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WorksheetsAmerican Civil War Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Gettysburg was an important battle because ____.
it took place in Union territory
General George Pickett led his charge against Union forces there
it occurred at a key fort near Richmond, Virginia
it turned the tide of the war in the Union’s favor
Most Confederates wanted Lincoln to _____.
be reelected
to lose so that the war would end
pass the Thirteenth Amendment
suspend habeas corpus
What did Lincoln enact to free the slaves?
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Treaty of Versailles
Manifest Destiny Part 2 (The return of manifesto)
A key factor in the Confederates' military successes in the East was _____.
being able to outnumber Union forces
allowing African Americans to serve in the army
the military leadership of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
the support of Britain and France
The best-known African American regiment was _____.
Hood's Texas Brigade
the 54th Massachusetts
the Green Berets
Blunt's Brigade
General Grant's plan to finish the war was to take the Confederate capital at Richmond while _____ led attacks across the Deep South.
General William Tecumseh Sherman
General John Hood
Admiral David Farragut
General George B. McClellan
President Lincoln put Ulysses S. Grant in charge the Union armies because ____.
he had been a top student at West Point
Grant promised to win the war
he believed Grant was a man of action
they were good friends
When Richmond fell, this marked ____.
the bloodiest battle of the war
the end of the longest siege in the war
the end of the war
Confederate victory
President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address _____.
lasted about two minutes
honored the soldiers and their cause
remains one of the most enduring and powerful speeches in American history
All of the above
When Lincoln ran for reelection in 1864, _____.
he chose George B. McClellan to be his running mate
it seemed unlikely he could win
he promised to end the war and recognize the Confederacy as an independent country
he took 21 percent of the electoral votes
The Union’s capturing of Vicksburg and Port Hudson meant that ____.
the war was over
the South was split in two
New Orleans would soon follow
Britain and France would support the South
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert E. Lee
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Vicksburg
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
North
Free States
Industry
South
Slave States
Agriculture
What does this illustration depict?
A giant monster attacking the US
The power of the Confederacy
The Union blockade of the Confederacy
A powerful new weapon for the Union
