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American Civil War Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gettysburg was an important battle because ____.

a)

it took place in Union territory

b)

General George Pickett led his charge against Union forces there

c)

it occurred at a key fort near Richmond, Virginia

d)

it turned the tide of the war in the Union’s favor

2.

Most Confederates wanted Lincoln to _____.

a)

be reelected

b)

to lose so that the war would end

c)

pass the Thirteenth Amendment

d)

suspend habeas corpus

3.

What did Lincoln enact to free the slaves?

a)

The Gettysburg Address

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

Manifest Destiny Part 2 (The return of manifesto)

4.

A key factor in the Confederates' military successes in the East was _____.

a)

being able to outnumber Union forces

b)

allowing African Americans to serve in the army

c)

the military leadership of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

d)

the support of Britain and France

5.

The best-known African American regiment was _____.

a)

Hood's Texas Brigade

b)

the 54th Massachusetts

c)

the Green Berets

d)

Blunt's Brigade

6.

General Grant's plan to finish the war was to take the Confederate capital at Richmond while _____ led attacks across the Deep South.

a)

General William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

General John Hood

c)

Admiral David Farragut

d)

General George B. McClellan

7.

President Lincoln put Ulysses S. Grant in charge the Union armies because ____.

a)

he had been a top student at West Point

b)

Grant promised to win the war

c)

he believed Grant was a man of action

d)

they were good friends

8.

When Richmond fell, this marked ____.

a)

the bloodiest battle of the war

b)

the end of the longest siege in the war

c)

the end of the war

d)

Confederate victory

9.

President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address _____.

a)

lasted about two minutes

b)

honored the soldiers and their cause

c)

remains one of the most enduring and powerful speeches in American history

d)

All of the above

10.

When Lincoln ran for reelection in 1864, _____.

a)

he chose George B. McClellan to be his running mate

b)

it seemed unlikely he could win

c)

he promised to end the war and recognize the Confederacy as an independent country

d)

he took 21 percent of the electoral votes

11.

The Union’s capturing of Vicksburg and Port Hudson meant that ____.

a)

the war was over

b)

the South was split in two

c)

New Orleans would soon follow

d)

Britain and France would support the South

12.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Sirhan Sirhan

d)

Robert E. Lee

13.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?

a)

Antietam

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Vicksburg

14.

Match the following

Jefferson Davis

Confederate General

Robert E. Lee

Union General

John Wilkes Booth

Confederate President

Ulysses S. Grant

US President

Abraham Lincoln

Assassin

15.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

North

Free States

Industry

South

Slave States

Agriculture

Union
Confederacy
16.

What does this illustration depict?

a)

A giant monster attacking the US

b)

The power of the Confederacy

c)

The Union blockade of the Confederacy

d)

A powerful new weapon for the Union