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What do you know about the Civil War?
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1
One of Lincoln's more controversial moves as President was his suspension of the Writ of what?
Habeas Corpus
Prohibition
Certiorari
Mandamus
2
What plan, with an animal name, was one to try to defeat the South?
Bear
Jackrabbit
Anaconda
Shark
3
Where did the South surrender the Civil War?
Savannah, Georgia
Richmond, Virginia
Washington D.C.
Raleigh, North Carolina
4
What city was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
5
This event introduced Total War; Union army destroys southern cities, farms, railways
Peninsular Campaign
Sherman's March to the Sea
Appomattox Court House
6
Delaware was a border state. A slave state that stayed part of the Union.
False
True
7
Who was the main general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
George Pickett
P.G.T. Beauregard
8
Which killed more men in the Civil War?
Disease
Bullets
9
Who was the main general of the Union army at the end of the war?
George McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Stonewall Jackson
10
Which of these was the North's weakness going into the Civil War?
Railroads
Population
Military Leadership
Farms
11
Using the information in the table above,
how do you think Union citizens felt
about the war after Chancellorsville?
Concerned
Confident
12
What's the name of the ship that battled the CSS Virginia?
USS Ironsides
USS Merrimack
USS Constitution
USS Monitor
13
Who lead the Confederacy at the battle of Fort Sumter?
Nathan Bedford Forrest
William T. Sherman
Stonewall Jackson
P.G.T. Beauregard
14
Ironclads made wooden fleets everywhere obsolete
False
True
15
Which of these was the weakness of the South going into the Civil War?
Pride
Size of the South
Military Leadership
Economy/Transportation Systems
16
What organization was formed as part of the Civil War?
Red Cross
U.S. Marines
NATO
EU
17
What
battle
was the bloodiest of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
Manassas
18
Who was the first, and only, President of the Confederacy?
Bernard Bee
George Pickett
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
19
What was the North’s one official goal at the
START
of the Civil War?
To protect the northern way of life
To preserve the Union
To abolish slavery
To drive slave states out of the Union
20
The bloodiest
day
of the Civil War occurred in what battle?
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
21
What did Abraham Lincoln announce that made all slaves in the Confederacy free?
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
1860 Inaugural Address
Habeas Corpus
22
What is the definition of Civil War?
None of the above
A war fought within the same continent
A war fought by people within the same country
A war between two rival countries
23
After which battle was the Confederacy divided into 2 parts; Union controls the Mississippi River (July 4, 1863)
Fredicksburg
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
24
Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Fredericksburg
Antietam
25
Ironclads played an especially crucial role in the Union effort to open the Mississippi River
False
True
26
Which of the these states did not secede from the United States?
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
27
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Warren G. Harding
28
Who led a "March to the Sea?"
Ulysses S. Grant
P.G.T Beauregard
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
29
On the following map
what section
shows the Southern region of the United States?
D
B
C
A
30
Which of the following
BEST
explains the high number of injuries during the Civil War?
the use of railroads to transport goods to the troops in the field
generals who refused to fight and soldiers who deserted
bad weather and lack of food for the troops
better weapons and technology, and officers who followed old tactics
31
What was added to ships during the Civil War?
Gatling Guns
Cannons
Iron Plates
Mortars
