Civil War Test

Which of the following is not true about the Gettysburg Address?

Put the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in order...

What was the name of the bullet that helped make the Civil War so deadly?

An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions behind confederate lines.

Total war, North destroyed supplies, broke railroads, wrecked havoc on Georgia

Conscription refers to...

Most common surgery of the Civil War

Which of the following is NOT true?

A three-part plan to surround and squeeze the Confederacy until they surrendered.

Talented Calvary general for the South, racist who killed many black POW's and later led the KKK

This Confederate general led his troops at Bull Run and got a nickname for standing tall and firm in the face of battle.

Which of the following did the emancipation proclamation NOT do?

Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?

Worst Confederate prison, and approximately 1/3 of its prisoners would die because of the appalling conditions.

Lincoln passed the first ever______on people who made over 800 dollars a year to help fund the war?

Yankees/union___________and Confederates/Rebels_________________

Terrible general for the north, never attacked, got fired by Lincoln...ran against him in 1864 president election

When general grant constantly attacked Lee for 40 days towards the end of the war, really depleting the southern army

Which of the following is true about the Freedmen's Bureau?

Siege that took almost three months, gave North full control of the Mississippi

The first shot fired in the Civil War were fired at this place.

This Confederate General led the Southern Army and is remembered as one of the great military leaders of all time.

Why were people upset during the New York Draft riots?

Nurse during the Civil War, founded the American Red Cross

The time period after the Civil War was known as_____________

What advantages did the South have during the civil war?

Union victory, the turning point in the war. It was the only major battle to occur with the South invaded the North.

What killed the majority of soldiers during the civil war?

Who was the president of the South during the Civil War?

What is NOT true about sharecropping?

This battle was the bloodiest single day in U.S. History, Emancipation Proclamation issued after this

What city did William T. Sherman capture to secure Lincoln's 1864 election?

Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

Which of the following is the advantages for the north?

Order requiring a prisoner before the court to determine whether they are being held legally. Lincoln suspended this.