The Civil War Test

In what town did General Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865?

How long was the battlefield at Gettysburg, particularly where Pickett focused his charge?

Failed compromise, Uncle Tom's Cabin, & poor presidential leadership are all examples of what?

At the Battle of Hampton Roads ironclad ships fought for the first time. What were their names?

She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that greatly influenced Northern attitudes toward slavery

A wedge tent was made up of what?

TheCivil War was the first of what type of war?

In what town did General Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865?

This was a key Confederate battle strategy of the Civil War

What was the pre-Civil War economy of the Southern states based upon?

In what state was there so much violence that some believe the Civil War started there in 1857?

This was a key Union strategy during the Civil War

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Dred Scott vs. Sanford?

Stereoscopic images were taken during the Civil War. For our purposes stereoscopic means what?

Putting the ideals of your region or state ahead of that of the nation is called this:

This guy was an abolitionist who murdered an entire family and got away with it.

Union and Confederate troops spent a lot of down time in camp and spent much of it here:

This battle was the bloodiest day in American hisory with approximately 23,000 casualties

The First Battle of Bull Run gave General Jackson what nickname?

Lincoln promoted two major concepts in the Gettysburg address. What were they?

In what town did General Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865?

By the end of the war he was the supreme Union commander and  given the nickname "The Butcher"

Confederate forces were low on saltpeter to make gunpowder and collected this to make up for it

What did slave revolts in the South lead to?

What did Robert E. Lee do after the Civil War?

Which of these statements is false?

What was the money printed during the Civil War called?

In class we discussed many reasons for the Civil War, but every reason lead to this causation.

What did Lincoln mean when he said: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

According to our Pickett's Charge demonstration, how long did it take to march the battlefield?

During Civil War Capture the Flag the South was forced to walk. What did that represent?

This political party was established in 1854 in opposition to the spread of slavery

What two major weapons developments shifted the way modern wars are fought?

Whatforeign ally was the South looking for when Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation?   

He was the United States Senator who proposed popular sovereignty

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in what section of the nation?

Panicovercame New York as Lee’s army approached and the result was what unpleasant event(s)? 

President Lincoln believed that:

He was a former slave who encouraged Lincoln to get other former slaves to fight for the Union.

This man won the presidency in 1860:

This was a food staple of both Union and Confederate troops and often infested with weevils.

Put the following events in order:

He led the 1859 raid and attempted slave uprising at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

South Carolina was the first state to secede because of the:

Who suffered: hand to hand combat, destruction of their homes, and lives with disabilities?

The turning point of the Civil War was this Confederate loss.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in what section of the nation?

Before the Emancipation Proclamation the primary goal of the North was to do what?

The Confederacy held few advantages at the beginning of the war, what was one of them?

Which early Civil War battle took place near Manassas and was a surprising Confederate win?