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Civil War TEST

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and Missouri were _________ with close ties to both sides.

a)

border states

b)

ruffian states

c)

Confederate states

d)

lost states

2.

The primary goal of the _________ was to preserve the Union.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Slaves

d)

Immigrants

3.

The primary goal of the _________ was to become an independent nation.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Slaves

d)

Immigrants

4.

At the battle of Vicksburg _____ The Camel was killed.

a)

Douglas

b)

Washington

c)

Alice

d)

Lee

5.

The South expected support from two European nations that relied heavily on the South for___________.

a)

tobacco

b)

rice

c)

indigo

d)

cotton

6.

What was one of the main advantages of the North?

a)

large population

b)

networks of railroads

c)

excellent military leaders

d)

belief in states rights

7.

Confederate soldiers were called

a)

Yankees

b)

Rebels

c)

Patriots

d)

Revolutionaries

8.

Union soldiers were called

a)

Yankees

b)

Rebels

c)

Patriots

d)

Revolutionaries

9.

What was one of the main advantages of the South?

a)

large population

b)

networks of railroads

c)

excellent military leaders

d)

belief in states rights

10.

Confederate General killed at Shiloh that had the blood-filled boot.

a)

Albert Sidney Johnston

b)

James Longstreet

c)

George McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

11.

Name of newly created country of southern states

a)

Un-United States of America

b)

Rebel States of America

c)

Confederate States of America

d)

Southern States of America

12.

The first state to secede

a)

Tennessee

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia

13.

1st major battle of the civil war

a)

Shiloh

b)

Bull Run

c)

Antietam

d)

Vicksburg

14.

        Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 50,000 casualties at the Pennsylvania Battle of __________________  

a)

Shiloh

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Vicksburg

15.

The Battle of _____________ was the single deadliest day of fighting during the war

a)

Shiloh

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Vicksburg

16.

Abolitionist that convinced Lincoln that slavery was the root of the division between the North & South

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Sojourner Truth

17.

Issued by Lincoln that freed the slaves

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Freedmans Bureau

c)

Draft

d)

Habeas Corpus

18.

U.S. President during Civil War

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

U.S. Grant

19.

The U.S. Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when the Confederates fired on what fort, located in Charleston harbor?

a)

Ft Necessity

b)

Ft Ticonderoga

c)

Ft Sumter

d)

Ft Sill

20.

Confederate Generals Stonewall Jackson lost his arm at the Battle of ____________________. 

a)

Shiloh

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Chancellorsville

21.

Confederate President during Civil War

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

U.S. Grant

22.

Which did not join the Confederacy

a)

Texas

b)

Alabama

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Tennessee

23.

            Over ten thousand casualties occurred at what Tennessee battle?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Chancellorsville

24.

Who won the Battle of First Manassas?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

25.

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

26.

During the U.S. Civil War, what was the largest city in the American South?

a)

New Orleans, LA

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Mobile, AL

d)

Nashville, TN

27.

      What was the largest Civil War battle in Oklahoma?

a)

Honey Springs

b)

Wichita Village

c)

Old Ft Wayne

d)

Cabin Creek

28.

Abolitionist that argued for former slaves to join the Union army.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Sojourner Truth

29.

     the South suffer most of the destruction during the Civil War because the fighting was _____________

a)

in the south

b)

in the north

c)

in Pennsylvania

d)

by the Gulf of Mexico

30.

Lee surrendered to Grant at ________

a)

Appomatox

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Washington

d)

Richmond

31.

Lincoln replaced General George McClellan with General 

a)

Ambrose Burnside

b)

James Longstreet

c)

George McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

32.

Confederate leaders hoped that a victory in Union territory would win support from France and _________________

a)

Great Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Portugal

d)

Japan

33.

General Grant led a 47-day siege against the city of 

a)

Vicksburg, MS

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Mobile, AL

d)

Nashville, TN

34.

          President Lincoln's address at which battlefield honored soldiers and stated his vision of the country 

a)

Shiloh

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Chancellorsville

35.

The 54th Massachusetts was an all __________ regement

a)

immigrant

b)

African American

c)

Native American

d)

Canadian

36.

     The Gettysburg Address was given at a ceremony to dedicate a _______________.

a)

church

b)

school

c)

hospital

d)

cemetery

37.

         By the end of the war African American volunteers made up nearly _______ percent of the Union Army. 

a)

10

b)

1

c)

20

d)

30

38.

          In 1862 the U.S. Congress reversed an earlier decision that would now allow______to join the army.

a)

women

b)

children

c)

African Americans

d)

Native Americans

39.

Type of warfare characterized fighting on the eastern front

a)

trench

b)

flank

c)

reverse

d)

camel

40.

The side or edge of military formation

a)

trench

b)

flank

c)

reverse

d)

camel

41.

Who was made Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1864? 

a)

Ambrose Burnside

b)

U.S. Grant

c)

George McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

42.

       In November 1864, Abraham Lincoln defeated ____________________ and won reelection. 

a)

Ambrose Burnside

b)

U.S. Grant

c)

George McClellan

d)

James Buchanan

43.

        The "March to the Sea" was General ________________ march across Georgia toward the Atlantic Ocean. 

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

U.S. Grant

c)

George McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

44.

      General ______________ surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Court House.

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

George McClellan

d)

Stonewall Jackson

45.

The ______________ of the Civil War occured on April 9, 1865.

a)

start

b)

end

c)

middle

46.

      The Civil War made it clear that the ___________ was more powerful than the government of individual states.

a)

National Government

b)

politicians

c)

slaves

d)

foreign countries

47.

_____________War is the systematic destruction of an entire land-not just an army.

a)

Systematic

b)

Total

c)

Terminal

d)

Blockade

48.

_________________ assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Stonewall Jackson

49.

Sherman's capture of Atlanta helped _________ win the 1864 election.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

U.S. Grant

d)

James Buchanan

50.

The capital of the Confederacy was located in ________________.

a)

Vicksburg, MS

b)

Richmond, VA

c)

Mobile, AL

d)

Nashville, TN

51.

Who won the Battle of Ft Sumter?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

52.

Who won the Battle of Shiloh?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

53.

Who won the Battle of Antietam?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

54.

Who won the Battle of Chancellorsville?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy