Civil War Test - 2022

Pick two of the turning points of the Civil War that turned the tide in favor of the North

A tax on people's earnings is called:

Confederate attempt on last day of Gettysburg that failed with a large number of casualties?

Which battle helped President Lincoln get reelected in 1864?

At which battle was Lee and the Confederate Army turned back in 1863?

What two parts did the North get out of the Compromise of 1850?

The captured Union ship that the South rebuilt was originally named what?

1863 victory for the South, during which General Stonewall Jackson was killed by one of his own soldiers?

The North had the advantage of having the better military officers at the start of the Civil War:

In what state did the battle of Gettysburg take place?

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Name the battle where the North won complete control of the Mississippi River

Which state was the battle of Manassas/Bull Run in?

Name the city that Sherman marched to from Atlanta on his "March to the Sea".

What was the name of the first battle during which the Northern army panicked and ran away?

The author of the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was named:

What was the reaction of many Northerners to "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

Admission of what territory to the Union as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware were important states to Lincoln and the Union. They were known as:

General Sherman made his famous "March to the Sea" at which time he made all-out war, burning farms, crops, called

Which was not part of the Northern strategy to win the war?

The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War was:

What does the word "draft" mean?

What is the meaning of the word "abolition"?

Warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit and run tactics

Both the North and the South instituted this in order to meet the need for more troops:

In what state did the siege of Vicksburg take place?

What city were the first shots of the war fired at Fort Sumter?

An 1854 law that established Kansas and Nebraska territories, all settlers had the right of popular sovereignty:

A betrayal, or action against one's country, is called

What were two parts of the Fugitive Slave Act created from the Compromise of 1850?

What did they call a Northerner who was opposed to using force to keep Southern states in the Union?

Which of these states is not in the Union?

What do you call a place where guns are stored?

An ironclad Union warship was named what?