Civil War- Chapter 15

Question 1

Midwesterners that felt sorry for the South and were against abolition were called contrabands.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

A failed attack at Gettysburg was known as:

Accepted Answer

Pickett's Charge

Question 3

Civil War soldiers mainly died from:

Accepted Answer

diseases

Question 4

After which battle did the North give up hope that the war would end quickly

Accepted Answer

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 5

What was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam

Question 6

When 7 southern states seceded from the Union, Abraham Lincoln :

Accepted Answer

refused to recognize secession

Question 7

Which of Lincoln's speeches and writings reflected ideas that "All men are created equal"?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 8

African Americans made up the:

Accepted Answer

54th Massachusetts Infantry

Question 9

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 10

During the Civil War, who worked in factories, farms, and plantations?

Accepted Answer

women

Question 11

Which Union admiral captured the city of New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

Farragut

Question 12

Who was the volunteer who organized nurses and the Red Cross?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 13

The Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide against the Confederates.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

To prevent the South from buying or selling goods, the North:

Accepted Answer

made a naval blockade with ships

Question 15

The Civil War ended in:

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 16

General Sherman marched with his troops through Georgia and practiced:

Accepted Answer

total war

Question 17

Which Union general waged total war against the South?

Accepted Answer

Sherman

Question 18

Which General accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender?

Accepted Answer

General Grant

Question 19

The__________was deeply divided over the issue of slavery.

Accepted Answer

border states

Question 20

Great Britain offered economic support to the South during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Which Confederate general was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

Lee

Question 22

After the war was over:

Accepted Answer

the South was in ruins

Question 23

The Battle of Gettysburg was important because:

Accepted Answer

it ended Lee's hopes of advancing into northern territory

Question 24

Which attack did General Grant lead that gave the North control of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 25

The Emancipation Proclamation

Accepted Answer

freed slaves in the Confederacy only

Question 26

Scott's Great Snake was

Accepted Answer

a plan to defeat the Confederacy

Question 27

What gave a speech praising the bravery of Union troops at Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln

Question 28

In the West, the Union wanted to take control of:

Accepted Answer

the Mississippi River

Question 29

When troops destroy railroads, bridges, crops, livestock, plantations, and freed slaves, it :

Accepted Answer

total war

Question 30

Contrabands were escaped slaves who fought with the Union Army.

Accepted Answer

True

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