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WorksheetsEvents of the Civil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
This event gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union, splitting the Confederacy in half.
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Siege of Petersburg
This person established the American Red Cross after serving as a nurse in the Civil War:
Mary Bowser
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Van Lew
Harriet Tubman
This man was the Commander-in-Chief and U.S. President of the Union during the Civil War:
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
Robert E. Lee
This man was a former Senator of Mississippi who became the President of the Confederacy:
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
This man was one of the main Union Army leaders in the Civil War:
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
This man was the Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate):
Robert E. Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
This battle was a heavy Confederate loss and major Union victory, and considered a "turning point" battle in the war:
Fort Sumter
First Manassas
Gettysburg
Siege of Vicksburg
This document issued by President Lincoln freed all enslaved people in the rebelling/seceded states:
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
U.S. Constitution
Gettysburg Address
Who won the Civil War?
Union
Confederacy
What does the word "secede" mean?
to break away or leave
to go back
stop
