Chapter 17: Civil War

Question 1

After the FirstBattleofBullRun Lincoln appointed McClellan to lead the Union army of the East.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The North’s war plan came from which hero of the war with Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Winfield Scott

Question 3

Border states remained in the Union but were divided over which side to support in the War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What was the name of the Union's plan to control the Mississippi River and cut off supplies?

Accepted Answer

the Anaconda Plan

Question 5

What battle in Tennessee was named after a small church?

Accepted Answer

Shiloh

Question 6

Which general ordered Pickett’s Charge?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 7

What did the North offer to encourage volunteers for its army?

Accepted Answer

bounties

Question 8

What is habeas corpus?

Accepted Answer

a legal order that guarantees a prisoner rights to court

Question 9

Which battle forced Union troops to retreat to Jacksonville?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Olustee

Question 10

The Union wanted control of both the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers to split the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Why is Appomattox Court House famous?

Accepted Answer

It was the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender.

Question 12

What did President Lincoln sign on January 1, 1863?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 13

Where did General P.G.T. Beauregard fight against General Irvin McDowell?

Accepted Answer

at the First Battle of Bull Run

Question 14

Where did William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea begin?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta, Georgia

Question 15

Most Peace Democrats came from which region of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Midwestern states

Question 16

Which battle began on July 1, 1863?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 17

During the Civil War, the South had an advantage over the North because of its larger army.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Confederate victories in the East were largely due to the leadership of Lee and Jackson.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Why did some schools and churches close during the war?

Accepted Answer

to serve as hospitals for the wounded

Question 20

Which April battle lasted only 2 days but included some of the most bloody fighting of the war?

Accepted Answer

Shiloh

Question 21

How did abolitionists view slavery?

Accepted Answer

as a moral wrong that needed to be stopped

Question 22

In what position did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

nurse

Question 23

What was the main goal of the North at the beginning of the war?

Accepted Answer

to reunite the country

Chapter 17: Civil War

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Chapter 17: Civil War

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