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1
The North enjoyed all these wartime advantages
EXCEPT:
Better commanders
More men
Fighting a defensive war
More supplies
2
How did Union control of the high ground at Gettysburg set the stage for Pickett's Charge?
Being on high ground made the Union easy targets for Pickett
Lee knew Pickett would fail but attacked anyway
Pickett's success led to a major Confederate victory
Strong Union positions forced Lee to "go big or go home"
3
Maine professor, governor, & hero of Little Round Top, for which he received the Medal of Honor
Ulysses S. Grant
George Pickett
Strong Vincent
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
4
Grant's capture of this Mississippi River stronghold cut the Confederacy in two
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Appomattox
Chancellorsville
5
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
He had taken bribes from former Confederate officers
The Republican Congress thought he was too easy on the South
Johnson had an illicit affair with his secretary
He was complicit in the Lincoln assassination
6
What was the South's goal in the Civil War?
The acceptance of slavery in the American west
Forcing the North to accept slavery
Removing Lincoln from office
An independent nation where slavery would remain legal
7
Helping former slaves get an education and protecting them from violence was the purpose of:
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Freedmen's Bureau
The Ku Klux Klan
The Thirteenth Amendment
8
What did the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law do?
Authorize federal forces to shoot escaping slaves
Help runaway slaves reach Canada
Require any Northerner to assist in capturing runaway slaves
Grant runaway slaves U.S. citizenship
9
John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Lincoln at Ford's Theater was likely made easier by:
Lincoln's unpopularity after the war
Booth's status as a Union war hero
Booth being an actor who was familiar on site
The publicity caused by Grant's attending the play
10
After federal troops left the South in 1877,
Former Confederates in Alabama tried to leave the Union
Segregation was imposed across the South
The Ku Klux Klan was disbanded
Blacks and whites enjoyed full equality
11
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Angelina Grimke were all:
Southerners who opposed slavery
Former slaves
Famous abolitionists
Confederate spies
12
How did Grant & Lee begin the healing process at the Appomattox surrender ceremony?
Together they issued a statement condemning slavery
Grant's generous terms & Lee helping his men accept defeat
Lee offered rations to the starving Union troops
Grant confined Lee in a luxurious cell
13
Which of these occurred during Reconstruction, the 12 year period just after the war?
Former slaves got the chance to go to school
Black women in many Southern states were elected to office
Former slaves enjoyed newfound wealth by running plantations
White Southerners accepted Blacks as equals
14
Why did the Dred Scott decision anger many Northerners?
It forbade abolitionists from criticizing slavery
The Supreme Court said Congress could not restrict slavery
Scott was declared free and his master had to pay court fees
It made Kansas and Nebraska open to slavery
15
Why was the Ku Klux Klan founded after the Civil War?
To terrorize blacks & their white supporters
To promote racial equality
To care for Confederate veterans
To provide legal protection to former slaves
16
Which of the following helped Lincoln win the 1860 presidential election?
The Democrats ran three different candidates
Widespread support in both North and South
The attack on Fort Sumter
Southern anger about John Brown's raid
17
Before the Civil War, most slaves were owned by:
Poor Southern whites
Western ranchers
Virginia tobacco farmers
Rich plantation owners
18
Popular sovereignty was the belief that:
An industrial economy was superior to cotton farming
Democracy is the best form of government
People should vote on whether to secede from the Union
People in a territory can decide whether to allow slavery
19
All the following resulted from the Civil War
EXCEPT:
The South lay in ruins
More than half a million Americans were killed
Slavery was restricted to the South
The Union was preserved
20
This Union victory in Pennsylvania was the largest battle ever fought in North America
Chancellorsville
Vicksburg
Antietam
Gettysburg
21
This bloody 1862 Maryland battle was the Union victory Lincoln wanted to announce emancipation
Bull Run
Vicksburg
Antietam
Gettysburg
22
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at:
Fort Sumter
Appomattox
Shiloh
Bull Run
23
The Emancipation Proclamation:
Only freed slaves in areas controlled by the Union
Encouraged the British to help the South
Weakened the Confederacy's will to fight
Gave the North a powerful new goal & fresh black troops
24
What was the purpose of Sherman's "March to the Sea?"
To recapture Fort Sumter for the Union
To destroy Southern property and the South's desire to fight
To capture Vicksburg and split the Confederacy
To escape being trapped by Robert E. Lee
25
This great Southern battlefield commander was killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Robert E. Lee
A. P. Hill
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
26
What does secession mean?
Rejoining the Union
Formally leaving a union of states
An economy dependent on cotton
Fighting to defend slavery
27
"With malice toward none, with charity for all"
from his 2nd Inaugural shows:
Lincoln's commitment to racial equality
Lincoln's unquenchable hatred of slavery
Lincoln's determination to win the war
Lincoln's desire for healing and unity after the war
28
The war's first major battle, a Confederate victory near Washington, D.C., was:
Chattanooga
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
29
Moving around the enemy to attack them from the rear is called:
Flanking
Sidestepping
Reversal
Friendly fire
30
Her book
Uncle Tom's Cabin
moved many Northerners to action by exposing the evils of slavery
Mary Todd Lincoln
Angelina Grimke
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
31
How did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry move some Southern states closer to secession?
Brown's cautious ways made them think they could win a war
Brown was the only man who stood up against Lincoln
It made them think the North wanted a violent slave revolt
Brown's hanging made them lose faith in federal justice
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Beloved general of the South who refused command of Union forces to defend his native Virginia
James Longstreet
"Stonewall" Jackson
P. T. Beauregard
Robert E. Lee
