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1
Where did the Confederacy surrender in April of 1865?
Vicksburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Richmond
Charlestown
2
Who was President of the United States before Barack Obama?
George W. Bush
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
3
What kind of coffee does Mr. Bretz drink most days?
Folgers
Mr. Bretz drinks coffee?
Dunkin Donuts
Starbucks
4
Which of the following was
not
an advantage for the Confederacy during the war?
More factories
Home advantage
Better trained troops
Better generals
5
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's influential, abolitionist newspaper?
Freedom
The Abolitionist
Democracy
The Liberator
6
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
7
What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg address?
To urge troops to keep fighting at Gettysburg
To declare that the war is over
Honor fallen soldiers and reiterate democratic principles
To declare war on the Confederacy
8
What does the word "conscription" mean?
To occupy
To move
To surround
A draft
9
What is the term for someone that wants to bring about the end of slavery?
Union
Tariff
Secession
Abolitionist
10
Which college did Michael Jordan go to?
Texas
Duke
Florida
UNC
11
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois, what was Lincoln's position on slavery?
To stop its expansion west
Popular Sovereignty
No opinion
To abolish it in the South
12
Which northern abolitionist led an attack on Harper's Ferry to free the slaves in 1859?
Tyler Richardson
Tom Brown
John Brown
Bill Johnson
13
Which of the following was a
Union
advantage in the war?
Better commanders
More industry
More agriculture
Less railroad
14
How long did the Civil War last?
6 years
2 years
4 years
8 years
15
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)?
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abraham Lincoln
None of the above
16
Who was the president of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
17
What was the Union siege on the South (total war) in Georgia during the fall of 1864?
March to the Sea
March to the Woods
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
18
Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
The Wilderness
Antietam
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
19
What did the Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) declare?
KS and NE would have popular sovereignty
KS and NE would trade with the North
KS and NE would be admitted as free states
KS and NE would be admitted as slave states
20
What year was the Carolina Panthers founded?
1995
1973
1980
1946
21
What was Stephen Douglas's position on slavery?
To keep it
To abolish it
Popular Sovereignty
No opinion
22
What does the word "secede" mean?
Draft
Join
Surround
Break away
23
What was a border state?
None of the above
Anti-slavery states that fought for Union
Pro slavery; anti-secession
Pro-slavery states that fought for Confederacy
24
What was the official party platform of the Republicans when it was founded in 1854?
Isolationism
Support of Popular Sovereignty
Opposition to slavery
Aggressive foreign policy
25
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
William Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Dakota Johnson
26
Which declared that any territory above the 36 30 line was free and below it was slave?
Monroe Doctrine
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
27
Which states with slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to?
Union
Western States
Border States
Confederate
28
After the southern states seceded, they were referred to as what during the War (1861-1865)?
Confederacy
Western Union
Eastern Alliance
Union
29
Nearly 2/3 of all soldiers died from what during the war?
Malnutrition
Desertion
Diseases
Hypothermia
30
Which political party won the 1860 election?
Democrats
Independents
Republicans
Whigs
31
Who was a famous nurse during the Civil War who went on to found the Red Cross?
Jane Goodall
Sara Nightengale
Amelia Earhart
Clara Barton
32
Why was the 1860 election a pivotal moment for the country?
It kept the Union together a little longer
Several states seceded after Lincoln's victory
The South refused to participate
Lincoln lost the election
33
Where was the official beginning of the Civil War in April 1861?
Richmond
Charlestown
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
34
When voters in a territory decide whether to allow or ban slavery in a territory, it is called?
Free Will
Popular Sovereignty
Abolition
Expansionism
35
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater on April 15, 1865?
Robert E. Lee
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown
I don't know
36
Which of these is
not
a form of social media?
Pancakes
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
37
What was Lincoln's "secret weapon" during the war?
Artillery
Cannons
Telegraph
Telephone
38
What was northern strategy called where a naval blockade cut off imports/exports in the South?
I don't know
Anaconda Plan
The Blockade Plan
Cotton Diplomacy
39
Which of the following was a border state during the war?
Florida
California
Maryland
North Dakota
40
Who was the famous Civil War photographer who brought the news to the people?
Abraham Lincoln
Wilson Chandler
Matthew Brady
John Smith