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1
What General demanded "unconditional surrender?"
George McClellan
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Stonewall Jackson
2
What fort fell on the same day as Gettysburg, which lost the Mississippi River for the south?
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Donelson
Henry
3
The northern prison that was horrific located in Chicago was named
Camp Anderson
Camp Grant
Camp Houston
Camp Douglas
4
The "turning point of the war" was
Chancellorville
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
5
Lincoln went against his cabinets advice and sent supply ships to__________, which caused the south to start the war.
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie
Fort McHenry
6
Who gave John Brown $10,000 to start a slave rebellion?
The Free Soil League
The No Nothings
The Secret Abolition Club
The Secret Six
7
What element of "total war" involves civilians?
scorched earth
no prisioner exchange
meatgrinder
blockade
8
Stephan A Douglas organized the Kansas-Nebraska territory for settlement because he wanted
to put a stop to the killing in Kansas
the railroad coming out of Chicago
stop John Brown''s raids in Kansas
get the telegraph through to California
9
Abraham Lincoln promised to leave ___________ alone where it already existed.
tyranny
immigration
expansion
slavery
10
Who did Northern Abolitionists call the "New Messiah"
Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
John Brown
11
Robert E Lee's home Arlington was made into a
shelter for the homeless
soldier refuge
national cemetery
museum
12
Lincoln used his "War Powers" in order to suspend
martial law
states' rights
habeas corpus
right to bear arms
13
______________ started the nuring corps.
Harriet Tubman
Dorthea Dix
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
14
"Lee's right arm" was ______________
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Ulysses S. Grant
James Longstreet
15
Lincoln used his "War Powers" in order to issue the______________
Linncoln Files
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Freedom
Emancipation Proclamation
16
The first southern state to secede was
Virginia
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
17
At the beginning of the war, Lincoln did not believe that slavery should be allowed in the ___________
United States
slave states
world
territories
18
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson got his nickname at the battle of
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chancellorville
Bull Run
19
Who wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorthea Dix
20
Nat Turner's rebellion caused Southerners to pass strict slave codes making it illeagel to ____________
free slaves
hold church services
leave the plantation for any reason
teach slaves to read and write
21
The educated slave that started a slave rebellion in the South
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
Henry Box Brown
John Brown
22
Who was Lee's "old war horse?"
Stonewall Jackson
James Longstreet
Jeb Stuart
William T Sherman
23
What Union General implemented "total war?"
Ulysess S Grant
George Meade
George McClellan
Robert E Lee
24
What Confederate General was accidentially shot by his own men?
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S Grant
George McClellan
James Longstreet
25
John Brown raided Harper's Ferry in order to
start a slave rebellion
carry out a plot to kill Jefferson Davis
gather southerners to join his group
recruit abolitionists for the cause
26
The "bloodiest day of the war" refers to what battle?
Antietam
Chancellorville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
27
The Confederate General who taught his all black Sunday school to read was ____________
James Longstreet
Jeb Stuart
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E Lee
28
What did the Northerner's oppose because it would limit their workforce.
cheap western land
slavery
Underground Railroad
the railroad
29
What general implemented "scorched earth" on the infamous "march to the sea"
Ulysses S Grant
William T Sherman
George McClellan
Phil Sheridan
30
The belief that "the people should decide" if they were to have slavery or not is called
democracy
lassiez faire
popular sovereignty
tyranny
31
_____________ ran against Lincoln in 1864 and favored ending the war and letting the South go.
George McClellan
John C. Breckinridge
Elkainah Bent
John C. Calhoun
32
The excuse George McClellan kept using to not attack was that he was__________
on bad ground
surrounded
lacking supplies
outnumbered
33
The first soldier that Lincoln asked to lead the union troops was________
Winfield Scott
George McClellan
Robert E Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
34
The political party that was formed to stop the expansion of slavery into new territories was the _______________ party.
Democrat
Republican
Know-nothing
Whig
35
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a cause of
California coming in as a free state
Bleeding Kansas
South Carolina seceding
Nat Turner's Rebellion
36
The southern prison that help union officers was called
Libby
Folsum
Camp Douglas
Andersonville
37
Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
38
The last major battle in the Civil War before Lee abandoned Richmond
Five Forks
Overland
Crater
Cold Harbor
39
The first major battle of the Civil War was
Gettysburg
Shiloah
Bull Run
Antietam
40
The Capitol of the Confederacy was
Washington, DC
Richmond, Virginia
Columbia, South Carolina
Austin, Texas
41
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
42
What percent of Southerner's owned slaves?
30%
75%
50%
27%
43
Robert E Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on
April 24, 1899
April 19, 1875
April 12, 1861
April 9, 1865
44
Stephan A Douglas proposed the
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
War Powers Act
45
Eventhough Robert E Lee did not believe in slavery or secession he fought for the south because he
"wanted to kill Yankee's"
believed Lincoln was evil
"could not raise his sword against Virginia"
hated the Union
46
In total how many southern states seceded to become the Confederate States of America?
11
15
6
7
47
The "meatgrinder" gave Ulysses S Grant what nickname?
the butcher
the slaughterer
the executioner
the killer angel
48
What amendment ended slavery?
12th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
10th Amendment
49
In the last year of the war, how many union soliders died?
2,000
625,000
100,000
200,000
50
The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the possibility of __________ in the territory
tyranny
slavery
freedom
oppression
51
Lincoln called her, "the little lady who started the war."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorthea Dix
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
52
The Civil War ended on June 23, 1865 when _____________ became the last Confederate General to surrender.
Josey Wales
Stonewall Jackson
Stand Waite
Robert E Lee
53
The Civil War began on
April 12, 1861
April 9, 1865
April 19, 1864
April 10, 1865
54
In what battle were 7,000 Union soldiers killed in 45 minutes
Chancellorville
Cold Harbor
Five Forks
Wilderness
55
When Lincoln took his oath he swore to ____________
execute Confederate leaders
end slavery immediately
preserve and protect the union
conquer the south