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WorksheetsCivil War Objectives 3 & 4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
As a result of the Civil War...
states felt more confident defying the decisions of the Federal Government.
President Lincoln was re-elected, becoming the first President to serve 3 terms.
all freed slaves moved north.
the Federal government had more power over states.
The Battle of Gettysburg is best remembered as...
...the first battle of the Civil War.
...the first battle of the Civil War.
...the turning point of the Civil War.
A major result of the Civil War was that the
members of Congress from Southern States gained control of the legislative branch
economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy
slavery was ended, and the Federal government had more power over states
nation’s industrial development came to a standstill
This is remembered as the place where the Civil War ended.
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Robert E. Lee surrendered because
he realized that the South had been wrong to secede.
he had lost at Gettysburg.
Lincoln visited him and asked him to stop fighting.
he was seriously wounded.
his troops were trapped by General Grant's army
Who was the commander of the Confederacy at the end of the war?
Robert E. Lee
"Stonewall" Jackson
Beauregard
Pickett
Fort Sumter is best remembered as...
...the first battle of the Civil War.
...the final battle of the Civil War.
...the turning point of the Civil War.
The First Battle of Bull Run (aka Manassas) resulted in...
...Union victory.
...Confederate victory.
...a stalemate.
...the end of the Civil War.
...the start of the Civil War.
The First Battle of Bull Run (aka Manassas) demonstrated that...
...the South would quickly lose and surrender.
...the the war would be short and relatively bloodless.
...the war would not be short or entertaining.
...the Union had a huge advantage over the South.
In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln asserted which reason for the Civil War?
his profound belief in the immorality of slavery
widespread distrust of the federal government
attempts to preserve and extend slavery
rebel attacks on federal facilities and soldiers
The Emancipation Proclamation was not aimed to free slaves in the border states because President Abraham Lincoln _____.
noted that those states had a minimal slave population
found the strategy to be ineffective in those states
regarded those states as insignificant in the war plan
feared that those states would secede from the Union
Read the excerpt.
It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become lawful in all the States, old as well as new—North as well as South.
Which individual is most closely associated with the excerpt?
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
The Emancipation Proclamation...
...declared secession illegal.
...resulted in the secession of several slave-holding states.
...freed the slaves in the Confederate States, but not in the Union states.
...freed the slaves throughout the U.S.
While President Lincoln may have believed _____, he claimed the Emancipation Proclamation was meant to _______.
slavery was mostly a problem because it made the South wealthy / end a morally-wrong behavior
ending slavery was less important than winning the war / improve morale for Northern citizens
slavery was wrong and should be made illegal / give slave-holding states in the Union an advantage
slavery was wrong and should be made illegal / serve a military purpose
As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation,
many slaves were declared free, while some others were not.
slaves were freed throughout the country
European nations gave support to the Confederacy.
border states seceded from the Union.
