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Civil War TEST REVIEW

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 This city was the Union capital

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

2.

This city was the Confederate capital

a)

Richmond, Virginia

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

3.

These were ironclad ships

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

4.

The Emancipation Proclamation kept them out of the war.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

5.

This Union officer led the army to victory in Vicksburg and eventually headed the entire Union army.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

6.

This freed the slaves in the rebelling states, but not the Border States.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

7.


He headed the Confederate army.

a)

Ulysses S Grant

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Great Britain

d)

Monitor and Merrimac

e)

Emancipation Proclamation

8.


1. Had the better transportation system

  1. 2. Blue uniforms

  2. 3. called Yankees

  3. 4. Had the most states

a)

North

b)

South

9.


1. Had the most experienced military officers

  1. 2. Had the advantage of fighting on their own soil

  2. 3. Gray uniforms

  3. 4. Had smaller population

  4. 5. Region where states had more power than the central government

a)

North

b)

South

10.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General Robert E Lee

a)

North

b)

South

11.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

Major General George Pickett

a)

North

b)

South

12.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General Ulysses S. Grant

a)

North

b)

South

13.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General J.E.B. Stuart

a)

North

b)

South

14.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General Stonewall Jackson

a)

North

b)

South

15.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General George McClellan

a)

North

b)

South

16.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General William Sherman

a)

North

b)

South

17.

Identify which side each of the following military leaders fought:

General George Custer

a)

North

b)

South

18.

Commonly carried by most soldiers

a)

Minie Ball

b)

Gatling Gun

c)

Musket

d)

Artillery

e)

Swords

19.

Usually carried by officers

a)

Minie Ball

b)

Gatling Gun

c)

Musket

d)

Artillery

e)

Swords

20.

Easily shattered bones

a)

Minie Ball

b)

Gatling Gun

c)

Musket

d)

Artillery

e)

Swords

21.

Rapid fire, hand-cranked guns

a)

Minie Ball

b)

Gatling Gun

c)

Musket

d)

Artillery

e)

Swords

22.

Designed to damage structures like forts

a)

Minie Ball

b)

Gatling Gun

c)

Musket

d)

Artillery

e)

Swords

23.

Surrendered to Sherman

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Joseph Johnson

24.

Surrender site for Joseph Johnson

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Bennett Place

25.

Assassin of Abraham Lincoln

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Bennett Place

26.

Vice President after Lincoln was assassinated

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Bennett Place

27.

Assassination site of Abraham Lincoln

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Bennett Place

28.

Lincoln's Secretary of State

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ford's Theater

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

William Seward

e)

Bennett Place

29.

Who won the following battle?

Monitor vs Merrimac

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

30.

Who won the following battle?

Battle of Shiloh

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

31.

Who won the following battle?

2nd Battle of Bull Run

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

32.

Who won the following battle?

Battle of Shiloh

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

33.

Who won the following battle?

Naval Battle of New Orleans

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

34.

Who won the following battle?

Battle of Antietam

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

35.

Who won the following battle?

Vicksburg

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

36.

Who won the following battle?

Gettysburg

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

No clear winner

37.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at

a)

Shiloh

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

38.

Which Virginian general headed the army of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

George McClellan

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Stonewall Jackson

39.

A major issue that led to the Civil War was

a)

slavery

b)

money

c)

blockades

d)

women’s rights

40.

Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee were

a)

Confederate states

b)

Border States

c)

Union states

d)

states that refused to fight in the war

41.

Border States were _____________ states that remained with the Union.

a)

Free

b)

Confederate

c)

unimportant

d)

Slave

42.

Which of the following was NOT a Border State?

a)

Kentucky

b)

Maryland

c)

Texas

d)

Missouri

43.

The North’s plan to blockade the South using the Union navy was called the

a)

Anaconda Plan

b)

Viper Plan

c)

Manhattan Project

d)

Secret Plan

44.

The March to the Sea was led by

a)

George McClellan

b)

William T. Sherman

c)

Joseph Hooker

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

45.

Why was the March the Sea a turning point in modern warfare?

a)

the Union used civilian centers as targets

b)

the Union used iron-clads

c)

the Union used rifles

d)

the Union refused to use cavalry

46.

Lincoln had difficulty finding a good

a)

Secretary of War

b)

Vice President

c)

Head General

d)

Secretary of State

47.

The bloodiest DAY of war occurred at the Battle of

a)

Antietam

b)

Bull Run/Manassas

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Petersburg

48.

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his army?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Richmond

c)

Shiloh

d)

Appomattox Court House

49.

On April 14th, 1865, he assassinated President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater.

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

William Sherman

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Sirhan Sirhan

50.

The first Battle of Bull Run is important because:

a)

It is called the Battle of Manassas

b)

It was a tie

c)

It was a Union victory

d)

It ended the idea that the war would be short

51.

What caused the most deaths during the Civil War?

a)

Land Battle wounds

b)

Indian raids

c)

Infections and disease

d)

Naval battle wounds

52.

The Battle of Antietam was important because

a)

it was a Confederate victory

b)

it helped convince Britain not to give financial support to the South

c)

France decided not to give recognition to the South

d)

the Union changed Generals

53.

The Civil War was the first American War

a)

to be documented by photographs

b)

that African Americans fought in

c)

that was captured by motion picture

d)

to use muskets

54.

Petersburg, Virginia was an important location because

a)

it was the capital of the Confederate States of America

b)

it was where Robert E. Lee lived

c)

it was the critical junction of 5 railroad lines that supplied Richmond and the Confederate army

d)

it was the headquarters of the Confederate navy

55.

Who won the election of 1864?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George McClellan

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Andrew Jackson

56.

After the Siege of Petersburg, Lee was forced to surrender at

a)

Richmond

b)

Appomattox Court House

c)

Antietam

d)

Gettysburg

57.

SHORT ANSWER: Name the 2 parts of the failed Crittenden Compromise of 1860.

a)

A guarantee of slavery in the South and And extension of the Missouri Compromise to the western territories

b)

End to slavery and Kansa Nebraska Line

58.

SHORT ANSWER: What border states remained in the Union?

a)
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
b)
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
59.

SHORT ANSWER Name 2 roles of women during the Civil War.

a)

They ran farms and business at home, some fought as soldiers, some were spies, and thousands served as nurses.

b)

only being Wives

60.

SHORT ANSWER: What’s the difference between a Casualty and a Fatality?

a)
A casualty refers to any incident, while a fatality is a minor injury.
b)

A casualty is someone is killed, wounded, missing, or captured during battle whereas a fatality refers only to deaths.

61.

SHORT ANSWER: What was the significance of the naval battle between the Merrimac and Monitor?

a)
It marked the transition to ironclad warships, changing naval warfare forever.
b)
It demonstrated the effectiveness of wooden ships in battle.
62.

SHORT ANSWER: What was the Emancipation Proclamation and why was it important?

a)
The Emancipation Proclamation was a treaty that ended the Civil War, significant for peace negotiations.
b)

WHAT IT WAS: It offered the Confederate states a choice to cease fighting and return to the Union as slaveholding states, it proclaimed that the slaves in the rebelling states were free, it did not free the slaves in the Border states

IMPORTANCE: It meant that the fight was now against slavery and it meant that Britain, who opposed slavery, would not support the South.


63.

What did the terms of surrender at Appomattox include?

a)

The guarantee that soldiers would not be imprisoned or prosecuted.

The guarantee that soldiers could keep their mules and horses.

The provisions for food rations for the starving Confederate army.


b)

All soldiers would be prosecuted and have to give their horses and mules away.

64.

SHORT ANSWER: List at least 5 results of the Civil War.

a)
Formation of the Confederacy
b)

Federal government was supreme over state governments.

Worthless Confederate currency left people bankrupt.

Women went to work.

Slavery was ended.

Over 600,000 deaths.

Over $5 billion in war cost; the majority in the South.

The South lay in ruins, both cities and farms.

The North became an industrial power.


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