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Civil War Key Events and Battles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which battle is the turning point of the Civil War?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Antietam

d)

Fort Sumter

2.

This battle was considered to be the bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War?

a)
Battle of Antietam
b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)
Battle of Gettysburg
3.

Identify where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

a)
Richmond, Virginia
b)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
c)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
d)
Antietam, Maryland
4.

General Grant takes control of the Mississippi River and splits the south in half where?

a)
Memphis, Tennessee
b)
New Orleans, Louisiana
c)
Vicksburg, Mississippi
d)
Little Rock, Arkansas
5.

Where do the first shots of the Civil War take place?

a)
Bull Run, Virginia
b)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
c)
Antietam, Maryland
d)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
6.

Identify which president would have said it.

a)

I want to preserve the Union

1.

Lincoln

b)

State's rights are not being protected under the Federal Government

2.

Davis

c)

The spread of slavery shall be no more

3.

Lincoln

d)

The south will secede and be known as the Confederacy

4.

Davis

e)

All African Americans will be free and can serve in the Union military

5.

Lincoln

7.

The Union general is​ (a)   The Confederate general is​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Ulysses S. Grant.
Robert E. Lee.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
8.

1st Battle of the Civil War

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

El Alamein

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Appomattox Courthouse

9.

Grant won this battle by taking control of Mississippi River and laying siege to the city of (a)  

10.
Identify the Union states on the map.
11.

Identify the turning point of the Civil War.

12.

Where were a majority of the battles in the American Civil War?

a)
Western territories like California and Oregon.
b)
Canada and Mexico as primary locations for battles.
c)

The Southern states.

d)
The Northern states, especially New York and Pennsylvania.
13.

Which side used blockades and embargo tactics in the Civil War?

a)
The Union
b)
Foreign nations
c)
The Confederacy
d)
Neutral states
14.

Which side would use foreign goods because they had few factories in the civil war?

a)
The French
b)
The Confederacy
c)
The British
d)
The Union
15.

Which side used a siege during the Civil War?

a)
The Confederacy used a siege during the Civil War.
b)
The Union used a siege during the Civil War.
c)
Both sides used a siege during the Civil War.
d)
No side used a siege during the Civil War.
16.

Identify where the first battle of the Civil War was.

17.

Identify the Siege of Vicksburg

18.
Which General is remembered as the best Union General?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Meade
c)
George McClellan
d)
Burnisde
19.
Which side won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
20.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The East

d)

The West