Why was the road blocked for the Union retreat at Bull Run?

Spectators from Washington were fleeing

Why did Robert E. Lee turn down Lincoln's request to command the Union Army?

He could not draw his sword against Virginia

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The American Civil War

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1
Which was the first state to seceded from the Union?
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
2
The First Battle of Bull Run was fought in what town?
Washington, D.C.
Manassas, VA
Richmond, VA
Hampton, VA
3
Who is this man?
PGT Beauregard
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
4
Name this Ironclad:
USS Blacksmith
HMS Flounder
USS Monitor
CSS Virginia
5
Why was the road blocked for the Union retreat at Bull Run?
The Confederates beat them there
The bridge was out
Bull Run had flooded
Spectators from Washington were fleeing
6
The Anaconda plan was developed by:
William T. Sherman
Winfield Scott
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
7
What was the cause of the first secession?
Lincoln's election
Lincoln's assassination
Douglas's senate seat
The Fugitive Slave Act
8
A dry, cracker-like food that soldiers often ate as their meal was called:
Saltine
Hardtack
Manna
Pita
9
Why did Robert E. Lee turn down Lincoln's request to command the Union Army?
He had to manage his plantation
He hated to see the country torn apart
He could not bear to see death
He could not draw his sword against Virginia
10
What was the dream of Stephen A. Douglas?
To defeat Abraham Lincoln
To become the richest man in the West
The Trans-Continental Railroad
To earn a senate seat in Illinois
11
T or F: The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott's favor.
True
False
12
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at:
Fort Sumter
Fort Bragg
Fort Drum
Fort Pillow
13
The Battle of Hampton Roads was fought in the _______.
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
City of Hampton
Potomac River
14
The Kansas-Nebraska Act claimed that new states could:
Choose to be free or slave
Take Natives into slavery
Buy stock in the railroad
Find gold in California
15
His friends called Stephen A. Douglas _____.
Daddy Warbucks
the Little Giant
the Big Boss
$tevie Fr@nchi$e

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