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America: The Story of Us // Civil War
America: The Story of Us // Civil War
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1
New weapons and outdated ___ lead to death on a massive scale.
equipment
disease
battle tactics
uniforms
2
This document, signed by President Lincoln, abolished slavery.
the Emancipation Proclamation
the Monroe Doctrine
the telegram
the Gettysburg Address
3
Clara Barton would become the founder of the __.
American Red Cross
Red States
Red Scare
Red Nurses
4
Who was the commander of the Confederate (Southern) soldiers?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Virgil Smith
Bull Run
5
Lee's forces kill over 1,700 Union soldiers at the Battle of ____.
Gettysburg
the Bulge
Cattle Hill
Bull Run
6
The South's wealth was build on the backs of ___.
slaves
horses
donkeys
machines
7
How many soldiers died in the Battle of Antietam?
30,000
6,000
7,000
50,000
8
What technological advancement allowed the weapons to fire straighter and farther?
rifling
tactics
training
circling
9
Taking place after the Industrial Revolution had started, the Civil War was the first ____ war.
deadly
bloody
expensive
modern
10
When the Union government took control of the North's rail lines, the railroad became a __.
iron horse
trojan horse
weapon of war
manufactured good
11
Pinning names and units to soldiers uniforms was life the first____.
dog tags
emails
letters
organization
12
At the Union headquarters, this first tool of mass communication would decide the war.
the telegraph
graphophone
sonograph
telephone
13
The South felt that President Lincoln was trying to destroy ___.
the American way of life
the Southern way of life
the Northern way of life
the British way of life
14
An experienced surgeon could perform an amputation in ___.
10 minutes
1 hour
5 minutes
3 hours
15
The telegraph was like the early version of __.
clicking toys
email
sound production
newspaper
16
Lincoln directed the Union forces with ____ in real time.
direct orders telegraphed
movements
his tentacles
letters
17
One person can cast _____ minneballs an hour.
Half a million
300
3,000
30
18
Why was the Civil War deadlier than all other American wars combined?
all the soldiers were American
all the soldiers were Northerners
all the soldiers were Southerners
all the soldiers were Native-American
19
The minneball is accurate over a distance of ____ yards.
400
250
600
100
20
This chemical helped fight infection and allowed more soldiers to survive surgery.
bromine
hydrogen peroxide
argyle
alcohol swabs
21
One of Lincoln's hidden weapons in the war was the ___.
sea
planes
road
railroad
22
Over the course of the war, Lincoln sent approximately _____ telegraph messages.
17,000
100
1,000
6,000
23
Twice as many soldiers died from ___ than in battle.
infection and disease
heart attacks
PTSD
influenza