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Civil War 4th grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is TRUE about the end of The Civil War?

a)

Grant surrendered to Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1985

b)

The Union surrendered at the Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Lee surrendered to Grant at Richmond Court House on April 9, 1865

d)

Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865

2.

Which was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Bull Run

c)

March to the Sea

d)

Gettysburg

3.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Battle of Fort Sumter

a)

the Confederate Army surrendered

b)

the battle marked the beginning of their success in the South

c)

the Battle of Fort Sumter was a major Confederate win

d)

the Union Army surrendered

4.

Which of the following is true about States' Rights?

a)

Northern states believed that state law was supreme over federal law

b)

The North believed in states' rights, that each state gets to make its own laws

c)

President Lincoln knew that states seceding from the country would be good for the future

d)

Southern states believed that states had the power to cancel out any federal law they disagreed with

5.

What was the economy in the northern states based on?

a)

technology

b)

industry

c)

politics

d)

agriculture

6.

What was the economy in the South based on?

a)

technology

b)

industry

c)

politics

d)

agriculture

7.

What were the names of the two groups that fought in the Civil War?

a)

North and West

b)

Union and Confederacy

c)

Abolitionists and Economists

d)

Allies and Axis

8.

Who was the Confederate General that got his nickname at the first battle of Bull Run when he told his men to stand tall?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Thomas Jackson

9.

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

a)

slave owner

b)

Union General

c)

President of the Confederacy

d)

Confederate General

10.

Where did President Lincoln give his famous speech after the battle that is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter, SC

b)

Gettysburg, PA

c)

Harper's Ferry, VA

d)

Atlanta, GA

11.

Why do you think the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was so powerful?

a)

it was a biography of Lincoln

b)

the book criticized the North for having slaves

c)

the book criticized the South for having slaves

d)

it made people aware of slavery and got people talking about slavery

12.

General Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia used his strategy of total war. What did he and his troops do in that strategy?

a)

destroyed railroads, burned houses and businesses in the South, stole cattle and grain

b)

sent supplies to the North

c)

captured all slaves

d)

gave money to the poor Southerners

13.

Who became the President of the Confederate States of America/

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

14.

Who was the general who burned down Atlanta and then marched his troops towards Savannah, GA?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Jefferson Davis

15.

What were the people who fought to end slavery called?

a)

freedomists

b)

pilgrims

c)

abolitionists

d)

terrorists

16.

What event started the Civil War on April 12, 1861?

a)

The Battle of Gettysburg

b)

The Battle of Fort Sumter

c)

The Battle of Vicksburg

d)

John Brown's Raid

17.

Why did the Southern states want to leave the Union?

a)

they wanted to be rich

b)

they did not want Jefferson Davis as President

c)

they wanted to be free of England

d)

they wanted to continue to have slaves

18.

Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

Tennessee

b)

South Carolina

c)

Florida

d)

Georgia

19.

Who attacked an army post in Harper's Ferry, Virginia? He wanted to start a rebellion.

a)

John Brown

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

20.

What was a major cause of the Civil War?

a)

economy

b)

taxes

c)

slavery

d)

land