abolition
It made people stop buying southern crops
It made people boycott the British
It made the South lose the Civil War
Why did John Brown lead an attack on the armory at Harpers Ferry?
He wanted to fight the Union
He wanted to help free slaves
He wanted to keep slavery
He wanted to become president
