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Civil war practice

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Commander of the confederate Army.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

William T. Sherman

2.

Served as a confederate General in the Civil War. I was given a nickname by a fellow general when he saw me standing like a stone wall in the middle of the Battle at Bull Run.Who am I?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

3.

President of the United States of America during the Civil War.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

e)

William T. Sherman

4.

Commander of the Union Army During the Civil War .

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

5.

I was a Union general who marched my troops from Atlanta to Savannah destroying railroads and property.Who am I ?

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

6.

I was president of the Confederate States of America During the Civil War.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

William T. Sherman

7.

This location is the site where Robert E .Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant which ended the war.

a)

The Appomattox Court House

b)

Atlanta Campaign

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fort Sumter

8.

This location is site of the first Civil War battle in 1861.There was no casualties.

a)

Sherman's March to the sea

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Atlanta Campaign

9.

This was where several battles were fought near Atlanta during the Civil War.

a)

Atlanta campaign

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

The Appomattox Court House

d)

Gettysburg

10.

Which describes when a Union commander marched his troops from Atlanta to Savannah destroying railroads and property in Georgia.

a)

Atlanta Campaign

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Sherman's March to the sea

11.

This battle was a turning point of the Civil War,because the south had been winning until this battle was won by the north.

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Atlanta Campaign

d)

The Appomattox Court House

12.

What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?

a)

To fight a French fleet that had arrived in the United States to help the South.

b)

To capture Confederate president Jefferson Davis in Savannah,Ga

c)

To punish Southerners for the assassination of President Lincoln.

d)

To destroy everything in GA so that the south would lose hope that they could win.

13.

What was the purpose of john Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry,Virginia in 1859?

a)

To steal as much money as he could for the Union

b)

To give the southern states weaponry

c)

To show he was angry and could be violent

d)

To arm the slaves against their owners

14.

What was a major cause of the Civil War?

a)

State's Right and Freedman's Bureau

b)

State's rights and slavery

c)

Slavery and farming

d)

Factories and farming

15.

Harriety Beecher Stowe's book was published in 1852.What was the impact of this book on the American people?

a)

It marked the beginning of the Civil War

b)

It convinced many people that slavery was morally wrong.

c)

It reduced the threat of violence against slaves.

d)

It led Congress to pass the Jim Crow laws

16.

Why did 11 southern states, led by South Carolina,secede from the US right after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?

a)

The south was feared he might try to end slavery.

b)

He was a republican and they didn't like republicans.

c)

He was a democrat and they didn't like democrats.

d)

He was going to raise taxes on slavery.

17.

What was the novel that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to describe the horrors of slavery?

a)

The Biography of John Brown

b)

Abraham Lincoln's Views on Slavery

c)

Harriet Tubman's Life Story

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

18.

When did the Civil War,the "War Between the States",Start?

a)

1861

b)

1761

c)

1961

d)

2001

19.

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Brown

d)

Jefferson Davis