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Chapter 11, The Americans 10th grade
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1
What event did not take place at Gettysburg?
Robert E. Lee's resignation
Picket's charge
chaos because of the spectators watching the battle
battle that began over shoes
2
What Confederate general led the successful defense at Richmond but lost men at Antietam?
JEB Stuart
Thomas J. Jackson
Robert E. Lee
George Picket
3
Where did President Davis decide the war should begin because there were still Northern troops?
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Shiloh
Antietam
4
What battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history?
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Antietam
5
Who was the Union general who was eventually fired for having the "slows"?
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
John Hooker
George McClellan
6
Who led the Union soldiers from Maine in the battle at Little Round Top in Gettysburg?
John Buford
Joshua L. Chamberland
George Meade
Robert Gregg
7
Who was the Republic who won the presidency in 1860?
Jefferson Davis
James Buchannan
George McClellan
Abraham Lincoln
8
Who was the Confederate general that earned a nickname by holding up during stressful times
JEB Stuart
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Robert E. Lee
Thomas J. Jackson
9
Who was the general responsible for the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run?
Robert E. Lee
Thomas J. Jackson
George Picket
JEB Staurt
10
Who was the Union Commander who burned a path of destruction through Georgia?
William Tecumseh Sherman
David G. Farragut
Ambrose Burnside
George Meade
11
What Union general spent more time preparing the Army of the Potomac than entering battles?
Joseph Hooker
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan
Ullysses S. Grant
12
What battle was a surprise attack by the Confederates and taught both sides about using scouts?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Fort Henry
Vicksburg
13
What was the first battle of the Civil War, and resulted in a Confederate victory?
Shiloh
Antietam
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
14
Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also
the civilian population of the South
Native Americans who were not loyal to the United States
the South's population of enslaved Africans
Northern citizens sympathetic to the South
15
Who was a Southern sympathizer and actor who assassinated President Lincoln?
Nathan Bedford Forrest
William Tecumseh Sherman
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
16
Which general did Lincoln fire because of not pursuing the South after the victory at Antietam?
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
17
What Union general seized New Orleans and took the lower half of the Mississippi River?
George McClellan
David G. Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
18
Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?
the Emancipation Proclamation
the thirteenth amendment
the Compromise of 1850
the Gettysburg Address
19
While serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all of the following
except
lower pay than whites
excessively high income taxes
discrimination
higher mortality rates than whites
20
What Union general earned his nickname by being a stubborn negotiator?
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
William Tecumseh Sherman
David G. Farragut
21
Who was the hero at Vicksburg who became the commander of all Union armies in 1864?
George McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
George Meade
Ulysses S. Grant
22
What called for a three-part assault on the Confederacy?
cut the Confederacy in two
Anaconda Plan
blockade system
capture Richmond, VA
23
Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
It made the South give up the idea of invading the North
It convinced the Confederacy to surrender
It marked the first Union victory on the battlefield
It divided the Confederacy
24
In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
military leadership
industrial capacity
food production
civilian leadership
25
Which Confederate leader led a slaughter of surrendered African American troops at Fort Pillow?
JEB Stuart
Thomas J. Jackson
Henry Wirz
Nathan Bedford Forrest
26
At which battle, did the 54th Regiment, led by Robert G. Shaw, take the lead in?
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Vicksburg
Wilderness
27
The battle of Gettysburg was
NOT
the battle that cut the Confederacy into two
a devastating defeat for the Confederates
a battle with heavy casualties on both sides
the last time the South invaded the North
28
Which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg Address?
You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful...
We are not prepared for this suffrage. But we can learn
The world will little note...but it can never forget
All persons held as slaves within any State...forever free
29
What did Grant focus on capturing to gain complete control of the Mississippi River?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
30
Why was David Farragut's victory in April 1862 so important?
It protected the Union capital from Confederate takeover
It boosted morale in the South and prompted Lee to invade
It advanced the Union plan to split the Confederacy into two
It made the South give up the plan of invading the North
31
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Alexander
John C. Calhoun
32
Who was a Union nurse who cared for the sick and wounded on the front lines?
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
Florence Nightingale
Mary Todd Lincoln
33
Who was the Union commander who seized New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Natchez?
David G. Farragut
Ambrose Burnside
Ulysses S. Grant
Willam Tecumseh Sherman
34
Who was the Confederate commander who opposed secession but sided with his beloved state VA
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Thomas J. Jackson
Alexander Stephens
35
What was Clara Barton's role in the Civil War?
Red Cross volunteer
nurse on the battlefield
federal clerk
ordinary soldier
