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Vicksburg (Exit Quiz) 9.5

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

First Battle of Bull Run

d)

Firing on Fort Sumter

2.

Which two states were part of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War?

a)

Virginia

b)

Ohio

c)

Alabama

d)

West Virginia

3.

What three southern ports did the Union army blockade during the Civil War?

a)

Savannah

b)

Boston

c)

Charleston

d)

New Orleans

4.

Who was Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?

a)

A skilled leader of the Northern military forces

b)

A former enslaved African American who became an abolitionist

c)

A skilled Confederate general from Virginia

d)

A highly honored Union naval captain known for his feats of bravery

5.

Which of the following states did NOT secede from the Union?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Alabama

c)

North Carolina

d)

Ohio

6.

If a soldier was at the first major battle of the Civil War, where was he?

a)

Southern Pennsylvania

b)

Southern Mississippi

c)

Northern Virginia

d)

The capital of Virginia

7.

Battle locations were influenced by the location of the capital cities of—

a)

Atlanta and New York

b)

Missouri and Mississippi

c)

Richmond and Washington, D.C.

d)

Kansas and Nebraska

8.

Four border states

a)

Kentucky

b)

Missouri

c)

Virginia

d)

Delaware

e)

Maryland

9.

Best characterizes Robert E. Lee

a)

Opposed the spread of slavery

b)

Opposed secession, but did not

believe the Union should be held

together by force

c)

Was determined to preserve the

Union, by force if necessary

d)

Was offered command of the Union

forces at the beginning of the war, but

chose not to fight against Virginia

10.

In which battle did the North gain control of the Mississippi River?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Bull Run

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Manassas

11.

Ulysses S. Grant was the—

a)

general of the Union army that defeated Lee

b)

skilled Southern general who led Confederate troops at the first Battle of Bull Run

c)

president of the United States during the Civil War

d)

person who crafted the Compromise of 1850