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Events of the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the order given on Jan. 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves?
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Gettysburg Address
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
2.
The first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war. 
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Antietam
d)
Bull Run
3.
It was the bloodiest battle in American history, Union victory there led to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Ft. Sumter
4.
A 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Union Army won.
a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Bull Run
d)
Ft. Sumter
5.
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
a)
Appomattox Courthouse
b)
Ft. Sumter
c)
Bull Run
d)
Missouri Compromise of 1850
6.

This event gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union, splitting the Confederacy in half.

a)

Siege of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Antietam

d)

Siege of Petersburg

7.

This person established the American Red Cross after serving as a nurse in the Civil War:

a)

Mary Bowser

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Elizabeth Van Lew

d)

Harriet Tubman

8.

This man was the Commander-in-Chief and U.S. President of the Union during the Civil War:

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George McClellan

d)

Robert E. Lee

9.

This man was a former Senator of Mississippi who became the President of the Confederacy:

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

Robert E. Lee

10.

This man was one of the main Union Army leaders in the Civil War:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

11.

This man was the Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate):

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

12.

This battle was a heavy Confederate loss and major Union victory, and considered a "turning point" battle in the war:

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

First Manassas

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Siege of Vicksburg

13.

This document issued by President Lincoln freed all enslaved people in the rebelling/seceded states:

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Gettysburg Address

14.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

15.

What does the word "secede" mean?

a)

to break away or leave

b)

to go back

c)

stop