Mr. Poley Civil War Review

Question 1

What did several Southern states do, when Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

Seceded from the Union.

Question 2

Where do we find Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 3

In the Gettysburg Address what did Lincoln call a “Second American Revolution”?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War

Question 4

According to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, what must not exist in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 5

Where was the Battle of Antietam?

Accepted Answer

Maryland

Question 6

What did it mean to emancipate slaves?

Accepted Answer

Free them

Question 7

Robert E. Lee opposed secession,but didn't believe the Union should be held together by force

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What was the turning point battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 9

US war aims after issuing Emancipation Proclamation: A)preserve the Union B) Abolish Slavery

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Define the term civil war?

Accepted Answer

A war between people of the same country

Question 11

Who was the leading Confederate general during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 12

Who served as president of the United States during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 13

What country did the seceded Southern states form in 1861?

Accepted Answer

The Confederate States of America

Question 14

What did President Lincoln issue after the North’s victory at the Battle of Antietam?

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 15

To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong?

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Question 16

Who said the U.S. was ruled by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 17

Who was the leading Union general during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 18

Who did the American people elect as president in 1860?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 19

What two European countries considered aiding the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain & France

Question 20

What constitutional debate did the Civil War involve?

Accepted Answer

Federal Power vs. States’ Rights

Question 21

Name the two most important battles of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Battles of Antietam & Gettysburg

Question 22

Lincoln believed the Union was a federation of independent states.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Which side won the Battle of Antietam?

Accepted Answer

The United States

Question 24

Lincoln opposed secession and wanted to hold the Union together by force if necessary

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Lincoln's vision for the United States was the idea that “all men are created equal”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What political party split in the 1860 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

Democratic Party

Question 27

What event caused the Civil War to begin?

Accepted Answer

Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

Question 28

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 29

What were the years of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

1861-1865

Question 30

Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 31

Which is not true about Frederick Douglas?

Accepted Answer

Became United States Ambassador to France

Question 32

In what speech did Lincoln use the phrase “of the people, by the people, and for the people”?

Accepted Answer

The Gettysburg Address

Question 33

Where is Fort Sumter?

Accepted Answer

Charleston, South Carolina

Question 34

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves everywhere in the North or South on Jan. 1, 1863

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

The south thought they had entered the Union freely and could freely leave (secede).

Accepted Answer

True

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