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1
Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Zachary Taylor
2
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Summer
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Lexington and Concord
3
Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?
Alan Correnti
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
4
What was Sherman's march across Georgia toward the Atlantic called?
March to the Atlantic
The Cold War
March to the Sea
The Long Siege
5
Who won the Civil War?
The Good Guys
The Union
The Confederacy
The Bad Guys
6
The 13th Amendment...
Made blacks citizens
Abolished slavery
Segregated whites and black
Guaranteed the right to vote for black men
7
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Alabama
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Carolina
8
Elected President of the United States in 1860
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
P.G.T. Beauregard
Jefferson Davis
9
General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea….
Devastated the Southern population’s morale with “total war.”
Both red and blue
None of the above
Further divided the Confederacy, blocking the movement of resources East.
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Which of these was the North's weakness going into the Civil War?
Farms
Railroads
Population
Military Leadership
11
The United States Colored Troops (USCT)…
Were treated as equals by white officers
Mainly acted as servants to their white counterparts
Both red and orange
Were commanded by white officers
12
For the South, what was the main goal of the Civil War?
To become the wealthiest nation in the world
To be recognized as an independent nation
To be declared slaveholders
To enslave all Northerners
13
For what occasion did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
The end of slavery
The end of the Battle of Gettysburg
The dedication of a national cemetery
The end of the Civil War
14
Name of the new nation that was formed when the southern states succeeded from the Union
The Union
The Confederate States of America
The Dirty South
United States of the Confederacy
15
Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Green
Dred Scott
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
16
What were the two major areas in which the Northern States and Southern States differed?
Economy and Culture
Language and Education
Transportation and Waterways
Food Production and Culture
17
What was one of the South's main advantages?
Excellent military leaders
A larger population
Belief in states' rights
Strong industries
18
Why was slavery more common in the South than in the North?
Northerners were more racist
The land in the North was better for plantations
The land in the South was better for plantations
Southerners were more racist
19
The Emancipation Proclamation…
Freed the slaves in the Confederate States only
Freed all of the black soldiers and gave them a piece of farmland
Freed all of the slaves in the Union on January 1, 1863
Freed all of the slaves on January 1, 1863
20
Many Civil War soldiers died off the battlefield due to...
Southern slave owners looking for revenge
Infections following surgery
Serial killers wielding surgical instruments
Dysentery
21
What did Abraham Lincoln announce that made all slaves in the Confederacy free?
Habeas Corpus
Gettysburg Address
1860 Inaugural Address
Emancipation Proclamation
22
Who was the Confederate President during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Donald Trump
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
23
Which of the following was the capital of the Confederacy?
Philadelphia, PA
Richmond, VA
Washington, DC
Charleston, SC
24
What were abolitionists?
People who wanted states rights
People who wanted to secede from the Union
People who wanted slavery in the new territories
People who wanted to end slavery
25
Who was the main general of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
26
How many people died in the Civil War?
75,000
620,000
62,000
520,000
27
Sherman's March effectively destroyed Georgia due to his use of
Total War
Total Destruction
Total Death
Total Anniliation
28
Which of the following is an advantage of the Union Army?
More money
Better military leaders
More supplies
Home field advantage
29
Why was the raid on Harper's Ferry important?
It was successful
It made Northerners want to fight
It caused Southerners to start militias
It armed slaves
30
Photography during the Civil War…
Is currently an invaluable resource for historical research
Extensively recorded a conflict in photograohic images for the first time
Was the beginning of war time photojournalism
All of the above
31
In 1859, this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to ignite a slave insurrection.
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Ulysses S. Grant
32
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
Foriegn Invasion
Taxes
Immigration
Slavery
33
Which of the following was NOT a common hardship faced by soldiers in the Civil War?
Disease and injury
Dehydration and Starvation
Imprisonment
Submarine Accidents
34
How did the victory at Gettysburg help the United States?
Union soldiers were allowed to go home and help on the farm
The Confederate Army surrendered, ending the war.
There was more food for American families
American hopes were lifted believing that the war could be won
35
Which of these cities was the capital of the Confederacy?
Atlanta, Georgia
Washington, DC
Baltimore, Maryland
Richmond, Virginia
36
Which of the following was added to the United States Constitution as a result of the Civil War?
27th
5th
Bill of Rights
13th
37
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
Georgia
Missouri
South Carolina
West Virginia
38
Which of the following was the capital of the Union during the Civil War?
Boston, MA
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
RIchmond, VA
39
Which of the following was NOT true of the South before the Civil War?
They used slave labor
They had many factories and railroads
They believed in states rights
They had plantation agriculture
40
This compromise was made a decade prior to the Civil War to ease tensions over the issue of slavery in new territories
California Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
New York Compromise
Missouri Compromise
41
What organization was formed as part of the Civil War?
Red Cross
US Marine Corps
CIA
NATO
42
What is the word for "to leave the Union?"
Succeed
Abdicate
Secede
Rebel
43
This woman started the American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix
Florence Nightengale
Clara Barton
Molly Pitcher
44
Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Shiloh
45
Who was the main general for the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
46
Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 23,000 casualties in 12 hours at
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg
47
John Brown went on to lead a Union Brigade in the Civil War
True
False
48
Lincoln was assassinated by _______ after the war in April 1865
James Earl Jones
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Hinkley Jr.
John Wilkes Booth
49
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 even though he was not on the ballot in some states.
True
False
50
What were the common ways people at home learned about the war?
Internet, newspapers, photgraphs
TV, Radio, Newspaper
Newspapers, photographs, and letters
Photographs, Twitter, IG
