WorksheetsGA Role in the Civil War Comp. Check
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When southern states left the Union, what new nation did they form?
a)
The Union
b)
The Slave States
c)
The Confederacy
d)
The New World Order
2.
What prevented the confederacy in the south from trading?
a)
War
b)
Sherman's March
c)
Union Blockade
d)
None of the Above
3.
Where was the first conflict of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Pulaski, Savannah
b)
Fort Jackson, Savannah
c)
Fort Sumter, Charleston
d)
Fort Gordon, Texas
4.
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
a)
William Sherman
b)
Abraham Baldwin
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
William Stephens
5.
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation significant to the Union?
a)
Changed the focus of the war to freeing slaves
b)
Changed the focus of the war to trade barriers
c)
The north surrendered and went back home
d)
The south wanted to surrender and rejoin the union
6.
Which speech did Lincoln give that stated all slaves in the area of rebellion would be freed?
a)
The Emancipation Proclamation
b)
The Constitutional Right Address
c)
The State of the Union Address
d)
The Accountable Proclamation
7.
What was the first Civil War battle on Georgia soil?
a)
the Battle of Anderson
b)
the Battle of Gettysburg
c)
the Battle of Chickamauga
d)
the Battle of Atlanta Rights
e)
8.
What was the Union's effort to capture Atlanta, led by General Sherman called?
a)
the Effort Campaign
b)
the Atlanta Campaign
c)
the Marching Campaign
d)
the Union Winning Campaign
9.
Why did the Union want to capture Atlanta?
a)
the restaurants and diners for food
b)
the supplies the union needed to win
c)
the railroads and factories that were vital to the confederacy
d)
the capital was captured and the south rejoined the Union
10.
Atlanta was the center for transportation and a major supplier of materials during the Civil War.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Who took control of Atlanta and began the famous March to the Sea?
a)
Union General William T. Sherman
b)
Confederate General Robert E. Lee
c)
Senator William McIntosh
d)
None of the above
12.
What type of destruction did General Sherman's army cause on the "March to the Sea"?
a)
shooting and hanging anyone they saw
b)
burning plantations, towns, railroad, etc
c)
cutting down all the trees to build a ship
d)
there were so many soldiers marching roads were made
13.
What did General Sherman give to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift?
a)
Atlanta
b)
Augusta
c)
Savannah
d)
Milledgeville
14.
What was the location of the Confederate military prison camp with the highest death rate of any Civil War prison?
a)
Atlanta, GA
b)
Augusta, GA
c)
Andersonville, GA
d)
Attentionville, GA
15.
13,000 Union soldiers died in this prison because of starvation, disease, insect attacks, and unsanitary living conditions.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The issues below describe the reason for _____________.
State Rights
Slavery
Session
Compromise of 1850
Election of 1860
a)
Causes of WWI
b)
Causes of WWII
c)
Cause of the Civil War
d)
Cause of the Cold War
17.
Why were Southern states so opposed to outlawing slavery?
a)
Slaves depended on work
b)
Economy depended on free labor
c)
They were suing for freedom of slaves
d)
Delegates wanted to more North and leave the South
18.
What was the ruling/decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
a)
Ruled for Dred Scott that he was a citizen and had rights to sue
b)
Ruled for the decision to be overturned and go to court of appeals
c)
Ruled for Dred Scott that he was not a citizen and had not right to sue
d)
Ruled for favor of the Yazoo land act to stay in place for 10 years or until elections
19.
Why was adding new states such a major topic between the North and South?
a)
New territory for the Indians to live by themselves
b)
They didn't want to mess with the balance of slave and non-slave states
c)
The south wanted to outlaw slavery but the north fought to have more slaves
d)
The north wanted to bring slaves from the south to work in factories and businesses
20.
What were the two long term causes for the Civil War?
a)
Slavery and Land
b)
Slavery and States' Rights
c)
States' Rights and Land
d)
States' Rights and Sharecropping
21.
Who was elected President and freed the slaves in rebellious states through the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
George W. Bush
22.
After a months-long siege of the city, Sherman takes over Atlanta and burns it down. The Union destroyed a major railroad hub and devastated the South economically, what was this called.
a)
Shermans Plan
b)
Atlanta Campaign
23.
Lincoln’s order that freed all enslaved people in rebellious states. This shifted the focus of the war from preserving the Union to freeing enslaved people in the South.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Lincoln's Address
24.
Confederate prison camp in Georgia that held Union prisoners of war. The Union blockade of Georgia’s ports & destruction of railroads caused the prison to be low on supplies. Living conditions were terrible & many died from diseases & starvation.
a)
Gettysburg Prison
b)
Andersonville Prison
25.
The Union army marched from Atlanta to Savannah & General Sherman instructed his troops to destroy factories, cotton mills, railroads, and plantations along the way. Savannah immediately surrendered in order to avoid a similar fate to Atlanta.
a)
March for Freedom
b)
March to the Sea
26.
Union leaders set up a blockade of Southern ports in order to cutoff Confederate commerce and weaken the South. The blockade stopped other countries from sending weapons & supplies to the South.
a)
Union Blockade
b)
Ports Ship Blockade
27.
Second bloodiest battle of the war; Union troops were forced to retreat to Chattanooga & this became largest Union defeat in the war.
a)
Chickpea Mango
b)
Chickamauga
28.
Which side of the Civil War was fighting for an end to slavery and to preserve the country?
a)
North
b)
South
29.
Who was the Union General known for the Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea, along with the scorched earth policy?
a)
General Robert E. Lee
b)
General William Sherman
c)
General Andrew Jackson
30.
Who was the General of the Confederate Army that surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the Civil War?
a)
General Robert E. Lee
b)
General William Sherman
c)
General Andrew Jackson
31.
Which side in the Civil War were soldiers fighting to preserve their way of life, with state rights and slavery?
a)
North
b)
South
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