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1
What was the name for the Northern war strategy developed by Gen. Winfield Scott?
King Cotton
Yankee Plan
Mississippi Plan
Anaconda Plan
2
What does Shiloh mean in Hebrew?
Fertile Valley
Clear Blue Water
Land of Plenty
Place of Peace
3
For what occasion did Abraham Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
To end the Civil War
To end the battle of Gettysburg
To end slavery
Dedication of a national cemetery
4
What freed the slaves in the states that were in rebellion?
the 11th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Governors
5
What were the common ways people at home learned about the war?
Letters, internet, and photographs
Photographs, television, and letters
Internet, newspapers, and photographs
Newspapers, photographs, and letters
6
What Happened at Fort Sumter?
All correct
Union surrenders, no casualties, start of the Civil War
Confederacy attacked for 34 hours straight
Union soldiers were low on men and supplies
7
Who were the “border ruffians”?
Men who attacked federal troops marching to Washington, D.C.
Americans who lived in border states during the Civil War
Proslavery Missourians who rushed to Kansas after KS-NE Act
British in Canada threatened Lincoln with war
8
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
Lee Harvy Oswald
Ambrose Burnside
Stephen Douglas
John Wilkes Booth
9
Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the basis that:
Slavery was immoral and unjust
Certain states allowed African Americans to vote
He had spent time in a free state and territory
He had been kidnapped and sold into slavery
10
What required the North to capture runaway slaves and return them to the South
Wilmot Proviso
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
11
What is the Underground Railroad?
System of routes and tunnels used to escape slavery
Used North Star and other natural markers to escape North
All Correct
Conductors led passenger "slaves" to stations "safe houses"
12
Who was the superintendent of nurses who required applicants to be “very plain looking”?
Clara Barton
Louisa May Alcott
Lucretia Mott
Dorthea Dix
13
Who planned a slave rebellion by attempting to capture weapons at Harpers Ferry, VA?
Ambrose Burnside
Frederick Douglas
Dred Scott
John Brown
14
What is the name of the common food eaten by Confederate soldiers?
Yankee bread
Plumb pudding
Cush
Hardtack
15
What sparked the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862?
The creation of Fort Abercrombie
eggs
Settlers moving into Dakota land
A trader stole annuity payments from the Dakota
16
What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?
An important Confederate battle victory
The final surrender of the Confederate Army
Sherman burned it to the ground
An important Union battle victory
17
Why did Lincoln choose to present the Emancipation Proclamation after the battle of Antietam?
Lincoln hoped to raise the morale of Union soldiers.
Lincoln needed to issue it after a Union victory.
Antietam was the first battle in a border state.
Antietam was the most deadly battle of the Civil War.
18
Which of the following is the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, VA
Charleston, SC
New Orleans, LA
St. Louis, MO
19
What compromise, made prior to the Civil War, eased tensions over slavery in new territories?
Missouri Compromise
California Compromise
New Mexico-Utah Compromise
Compromise of 1870
20
Who led the Dakota during the uprising of 1862?
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Tecumseh
Little Crow
21
What does "surrender unconditionally" mean?
No guarantees given
negotiations can be made
immediate cease fire
surrendering party lies on ground until taken into custody
22
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
23
What escaped slave became known for his oratory skills and started the North Star newspaper?
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglass
24
What was the name of the Confederate Ironclad warship?
USS Monitor
USS Merrimack
CSS Savannah
CSS Virginia
25
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
South Carolina
26
what was the name for a Northern Democrat that wanted peace with the South?
A Traitor
Confederate Sympathizer
Copperhead
Diamondback
27
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
Slavery
Taxes
Immigration
Foreign Invasion
28
What event took place on April 12th, 1861?
Attack on Fort Sumter, start of the Civil War
Confederate surrender, end of Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
29
What is it called when the decision to be a free or slave state is left up to the people?
Popular Decision
Popular Sovereignty
Slave Vote
Emancipation Vote
30
During the Civil War, what were Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri called?
Border States
Confederate States
Alliance States
Rebel States
31
Who was the head general for the Confederate Army throughout the war?
Ulysses S Grant
Thomas Jackson
Robert E Lee
William Sherman
32
How was the Union victory at Vicksburg the key to winning the war?
Mississippi under Union control & split Confederacy in half
gave the Union control over vital forts
More waterways were open for fishing
destroyed southern morale
33
What Union general conducted a "Total War" of destruction across the South?
George McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Robert E Lee
34
Which of the following was NOT widely used during the Civil War?
The Telegraph
Dog Tags
Rifled Firearms
Ironclad Ships
35
The bill that would have banned slavery in the territories obtained from Mexico is called?
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
36
What happened during "Bleeding Kansas"?
"Border Ruffians" crossed into KS to cast vote for slavery
All answers are correct
800 armed men looted and burned antislavery town of Lawrence
abolitionists murdered 5 men in a proslavery settlement
37
What battle ended up being the single bloodiest day of the war?
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Antietam
Fort Sumter
38
What was the blood-curdling scream unleashed by the Confederates during battle?
Rebel Charge
Rebel Yell
Confederate Scream
Confederate Yell
39
What individual at the Lower Sioux Agency said, “Let them eat grass!”
Andrew Myrick
Henry Sibley
Abraham Lincoln
Ambrose Burnside
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Dorthea Dix
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mary Todd Lincoln
