Civil War Quiz

When did the Civil War happen?

• 1776

• 1892

• 1803

• 1861-65

Organize the characteristics to the matching section of the US.

Groups:

(a) North

,

(b) South

• slavery should not be allowed to spread West

• bigger population

• Union

• slavery should be allowed to spread West

• Confederacy

• knows territory better

• better army leaders

• more factories and resources

Organize the people to the side of the Civil War they belong to.

Groups:

(a) Union

,

(b) Confederacy

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincon

Put the main events of the Civil War in order.

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

Analyze the picture and identify which battle the picture depicts?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Vicksburg

• Appomattox

This battle was significant because it was the ​ (a)  

• first battle
• last battle
• turning point of the Civil War.

Choose the TWO reasons why Antietam was significant in the Civil War?

• It enabled Lincoln to order the Emancipation Proclamation.

• More Americans died on that day than the rest of the war.

• The Union army split the South in two.

• It was the deadliest battle in the Civil War.

Where did the battle of Vicksburg occur?

Why was Vicksburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

• Lincoln was able to order the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The Union army destroyed the Southern army.

• The Union took control of the Mississippi which divided the Confederacy in half.

• The battle was the first major victory for the Union.

Why was Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

• Lincoln was able to order the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The Union army destroyed much of the Southern army.

• The Union took control of the Mississippi which divided the Confederacy in half.

• The battle was the first major victory for the Union.