The Civil War Big Time Review For 2023

Question 1

What state was the Battle of Gettysburg fought in?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 2

What did Congressman Preston Brooks beat Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with?

Accepted Answer

His Cane

Question 3

Political party that started in the 1850s to specifically stop the westward spread of slavery

Accepted Answer

Republicans

Question 4

The problem Lincoln continued to have with General McClellan was he moved too fast and careless

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Who won the First Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 6

How many states eventually joined the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 7

Act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not.

Accepted Answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 8

In order to control oceans and rivers, a new type of ship with iron armor was created called

Accepted Answer

Iron Clad

Question 9

On April 2, 1865, the Union finally captured the Confederate capital of __________ Virginia

Accepted Answer

Richmond

Question 10

Most people thought the war would last only 30-90 days

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Secret routes and ways for slaves to escape north to Canada

Accepted Answer

Underground Railraod

Question 12

After the loss at Bull Run, President Lincoln made __________ the Northern General of the East

Accepted Answer

George McClellan

Question 13

First state to secede from the Union in December 1860

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 14

Who was chosen as the first president of the Confederate States of America

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 15

Abe Lincoln and ___________ had a series of debates in 1858 as they both ran for Congress

Accepted Answer

Stephen Douglas

Question 16

Shots fired here started the Civil War on April 12, 1861 at _______________

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

Question 17

Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War took place at ________ Maryland on September 1862

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 18

William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, then led a destructive march to the sea through __________

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 19

The war finally ended on April 9, 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at ______________

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 20

This Union General replaced McClellan as commander of the Northern Army in the East in August 1863

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 21

Battle in July, 1863 where the North gained control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda Plan), cutting the South in half

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 22

Party that was Anti-Catholic and would also not answer questions about slavery saying, "We know nothing"

Accepted Answer

Know Nothing Party

Question 23

Name for the group of states that were slave states, but stayed in the Union

Accepted Answer

Boarder States

Question 24

What countries were considering joining the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

England and France

Question 25

John Brown did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 26

After the Northern Victory at Antietam in the Fall of 1862, Lincoln wrote the ____________

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclomation

Question 27

Person who won the Presidential election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 28

Slave who moved to Illinois with his master, but was denied his freedom by the courts

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott

Question 29

Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 30

Law that said escaped, free slaves in the North could be captured and returned to the south

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

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