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Civil War Final Exam
Name_______________________
_____ 1) Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
a. Lincoln
b. Bell
c. Breckinridge
d. Douglas
Match the candidate with the party.
_____ 2) Lincoln
a) Northern Democrat
_____ 3) Bell
b) Republican
_____ 4) Breckinridge
c) Southern Democrat
_____ 5) Douglas
d) Constitutional Union
_____ 6) How many southern states did not have Lincoln on the ballot?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 12
e. 13
7) Which of the following states is considered a “cotton state” and was one of the first 7
states to secede from the Union?
a) Kentucky
b) Arkansas
c) Alabama
d) Virginia
8) Which of the following states is considered a border state?
a) Louisiana
b) Georgia
c) Tennessee d) Missouri
Identify the following states with (A) if it is one of the first 7 states to secede and with a
(B) if it was one of the last 4 states to secede, and with a (U) if the state remained in the
Union.
9) Texas
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14) Virginia
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10) Louisiana
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15) North Carolina
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11) Missouri
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16) Georgia
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12) Kentucky
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17) Ohio
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13) Tennessee
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18) Alabama
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_____ 19) This state was the 1st to secede from the Union?
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. Virginia
d. Maryland
_____ 20) Who was the sitting President of the United States when the lower south
seceded from the Union?
a. Lincoln
b. Tyler
c. Buchanan
d. Davis
_____ 21) Who was the Confederate commander during the bombing at Ft. Sumter?
a. Beauregard
b. Lee
c. Jackson
d. Johnston
_____ 22) Who was the Union commander at the bombing at Ft. Sumter?
a. McClellan
b. Anderson
c. Chamberlain
d. Meade
_____ 23) What was the relationship between the two opposing commanders from
the battle of Ft. Sumter?
a. They were brother in-laws.
b. The union commander was the southern commander’s teacher.
c. They were childhood friends.
d. They were cousins.
_____ 24) What battle took place July 21, 1861?
a. Bull Run I
b. Bull Run II
c. Manassas II
d. Junction Creek
_____25) How did “Stonewall” Jackson get his nickname?
a. He was a farmer who built stonewalls for his neighbors
b. He stood like a stonewall at the battle of Bull Run I
c. His fierce leadership at Fredricksburg
d. His troops ability to stand up in battle.
_____ 26) Where were the battles of Bull Run I & II fought?
a. Sharpsburg, Md.
b. Gettysburg, Pa.
c. Vicksburg, Ms.
d. Manassas, Va.
_____ 27) Who took over the Union Army after the battle of Bull Run I?
a. McClellan
b. Burnside
c. Hood
d. Lee
_____ 28) What was the name of the Union Army in Washington D.C.?
a. The Army of Northern Virginia
b. The Army of the Potomac
c. The Union D.C.’s
d. The 1st Brigade
_____ 29) George McClellan was nicknamed after this great general.
a. George Washington
b. Patton
c. Benedict Arnold
d. Napoleon
_____30) What was the biggest criticism of McClellan?
a. Too bold
b. Too smart
c. Too talkative
d. Too slow
_____ 31) Who secured the Union’s 1st victories at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson?
a. Grant
b. Sherman
c. McClellan
d. Hooker
_____ 32) What nickname was given to U.S. Grant after the victory at Ft. Donelson?
a. Under Surrender
b. Unconditional Surrender
c. The Fireman
d. Utterly Skeptical
_____ 33) Who was the confederate commander at the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862?
a. Grant
c. Lee
b. Johnston
d. Hood
Match the following word bank with the questions.
a. Army of Northern Virginia
d. Yorktown
b. Robert E. Lee
c. 7 days battles
e. Richmond
_____ 34) Where did McClellan take the Army of the Potomac during the spring of
1862? (Where the British surrendered to end the Revolutionary War)
_____35) What city was McClellan trying to capture?
_____36) Lee’s defense of the confederate capital was these battles.
_____ 37) Who was the Confederate commander for the defense of Richmond?
_____ 38) What was the name of General Lee’s army?
_____ 39) Who was the president of the confederacy?
Multiple Choice
_____40) Where did Lee’s 1st invasion of the North end?
a. Antietam
b. Gettysburg
c. Chancellorsville
d. Vicksburg
_____41) What was another name for the battle of Sharpsburg?
a. Bull Run
b. Bloody Run
c. Burr Ridge
d. Antietam
_____42) The union name for the Battle of Sharpsburg was named after this.
a. A railroad
b. A creek
c. A lake
d. A town
_____43) What ground breaking writing did Lincoln do after the battle of Antietam?
a. The Gettysburg Address
b. The Emancipation Proclamation
c. The Constitution
d. The letter of Recognition
_____44) Who did the Emancipation Proclamation emancipate?
a. All slaves
b. Only slaves in the Union
c. Only slaves in Washington DC
d. Slaves in the states that were in rebellion
_____45) How many casualties were there at Antietam?
a. 18,000
b. 23,000
c. 40,000
d. 51,000
_____46) What commander took over after McClellan was fired.
a. Burnside
b. Hooker
c. Grant
d. Sherman
_____47) Who was the Union Commander during the siege of Vicksburg?
a) Hooker
b) Hood
c) Grant
d) Sherman
_____48) What two battles that ended at approximately the same time are considered the
turning points of the war?
a. Gettysburg, Fredricksburg
b. Vicksburg, Fredricksburg
c. Gettysburg, Vicksburg
d. Bull Run, Manassas
_____49) Why was General Hooker so popular with his troops?
a. He believed in them
b. He allowed prostitutes to follow them
c. They liked him because he supplied them with liquor
d. He fought with them
_____50) What was General Lee’s greatest victory?
a. 7 days battle
b. Bull Run II
c. Gettysburg
d. Chancellorsville
_____51) Why was it (50) Lee’s greatest loss?
a. Stonewall Jackson defected
c. Jackson lost his arm
b. His horse died
d. Stonewall Jackson died
_____52)
a.
b.
c.
d.
Who shot Stonewall Jackson
Union Private
John Brown
Harper Ferry
His own men
_____53) What state is Gettysburg in?
a. Maryland
b. Virginia
c. Washington
d. Pennsylvania
e. Ohio
_____54) How many casualties were there at Gettysburg?
a. 18,000
b. 23,000
c. 40,000
d. 51,000
_____55) What Colonel, who later became a General, defend the extreme left flank
of the Union Army at Little Round Top?
a. Josh Chamberlain
b. Joe Hooker
c. Irish O’reily
d. George Meade
Who held the following battlegrounds during the Battle of Gettysburg?
a. Union
b. Confederates
_____56) Little Round Top
_____57) Town of Gettysburg
_____58) Cemetery Ridge
_____59) Seminary Ridge
_____60) Devil’s Den
_____61) Culp’s Hill
_____62) Peach Orchard
_____63) Wheatfield
_____64) The final charge of the battle of Gettysburg was led by and named after this
Confederate General.
a. Longstreet
b. Hill
c. Pickett
d. Lee
_____65) What Union General marched south to Atlanta and then to the sea?
a. McClellan
b. Meade
c. Grant
d. Sherman
_____66) Who’s house did the war start at in Manassas Junction and end in with Lee’s
surrender?
a. Elmer Fud
b. Wilmer McClain
c. Appo Mattox
d. John Brown
_____67) What is the name of the town that Lee surrendered in?
a. Fredricksburg
b. Appomattox Courthouse
c. Richmond
d. Washington D.C.
_____68) Who was appointed to accepted the surrender of the confederate soldiers by
General Grant.
a. Josh McClain
b. Josh Chamberlain
c. General Grant
d. General Lee
_____69) Where was the last battle of the war fought.
a. Palmeto Ranch
b. Richmond
c. Appomattox
d. Gettysburg
Match the events with the dates.
_____70) May 12-13, 1865
_____71) July 21, 1861
_____72) February 1862
_____73) April1862
_____74) September 1862
_____75) Winter 1862
_____76) January 1, 1863
a. Antietam
b. Bull Run I
c. Chancellorsville
d. Davis Captured
e. Emancipation Proclamation
f. Fort Sumter
g. Fredricksburg
h. Ft. Henry and Donelson
i. Gettysburg
j. Lee Surrenders
k. Lincoln Assassinated
l. Palmeto Ranch
m. Shiloh
n. Johnston Surrenders
_____77) May 2-6, 1863
_____78) July 1-3, 1863
_____79) April 9, 1865
_____80) April 14, 1865
_____81) April 18, 1865
_____82) May 11, 1865
_____83) April 12, 1861
Who won what?
a. Union
b. Confederates
c. Tie
_____84) Bull Run I
_____90) Fredricksburg
_____96) Battle of the Crater
_____85) Bull Run II
_____91) Chancellorsville
_____97) Chickamauga
_____86) Fort Sumter
_____92) Gettysburg
_____98) Nashville
_____87) Shiloh
_____93) 7 days battle
_____99) Chattanooga
_____88) Antietam
_____94) Fort Henry
_____100) Stones River
_____89) Atlanta
_____95) Fort Donelson