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Ch. 17 Civil War Quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Word for states leaving the Union.

a)

Confederacy

b)

States' rights

c)

Secession

d)

Liberty

2.

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

a)

Lincoln's election of 1860

b)

They didn't like the clothes the North wore

c)

The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

3.

A person who was against slavery was known as __.

a)

A confederate

b)

An abolitionist

c)

A loyalist

d)

A patriot

4.

After Lincoln was elected...

a)

the Southern states seceded because they feared he would take away states' rights to make decisions about slavery

b)

the Northern states seceded because they feared he would allow slavery to spread throughout the US

c)

the Southern states seceded and created their own country called the Union

d)

the Northern states seceded from the Union and called themselves the Confederacy

5.

What was a difference between the war strategies of the Union and Confederacy?

a)

The Confederacy brought the battles to the North.

b)

The Union's plan was to surround the Confederacy and block southern ports.

c)

The Confederacy came up with the Anaconda Plan.

d)

The Union waited for the Confederates to come to them.

6.
A group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor is called a ...
a)
import
b)
export
c)
blockade
d)
battle
7.
To give up during a fight 
a)
secede
b)
surrender
c)
blockade
d)
abolitionist 
8.
The president of the Confederate States of America was..
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
George Washington
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Thomas Jefferson
9.
President of the United States of America during the Civil War
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
George Washington
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ben Franklin
10.
The Confederacy fired the first shots of the Civil War at the Union soldiers at Fort _______.
a)
Fort Molturie
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Jackson
d)
Fort Johnson
11.
General Sherman's path of destruction was known as...
a)
The March to the Sea
b)
The Path to Success
c)
The Traveling Soliders
d)
The Union March
12.
20. Which of the following is true about the end of the Civil War?
a)
a. Grant surrendered to Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. This ended the war.
b)
b. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. This ended the war.
c)
c. Lee surrendered to Grant at Richmond Court House on April 9, 1865. This ended the war.
d)
d. The Union surrendered at the battle of Gettysburg. This ended the war.
13.
19. Which was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Bull Run
d)
March to the Sea
14.
18. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Battle of Fort Sumter?
a)
a. the Union army surrendered
b)
b. The Battle of Fort Sumter was a major Confederate win.
c)
c. The battle marked the beginning of their success in the South.
d)
d. The Confederacy surrendered and the war was over.
15.
15. How did the South make money?
a)
a. Agriculture
b)
b. Technology
c)
c. Industry
d)
d. Politics
16.
16. What was the economy in the northern states based on?
a)
a. Farming
b)
b. Plantation work
c)
c. Services
d)
d. Industry
17.
14. What were the names of the two groups that fought in the Civil War?
a)
Allies and Axis
b)
b. North and West
c)
c. Union and Confederacy
d)
d. Abolitionist and economists
18.
12. Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
a)
a. Confederate General
b)
b. Slave owner
c)
c. Union General
d)
d. President of the Confederacy
19.
11. Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War and where President Lincoln gave his famous speech after the battle.
a)
a. Atlanta, GA
b)
b. Fort Sumter, SC
c)
c. Gettysburg, PA
d)
d. Harper’s Ferry, VA
20.
9. 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)
a. Gave money to the poor Southerners.
b)
b. Destroyed railroads, burned homes and businesses in the South, stole cattle and grain
c)
c. Sent supplies to the North
d)
d. Captured all slaves
21.
7. Who was the general who burned down Atlanta and then marched his troops toward Savannah, GA?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
William T. Sherman
22.
3. Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
a)
Georgia
b)
Tennessee
c)
South Carolina
d)
Florida
23.
4. Why did the Southern states want to leave the union?
a)
a. They wanted to continue to have slaves
b)
b. They wanted to be rich
c)
c. They did not want Jefferson Davis as President
d)
d. They wanted to be free of England
24.
The Union General that forced General Lee to surrender at Appomattox.
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
25.
War between people of the same country
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
civil war
d)
slavery
26.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
27.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg

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