Want to see correct answers?
Login or join for free!
  US History Worksheets
Looking for US History worksheets?
Check out our pre-made US History worksheets!
Share/Like This Page

Civil War Questions - All Grades

You can create printable tests and worksheets from these Civil War questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.

Previous Page 6 of 43 Next
Grade 8 Civil War
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which heavily influenced public opinion of the Civil War?
  1. Clara Barton
  2. Molly Picher
  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  4. Harriet Tubman
Grade 11 Civil War
What technological advance contributed most to the Civil War's high casualty rate?
  1. the ironclad ship
  2. the minie ball
  3. the land mine
  4. the camera
Grade 7 Civil War
Where did the first attack occur to start the Civil War?
  1. Fort Sumter
  2. Virginia
  3. Gettysburg
  4. Bull run
Grade 8 Civil War
Grade 8 Civil War
Who was the commanding general of the Union troops at Gettysburg?
  1. George Meade
  2. George McClellan
  3. Robert E. Lee
  4. Stonewall Jackson
Grade 5 Civil War
Which of the following describes slavery's role in the Southern economy?
  1. Slavery was expensive.
  2. Slavery was forbidden.
  3. Slavery was a luxury.
  4. Slavery was profitable.
Grade 5 Civil War
When did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect?
  1. April 9th 1865
  2. January 1st 1863
  3. December 25th 1862
  4. September 22nd 1862
Grade 5 Civil War
Grade 8 Civil War
Considered the greatest Confederate commander, but died after his own troops accidentally shot him.
  1. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
  2. William Sherman
  3. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
Grade 4 Civil War
What General was in charge of the Union Army during the Civil War?
  1. Robert E. Lee
  2. Andrew Johnson
  3. Dwight Eisenhower
  4. Ulysses Grant
Grade 8 Civil War
Harriet Tubman is most closely associated with
  1. helping to preserve slavery.
  2. the Underground Railroad.
  3. the slave ship Amistad.
  4. the Second Great Awakening.
Grade 5 Civil War
What was the first bloody battle of the Civil War?
  1. Battle of Bull Run
  2. Battle of Gettysburg
  3. Battle of Shiloh
  4. Battle of Long Island
Previous Page 6 of 43 Next