Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Civil War

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What act led to what we call "Bleeding Kansas?"

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Dred Scott case

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

Civil Rights Act

2.

What was Lincoln's main concern at the BEGINNING of the war?

a)

Preserving the Union

b)

Abolishing Slavery

c)

Destroying England

d)

Creating two nations

3.

What battle happened that caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Atlanta

d)

The Civil War was peaceful

4.

Which of the following is true about Lincoln's relationnship with his Generals?

a)

Lincoln was frustrated with them and replaced them often

b)

Lincoln loved them

c)

Lincoln was the only General

d)

Lincoln never talked to his Generals

5.

Who had the more superior Generals in the EAST?

a)

Confederacy (South)

b)

Union (North)

c)

England

d)

Narnia

6.

Who had more railroads and telegraph lines?

a)

Union (North)

b)

Confederacy (South)

c)

France

d)

Hogwarts

7.

Who had a larger population?

a)

Union (North)

b)

Confederacy (South)

c)

Canada

d)

Middle-Earth

8.

Which battles turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Chickamauga

d)

Battle of Bull Run

9.

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   were two Generals that served the Confederacy.

Choose from the below words
General Robert E. Lee
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
General Ulysses S. Grant
General William Tecumseh Sherman
General George B. McClellan
10.

Match each General with the side they fought for.

Categorize the following

Ulysses S. Grant

William Tecumseh Sherman

Robert E. Lee

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

George McClellan

Ambrose Burnside

Union Generals
Confederate Generals
11.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

a)

Free slaves in REBELLIOUS states

b)

Allow African Americans to serve in the Union military

c)

Free slaves in ALL states

d)

Free slaves in Haiti

12.

Match each state with the side they fought for.

Categorize the following

Massachusetts

New York

Pennsylvania

Indiana

Ohio

Virginia

South Carolina

Tennessee

Alabama

Mississippi

West Virginia

Missouri

Kentucky

Delaware

Maryland

Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
Border States
13.

Who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864?

a)

George McClellan

b)

Tecumseh Sherman

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

Joe Biden

14.

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Leon Czolgosz

d)

Mr. Scratch

15.

Before the Civil War, what was Lincoln's view on slavery?

a)
Lincoln was indifferent towards the issue of slavery.
b)
Lincoln supported the expansion of slavery into new territories.
c)
Lincoln actively promoted the institution of slavery.
d)

Lincoln was against slavery spreading westward.

16.

Match each description with the correct name.

a)

If passed, it would've banned slavery in territory won from Mexico.

1.

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Allowed citizens to choose to be a slave state or free state.

2.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Declared that slaves could be brought to any territory, free or slave.

3.

Dred Scott Supreme Court Case

d)

Attempted to raid an armory in order to start a slave rebellion.

4.

Harper's Ferry Raid

e)

Reason why South Carolina seceded.

5.

1860 Election