WorksheetsBattles and Effects of the Civil War
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
3. President Lincoln made the ___________ to dedicate a part of a battlefield as a cemetery in Pennsylvania and to inspire the Union.
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Surrender Orders
4. Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Washington DC
Gettysburg, PA
Appomattox Court House
Savannah, GA
7. Which of the following best describes General Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War?
His troops were asked to go to Canada to defend it.
His troops were sent to the Gulf of Mexico to protect the South.
His troops destroyed anything they could between Atlanta and the Atlantic Coast.
His troops gained control of the Appalachian Mountains and the East Coast.
William T. Sherman
9. The Civil War was primarily fought on
Southern Soil
Northern Soil
Eastern Soil
Western Soil
10. What cut Confederate supply lines and crushed the spirit of the Confederate army?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Siege of Vicksburg
March to the Sea
12. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg an important turning point in the war?
Union troops gained a strategic advantage.
This left the South with little chance to win the war and the Union pushed the Southern armies back into Virginia.
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River.
The Confederate army lost significant resources.
13. Sherman captured Atlanta. This was important because the city had...
Important railroads and industries
A large population
A strategic location
A significant military presence
17. What were the Union's strategies to win the war. (Two strategies must be included to get full credit.)
18. Sherman executed a strategy known as total war to defeat the Confederacy in Georgia. Describe what total war means.
