Civil War Test Review

Question 1

The________ is the selection of people to serve in the army whether or not they wish to serve.

Accepted Answer

draft

Question 2

Early in the war, soldiers went into battle with little training.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The __________ Army, led by Robert E. Lee, had the most skilled generals and woregray uniforms.

Accepted Answer

Confederate

Question 4

What is the 15th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Gave any race the right to vote

Question 5

Many people in the north wanted to fight in the war...

Accepted Answer

to preserve the Union.

Question 6

Why did the soldiers use bayonets?

Accepted Answer

To battle their enemy in close combat.

Question 7

Soldiers who fought in the Civil War...

Accepted Answer

. had to search for food and water.

Question 8

Which side did more African Americans fight for?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 9

How did the soldiers feel about the draft?

Accepted Answer

Thought it was unfair for the rich to get out of the war.

Question 10

At the beginning of the war, both sides thought it would last over 5 years.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

When the south seceded, they called their new country the...

Accepted Answer

Confederate States of America

Question 12

Since people living in the South had a lack of food, where did they get food from?

Accepted Answer

They stole from orchards and the Union Army.

Question 13

Lincoln passed the ____________________, which freed slaves in Confederate states.

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 14

Which side wanted states to have more decision making power (think states' rights)?

Accepted Answer

South

Question 15

Which of the following is a technology that helped troops communicate over long distances?

Accepted Answer

telegraph

Question 16

Compared with the North, the South had more...

Accepted Answer

plantations

Question 17

Which side won the war?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 18

Seven Southern states chose to ____________________, or withdraw from, the United States.

Accepted Answer

secede

Question 19

What is the 13th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Ended slavery

Question 20

During the Civil War, what is true for the medicines doctors used?

Accepted Answer

Medicines sometimes ran out or were harmful.

Question 21

Why did Confederate doctors need to use tree branches for splints and cucumbers for burns?

Accepted Answer

ran out of supplies

Question 22

What is the 14th Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Gave African Americans the rights of citizens

Question 23

Why were workers in the North called “free labor”?

Accepted Answer

They could choose their own jobs.

Question 24

The different ways of life of the north and south helped develop their ____________________.

Accepted Answer

sectionalism

Question 25

Why did armies often dig trenches when defending themselves against attackers?

Accepted Answer

Trenches protected them while firing at attackers.

Question 26

Soldiers during the Civil War often had to eat dry biscuits called __________.

Accepted Answer

hardtack

Question 27

Which of the following was NOT an effect of cannon balls exploding?

Accepted Answer

hungry from lack of food

Question 28

Who was the general of the Union Army who eventually became President of the US?

Accepted Answer

General Ulysses S. Grant

Question 29

Why is the Civil War the deadliest war in American history?

Accepted Answer

It was Americans fighting against other Americans.

Question 30

Which people group made up most of the soldiers?

Accepted Answer

poor farmers

Question 31

What happened at Appomattox?

Accepted Answer

Lee surrendered to Grant ending the war.

Question 32

Which group was most angry about the election of Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

Southern slave owners

Question 33

A(n) ____________________ is a person who wanted to end slavery.

Accepted Answer

abolitionist

Question 34

_____________ soldiers wore dark blue uniforms.

Accepted Answer

Union

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Civil War Test Review

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