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WorksheetsCivil War TEST
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and Missouri were _________ with close ties to both sides.
border states
ruffian states
Confederate states
lost states
The primary goal of the _________ was to preserve the Union.
North
South
Slaves
Immigrants
The primary goal of the _________ was to become an independent nation.
North
South
Slaves
Immigrants
At the battle of Vicksburg _____ The Camel was killed.
Douglas
Washington
Alice
Lee
The South expected support from two European nations that relied heavily on the South for___________.
tobacco
rice
indigo
cotton
What was one of the main advantages of the North?
large population
networks of railroads
excellent military leaders
belief in states rights
Confederate soldiers were called
Yankees
Rebels
Patriots
Revolutionaries
Union soldiers were called
Yankees
Rebels
Patriots
Revolutionaries
What was one of the main advantages of the South?
large population
networks of railroads
excellent military leaders
belief in states rights
Confederate General killed at Shiloh that had the blood-filled boot.
Albert Sidney Johnston
James Longstreet
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
Name of newly created country of southern states
Un-United States of America
Rebel States of America
Confederate States of America
Southern States of America
The first state to secede
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
1st major battle of the civil war
Shiloh
Bull Run
Antietam
Vicksburg
Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 50,000 casualties at the Pennsylvania Battle of __________________
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
The Battle of _____________ was the single deadliest day of fighting during the war
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Abolitionist that convinced Lincoln that slavery was the root of the division between the North & South
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Frederick Douglas
Sojourner Truth
Issued by Lincoln that freed the slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Freedmans Bureau
Draft
Habeas Corpus
U.S. President during Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Grant
The U.S. Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when the Confederates fired on what fort, located in Charleston harbor?
Ft Necessity
Ft Ticonderoga
Ft Sumter
Ft Sill
Confederate Generals Stonewall Jackson lost his arm at the Battle of ____________________.
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Confederate President during Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Grant
Which did not join the Confederacy
Texas
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Over ten thousand casualties occurred at what Tennessee battle?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Who won the Battle of First Manassas?
Union
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
Union
Confederacy
During the U.S. Civil War, what was the largest city in the American South?
New Orleans, LA
Richmond, VA
Mobile, AL
Nashville, TN
What was the largest Civil War battle in Oklahoma?
Honey Springs
Wichita Village
Old Ft Wayne
Cabin Creek
Abolitionist that argued for former slaves to join the Union army.
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Frederick Douglas
Sojourner Truth
the South suffer most of the destruction during the Civil War because the fighting was _____________
in the south
in the north
in Pennsylvania
by the Gulf of Mexico
Lee surrendered to Grant at ________
Appomatox
Gettysburg
Washington
Richmond
Lincoln replaced General George McClellan with General
Ambrose Burnside
James Longstreet
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate leaders hoped that a victory in Union territory would win support from France and _________________
Great Britain
Russia
Portugal
Japan
General Grant led a 47-day siege against the city of
Vicksburg, MS
Richmond, VA
Mobile, AL
Nashville, TN
President Lincoln's address at which battlefield honored soldiers and stated his vision of the country
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorsville
The 54th Massachusetts was an all __________ regement
immigrant
African American
Native American
Canadian
The Gettysburg Address was given at a ceremony to dedicate a _______________.
church
school
hospital
cemetery
By the end of the war African American volunteers made up nearly _______ percent of the Union Army.
10
1
20
30
In 1862 the U.S. Congress reversed an earlier decision that would now allow______to join the army.
women
children
African Americans
Native Americans
Type of warfare characterized fighting on the eastern front
trench
flank
reverse
camel
The side or edge of military formation
trench
flank
reverse
camel
Who was made Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1864?
Ambrose Burnside
U.S. Grant
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
In November 1864, Abraham Lincoln defeated ____________________ and won reelection.
Ambrose Burnside
U.S. Grant
George McClellan
James Buchanan
The "March to the Sea" was General ________________ march across Georgia toward the Atlantic Ocean.
William Tecumseh Sherman
U.S. Grant
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
General ______________ surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Court House.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
The ______________ of the Civil War occured on April 9, 1865.
start
end
middle
The Civil War made it clear that the ___________ was more powerful than the government of individual states.
National Government
politicians
slaves
foreign countries
_____________War is the systematic destruction of an entire land-not just an army.
Systematic
Total
Terminal
Blockade
_________________ assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.
John Wilkes Booth
Robert E. Lee
Lee Harvey Oswald
Stonewall Jackson
Sherman's capture of Atlanta helped _________ win the 1864 election.
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
U.S. Grant
James Buchanan
The capital of the Confederacy was located in ________________.
Vicksburg, MS
Richmond, VA
Mobile, AL
Nashville, TN
Who won the Battle of Ft Sumter?
Union
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Shiloh?
Union
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Antietam?
Union
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Union
Confederacy
