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WorksheetsCivil War Major Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
How did Susan B. Anthony and the Woman Suffrage movement contribute to equality during the late 1800's?
She gave speeches and fought for the rights of African Americans.
She helped many people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
She campaigned for voting rights and equal rights for women.
She wrote a book about slavery.
How did Harriet Tubman help many enslaved people?
She made freedom quilts for them.
She led hundreds of enslaved African American people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
She founded a newspaper.
She wrote the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Sojourner Truth, a formerly enslaved African American woman, was 6 feet tall and had a booming voice. How did she use those traits to help African Americans after escaping to freedom?
She wrote a book about slavery.
She founded a newspaper.
She became governor in her state and changed laws.
She became a nationally known speaker and worked to improve the rights of African American people and women.
a secret network that helped housing enslaved people who had escaped
Where did MOST enslaved people travel after they escaped slavery?
east by ocean voyage to England
south by land or water to Florida
west by land to the undecided territories
north over land or water to free states and Canada
The map shows how the United States was divided.
What part does the arrow point at?
Boarder States
Union
Confederacy
The map shows how the United States was divided.
What part does the arrow point at?
Boarder States
Union
Confederacy
The map shows how the United States was divided.
What part does the arrow point at?
Confederacy
Boarder States
Union
John Brown wanted to help enslaved people by giving them guns. He took over a gun storage facility in Harper's Ferry, but was captured and later hanged.
Why was John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry still considered successful?
Because it frightened people into obedience to federal law.
Because it frightened people into obedience to Southern law.
Because it showed that abolitionists were willing to use violence to end slavery.
Because it showed that abolitionists were NOT willing to use violence to end slavery.
During the early 1850's, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Why was this book so important in the time before the Civil War?
Select two.
It made the people in slavery understand Southern plantation owners.
It made Northerners feel sorry for the Southern plantation owners.
It made Northerners feel shocked and angry and turn against slavery.
It made Southerners feel shocked and angry and turn against slavery.
It showed how badly enslaved people were treated by Southern plantation owners.
Disagreements over the expansion of slavery and states' rights were the main cause of the Civil War. In what other areas were the North and the South divided?
Choose TWO.
Cultural ideas, meaning how people lived their lives.
Trade, meaning if the North and South should trade with each other.
Economically, meaning how people earned their money
Both sides disagreed on how to handle Native American tribes.
What happened at Fort Sumter in South Carolina?
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Lincoln gave a speech that freed all slaves
The first shots of the Civil War were fired
Stonewall Jackson was shot
Abraham Lincoln, the President of the Union during the Civil War, had which goal?
He wanted to build more factories in the South
He wanted to keep the country together and believed that slaves should be free
He wanted to bring slavery to the North
He wanted to start building a strong agriculture in the North
Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, had which goal?
He wanted to end slavery
He wanted to reunited the United States of America
He wanted the South to stay independent and keep slavery
He wanted to build a wall between the North and the South
Why did the North have an advantage in the Civil War?
Better military leaders.
Larger population, more factories, and better transportation.
More skilled soldiers.
Had the support of European countries.
In what speech did Abraham Lincoln declare that all enslaved people in the Confederate States were to be freed?
Ain’t I A Woman
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
I Have A Dream
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so important for the outcome of the Civil War?
It marked the first Union battle victory in the war.
It led to the Union gaining control of the Confederate capital, Richmond.
It ended the possibility of the Confederacy winning the war.
It resulted in the Confederacy’s surrender and the end of the war.
The Union developed a three-pronged strategy to win the war, and William T. Sherman led the Atlanta Campaign in early September 1864. What happened during the Atlanta Campaign?
The Confederate Army broke the Union blockade along the Southern coast.
The Confederate Army invaded the North through Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Union military captured the second-largest city in the South.
The Union military captured the Confederate capital, Richmond after a series of battles.
What happened at Appomattox Court House?
Choose TWO.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired
The Civil War officially ended
Lincoln gave his famous Emancipation Proclamation
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
Most battles of the Civil War were fought in the South. What did this mean for the South at the end of the war?
The Confederacy lost many more soldiers than the Union
The Union lost many more soldiers than the Confederacy
The damage of homes and infrastructure in the South was much worse
The defeated Confederacy had to give all its money to the Union
What was the Confederacy during the Civil War times?
The United States of America.
The place where the first battle of the Civil War took place.
The states that seceded from the Union.
The first election during the Civil War.
What was the Union during the Civil War times?
The federal Government of the United States of America.
An assembly of War Generals.
The judicial branch during the Civil War.
A group of women who fought for voting rights.
Who led the Atlanta Campaign during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
What was Scott's Great Snake?
The pet snake of a Union General named Scott
A traitor in the Union Army who fought for General Scott
A three-part strategy by the Union to win the Civil War
A long line of soldiers lining up along the battle field
