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1
What crucial decision did Grant make in 1864?
He would attack and capture Richmond, no matter the cost.
He would order Sherman to march through Texas.
He would wait for Lee to invade the North again.
He would fight more cautiously.
2
Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, and Harriet Tubman all participated in
WHAT
during the Civil War?
law
teaching
farm and household work
nursing
3
Why did Lincoln wait until after the battle at Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
He thought the Proclamation would help him get reelected.
The Proclamation would have more effect after a victory.
He wanted to use the Proclamation to reward his generals.
None of these.
4
Which of the following made Grant a successful Civil War general?
He was willing to fight and to take chances.
Waited until he had a bigger army than his enemy to attack.
He was cautious and never put his troops in danger.
Wouldn't fight unless he knew the enemy's plans in advance.
5
Which of the following was
NOT
a result of the Civil War?
African Americans were treated equally.
The nation was reunited.
Slavery was ended.
More than 600,000 dead, and 500,000 were wounded.
6
Ulysses S. Grant's early victories in the West hurt the Confederacy because they ...
made it hard for the South to gain support from Europe.
made Lee hesitate to face Grant in battle.
opened two water routes into part of the Confederacy.
threatened Richmond.
7
What were Ulysses S. Grant's surrender terms to Robert E. Lee?
Confederates must surrender weapons and go home peacefully.
All southern officers had to go to jail.
Confederate soldiers had to go to prison camps.
All southerners had to give up their weapons and their land.
8
The Union's main purpose in blockading southern seaports was to ...
stop goods from leaving or reaching the South.
catch southern ships.
catch southern spies.
discourage southerners from joining the Confederate army.
9
Which of the following battles were turning points in the Civil War in 1863?
Gettysburg and Sharpsburg
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Appomattox and Bull Run
Shiloh and Fredericksburg
10
Which of these Union generals were instrumental in finally achieving a victory for the North?
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman
Joseph Johnston and Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan and Irwin McDowell
11
Why did the Emancipation Proclamation have little immediate effect on slavery?
It freed enslaved people only in the North.
It was widely ignored.
It freed enslaved people only in areas fighting the Union.
It was not supported by the abolitionists.
12
"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it" ... who said this?
Horace Greeley
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
13
Which kind of region in the South would be most likely to support the Civil War?
a region with large plantations and many slaves
a region with few major cities
a region close to the Union
a region with poor farms and few slaves
14
Why were battlefield casualties so high during the Civil War?
New weapons often didn't work.
Generals could not agree on a common strategy.
Thousands died charging against more effective weapons.
Ironclads changed naval warfare.
15
Which of the following statements about African Americans in the war is
NOT
true?
African Americans had to serve in all-Black regiments
African American earned less pay than white soldiers
African Americans were reluctant to fight in the war
Leaders had no interest in recruiting African Americans
