WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Last Name, First Name
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1. Which statement is TRUE?
a)
The Civil War was the second dealiest war in US history (The deadliest war was World War I).
b)
More Americans died in the Mexican American War than in the Civil War.
c)
More Americans died in the Civil War than in all other US wars put together.
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2. What General led the Confederate Army (After Lincoln asked him to led the US Army)?
a)
General George Washington
b)
General Abe Lincoln
c)
General Robert E. Lee
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3. What event happened right BEFORE South Carolina seceded from the Union?
a)
Abe Lincoln was elected President of the USA.
b)
Jefferson Davis became the President of the CSA
c)
California was added as a free state
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3. What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
a)
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
b)
The Battle of Bull Run
c)
The attack on Fort Sumter (SC)
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4. Who was President of the Union (USA) during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
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6. Who was President of the Confederate states of America?
a)
John Adams
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Abe Lincoln
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7. The FIRST major battle of the Civil War happened in Virginia and was called the Battle of _____.
a)
Bull Run
b)
Manassas
c)
Both #1 and #2
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8. The Kansas-Nebraska Act said the Kansas could use _____ to decide if they would become as free or slave state.
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
State's Rights
c)
Popular Sovereignty
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9. Which of the following describes a "Border State"?
a)
A Free State the joined the Confederacy
b)
Western territories that remained neutral (did not take a side)
c)
A Slave State that did NOT secede and remained with the Union (USA)
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10. What city was the Confederate capital?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
c)
Richmond, VA
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11. Who was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
a)
A Confederate general
b)
A Union General
c)
An Abolitionist
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12. What city was (is) the capital of the United States?
a)
Smartsville, Ransomistan
b)
Richmond, Virginia
c)
Washington, D.C.
14.
Battle that was the "Turning Point" of the Civil War
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Battle of Cold Harbor
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