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Civil War Test Review Quizizz

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 3hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The North was also called the ____ during this war.

a)

Avengers

b)

Confederacy

c)

Union

d)

Rebels

2.

The Confederacy was made up of states in the ____.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

3.

The population of the ___ was about 22 million.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

4.

____ was the President of the Union.

a)

William T. Sherman

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

Jefferson Davis was ____.

a)

President of the Union

b)

President of the Confederacy

c)

The Supreme Galactic Ruler

d)

The Governor of North Carolina

6.

The North wore ___, factory-made uniforms.

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

white

d)

gray

7.

Where did the first battle of the war take place?

a)

Fort Bragg

b)

Fort Necessity

c)

Fort Macon

d)

Fort Sumter

8.

24 states made up the ___.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

9.

Who was the general in charge of the Confederate army?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

William T. Sherman

d)

Stonewall Jackson

10.

NC was eager and enthusiastic to join the war and the Confederacy.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What famous speech did Lincoln give at the battlefied at Gettysburg?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Gettysburg Speech for Freedom

d)

Declaration of Independence

12.

What was the single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Battle of Bull Run

13.

What was the most important river to the Confederacy during this war?

a)

Neuse River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Cape Fear River

d)

Tennessee River

14.

This order from Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the South.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Gettysburg Speech for Freedom

d)

Declaration of Independence

15.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Atlanta, GA

c)

Richmond, VA

d)

Columbia, SC

16.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
17.
Who won the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
c)
Draw
18.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
19.
The majority of the battles of the Civil War were fought where?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Union
20.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
21.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
22.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, West Virginia in 1859.
a)
Howardville
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Hop a Ferry
23.
Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states to form the ______.
a)
Confederate States of the Union
b)
Confederate States Of America
c)
Confederate Union
24.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
25.

Who started the battle of Fort Sumter and why?

a)

Confederacy; stopping Union troops from being re-supplied

b)

Confederacy; counter attack after the Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Union; first strike against the Confederacy's growing military

d)

Union; to free a group of slaves from harsh slave owners

26.

What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of his presidency?

a)
to free the slaves
b)
to preserve the Union
c)
to write Emancipation Proclamation
d)
to preserve the states' rights of the South
27.
This person was the Commander of the Union Army and took over the Mississippi River.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
John Brown
28.

The Emancipation Proclamation

a)

declared ALL slaves free

b)

declared slaves free in rebellion states

c)

gave political power to the south

d)

started the constitution

29.

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

30.

Known as the Union

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

31.

Jefferson Davis

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

32.

Known as the Confederacy

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

33.

Abraham Lincoln

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

34.

Seceeded from the union

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

35.

Wanted to abolish slavery

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

36.

Capital was Washington D.C.

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

37.

Ulysses S. Grant

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

38.

11 States

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

39.

Capital was Richmond Virginia

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

40.

23 States

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

41.

Nickname was "Rebels"

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

42.

Nickname was "Yankees"

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

43.

True or False? Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation becuase he needed more soldiers for the Union.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

What is represented with the DARK BLUE color on the map?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

BORDER STATES

45.

What is represented by the LIGHT BLUE color on the map?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

BORDER STATES

46.

What is represented by the RED color on the map?

a)

NORTH

b)

SOUTH

c)

BORDER STATES

47.

At the start of the war, what was the goal for Lincoln and the North?

a)

To free the slaves

b)

To defeat and embarrass the South

c)

To save the Union by rejoining the South with the North

d)

To save the Union and make it better by rejoining the South and freeing the slaves

48.

Which of the following was a major commander of the South?

a)

John Pope

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Irwin McDowell

49.

What years and for which party was Abraham Lincoln President?

a)

1861-1865 and Democratic

b)

1861-1865 and Republican

c)

1865-1869 and Whig

d)

1865-1869 and Free Soiler

50.

Why did Harriet Tubman go back to the South?

a)

She was caught and forced to go back into slavery.

b)

She wanted to find her husband.

c)

She wanted to free more people.

d)

She wanted to say goodbye to her slave owner/

51.

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

a)

The Confederates defeated the Union forces and brought the war to an end

b)

The Union suffered more than the Confederates

c)

The Confederates holed up in the "Devil's Den" and beat the Union back

d)

The South was defeated and Robert E. Lee would never strike into the North again

52.

What did Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 signal?

a)

The surrender by the South and end of the war

b)

The end of the war, but the South gets to keep its slaves

c)

The surrender by the North and the end of the war

d)

The end of the war, but the North must allow slavery

53.
What vocabulary word means a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country:
a)
civil war
b)
inconvenient spat
c)
civil strife
d)
meyham
54.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

the Union (the North)

b)

the Onion

c)

the Confederacy (the South)

d)

the British

55.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
56.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
57.
This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
d)
Harriet Tubman
58.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Red Kansas

c)

Civil War I

d)

Missouri Compromise Conflict

59.

What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

a)

That it was ok to own a slave

b)

That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves

c)

That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin

d)

That slavery was wrong

60.

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

a)

Slavery Is Illegal

b)

Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

c)

No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

d)

People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

61.
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
a)
That slavery diminished the national character.
b)
That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
c)
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
d)
That slavery should be abolished by executive order
62.
What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?
a)
The Election of Lincoln in 1860
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Harper's Ferry
d)
Bleeding Kansas
63.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

64.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

65.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?

a)

Lots of cotton

b)

Better military generals

c)

A desire to win and protect their homeland

d)

Had a larger population

66.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

a)

More factories

b)

Most of the nation's best generals

c)

Larger population

d)

Better railroads

67.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Fort Slocum

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Fort Hall

68.
Which state seceded from the US first?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Missouri
c)
Alabama
d)
Florida
69.
someone who wants to end slavery
a)
abolitionists
b)
slavery
c)
states' rights
d)
westward expansion
70.
Which abolitionist helped slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
71.

Who was an enslaved African American that tried to sue for his freedom but lost in Supreme Court?

a)

John Brown

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Harriet Tubman

72.

Who was the 16th U.S. President, that led the U.S. through the Civil War?

a)

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

b)

Winfield Scott

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

73.
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Davis
b)
Jackson
c)
Lee
d)
Lincoln
74.
Lee surrendered at Appomattox to which General?
a)
Grant
b)
Jackson
c)
Judd
d)
Washington
75.
The Union army gained control of the Mississippi River after winning the Battle of
a)
Antietam
b)
Appomattox
c)
Chancelorsville
d)
Vicksburg
76.
Which battle was considered a "turning point" of the Civil War?
a)
Shiloh
b)
Ft. Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Bull Run
77.
Which Union "victory" in Maryland had 23,000 casulties, otherwise known as the "bloodiest day" of the war?
a)
Second Bull Run
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
78.
Had more men, weapons, and naval technology throughout the war
a)
 Union 
b)
Confederacy
79.

When Lincoln was elected president, his number one priority was:

a)

to preserve the Union.

b)

to defeat Jefferson Davis.

c)

to end slavery.

d)

to compromise with the South about the expansion of slavery.

80.

The cause of the Civil War was:

(a)  

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