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US History I Unit 6: The Civil War
US History I Unit 6: The Civil War
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1
During the Battle of Gettysburg, which famous charge took place at Cemetery Ridge?
General Hood's Charge
Longstreet's Charge
Jackson's Assault
Pickett's Charge
2
Which battle was the first major engagement of the Civil War?
The Peninsula Campaign
Antietam
Gettysburg
The First Battle of Bull Run
3
What is the name of the plan created by General Winfield Scott to defeat the South?
The Anaconda Plan
The Scott Plan
Operation Red Dawn
Operation Overlord
4
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Richmond
5
Union general who was eventually fired by Lincoln for having the "slows"
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
Joe Hooker
6
What was the stated aim of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To free slaves behind Confederate lines
To free all slaves
To free slaves in the Union slave states
To enlist slaves in the Union army
7
Lincoln's primary objective during the war was ______________________.
to free the slaves
to restore the Union
to keep Great Britain out of the war
to uphold federal authority over the states
8
The battle where Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own troops.
Vicksburg
Chancellorsville
Shiloh
Gettysburg
9
Approximately how many men died in the Civil War?
60,000
360,000
620,000
150,000
10
Which 1862 battle is known as the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Fredericksburg
11
All of the following were Northern strengths going into the war except _______________.
a large population
superior generals
a stable government
an industrial economy
12
During what years was the Civil War fought?
1856-1860
1871-1875
1861-1865
1775-1783
13
In which state was the Battle of Shiloh fought?
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
14
Because it was one of only two Confederate holdouts on the Mississippi River, Grant focused on capturing _____________.
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
New Orleans
Atlanta
15
What is the main reason that Lincoln did not respond to the threat on Fort Sumter with force?
He wished to treat the Confederacy as a legitimate nation
He wanted the Union to fire the first shots in the war
He did not want to anger border states still in the Union
He had decided to abandon Fort Sumter
16
Which of the following was Lincoln's most aggressive and successful general?
Ambrose Burnside
Robert E. Lee
U.S. Grant
William T. Sherman
17
Which battle halted the South's invasion of the North?
Shiloh
Antietam
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
18
All of the following were Southern strengths going into the war except _______________.
it could fight a defensive war
superior generals
a larger population
they were defending their homeland so they more to fight for
19
The president of the Confederacy was ________________________.
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Andrew Johnson
20
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Savannah
Fort Sumter
Baltimore
Bull Run
21
_______________ helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864.
Union victories in the South
Confederate victories in the North
The Copperheads
A lack of political opponents
22
The battle where the Union Army attacked the Confederate Army on Marye's Heights 14 times before retreating?
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Vicksburg
Chatanooga
23
Which city was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
Atlanta
Washington, D.C.
Charleston