What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse?

General Lee surrendered to General Grant

Which of the following were border states?

Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware

What was the Anaconda Plan?

Union strategy to defeat the South by surrounding it

Which argument did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern States?

The government was a union of people and not of states.

If someone in the North called you a "Copperhead", what did they mean?

You wanted peace with the Confederacy

The chart indicates that

as many deaths occurred in Civil War as all other U.S. wars

The North’s rapid economic growth during the Civil War was stimulated by

increased government demand for many products

Use of a navy to prevent ships from leaving a port

When was Lincoln assassinated?

Days after General Lee surrendered

A major result of the Civil War was that the

Federal Government’s power over the States was strengthened

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Civil War Quiz. Covers advantages/disadvantages, strategies, major battles, home front, end of war.

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1
What was the bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
2
Who was the Confederate President during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Abraham Lincoln
3
Definition: To force people to join the military.
Homefront
Contraband
Conscription
Feasible
4
What was Lincoln's main objective when the war began?
Suspend habeus corpus
Punish the Confederacy
Preserve the Union
Abolish slavery
5
Which of these is not an advantage that the South had?
Cotton farming
Population
Motivation to fight
Experienced military leaders
6
Which of these was not an advantage that the North had?
Agricultural society
Strong central government
Industrialized cities
Large navy
7
Who was the main Confederate General during the Civil War?
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
8
How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free in the Union states?
1/2
0
All of them
Only the slaves in the border states
9
Which side tried to get support from European countries?
Confederacy
Neither
Union
Both
10
In which battle did the Union finally gain complete control of the Mississippi River?
Petersburg
Vicksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
11
What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse?
General Grant surrounded the Courthouse and captured Gen Lee
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
Lincoln was assassinated inside by John Wilkes Booth
General Lee beat Gen Grant in the final battle of the war
12
Who was the Union President during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S Grant
13
At the beginning of the war, neither side was able to gain the upper hand and win. This is a...
Prejudice
Stalemate
Reinforcement
Maimed
14
The Civil War affected the northern economy by
increasing unemployment rates
stimulating industrialization
causing a severe depression
decreasing demand for agricultural products
15
The map depicts the Union strategy called the
Copperhead Plan
Anaconda Plan
March to the Sea
Scalawag Strategy
16
Which of the following were border states?
Texas, Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Iowa
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
17
To win battles, commanders had to know the land around them. This means they had to know the...
Strategy
Terrain
Seige
Telegraph
18
What was the 13th Amendment?
Outlawed slavery in the US
Gave women the right to vote
Gave blacks the right to vote.
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy
19
Which of the following was NOT a new technology used in the Civil War?
Train
Tank
Telegraph
Gatlin gun
20
What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Antietam
21
What is an iron clad?
A type of submarine
A warship covered in metal
A type of cannon
A horse
22
What was the bloodiest multi-day battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Second Battle of Bull Run
New Orleans
23
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Antietam
24
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Southern strategy to defeat North by capturing Washington DC
Union strategy to capture Richmond quickly
Union strategy to defeat the South by surrounding it
Southern strategy to blockade the North
25
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided all of the following services to freed slaves except
medical care
clothing
education
40 acres and a mule
26
Which of the following things did women not do in the war?
Command troops
Treat the wounded
Spy
Take over all the men's duties at home
27
Which argument did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern States?
The government was a union of people and not of states.
Southern States did not permit people to vote on secession.
As Commander in Chief, he had the duty to defend the US
Slavery was not profitable.
28
Why did the Confederacy want a long, defensive war?
To show the Union who is boss
To kill lots of Union troops
To get the Union to surrender
To show the world that they could survive
29
If someone in the North called you a "Copperhead", what did they mean?
You were a poisonous snake
You were had a strong helmet made of copper
You were dumb, as if your head was filled with copper
You wanted peace with the Confederacy
30
The election results shown on the map most clearly reflect the influence of
ethnic conflicts
sectional differences
nationalist motives
political stability
31
1862 law encouraged settlement West by offering 160 acres of land to anyone who improved it?
Homestead Act
Reconstruction Act
National Banking Act
Morrill Act
32
The chart indicates that
fewer deaths occurred in the Vietnam War than the Korean War
as many deaths occurred in Civil War as all other U.S. wars
more deaths occurred during World War II than the Civil War
WW I and II were not as costly as many historians claim
33
Prison camp where prisoners died from starvation and disease?
Shiloh
Andersonville
Antietam
Fredricksburg
34
Who was the main Union General by the end of the Civil War?
Ulysses S Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E Lee
Jefferson Davis
35
The North’s rapid economic growth during the Civil War was stimulated by
the elimination of taxes on defense industries
enslaved persons filling industrial jobs
increased government demand for many products
a reduction in the number of immigrants
36
What is a blockade?
To injure badly
A new type of bullet invented by Abraham Lincoln
Use of a navy to prevent ships from leaving a port
To surround a city to cut off the defenders inside from help
37
When was Lincoln assassinated?
At the beginning of the Civil War
A year after General Lee surrendered
Days after General Lee surrendered
Right before General Lee surrendered
38
A major result of the Civil War was that the
economic system of the South came to dominate the US economy
Southern States gained control of the legislative branch
Federal Government’s power over the States was strengthened
nation’s industrial development came to a standstill

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