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A #Social Studies review for The Civil War assessment.
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1
What was the greatest cause of death for Civil War soldiers?
gunshots
poison
disease
bayonets
2
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order to...
protect the homeland.
leave the Union.
free slaves in the South.
keep the country together.
3
What was the process by which Congress tried to rebuild the South & reunite it with the Union?
Reconstruction
Assassination
Ratification
Abolition
4
The phrase “the blue and the gray” refers to...
uniforms
hospitals
technology
battleships
5
What happened at Appomattox?
Lincoln freed the slaves
Ships with iron sides fought
Pickett's Charge failed
Lee surrendered to Grand
6
Soldiers who fought in the Civil War...
had to search for food and water
always had clean water to drink
had very good medical care
always had plenty of supplies
7
Lincoln passed the ________________, which freed slaves in Confederate States.
Gettysburg Address
Underground Railroad
Emancipation Proclamation
draft
8
Railroads and rifles were two types of ____________________ that made the Civil War deadly.
technology
militia
draft
weapons
9
What was the purpose of the draft during the Civil War?
to get enough soldiers
to destroy railroads
to provide better food
to improve training
10
Sharecroppers rented farmland by giving the landowner...
wages they earned in town
part of what they grew
40 acres and a mule
payments toward buying the land
11
The ________ is the selection of people to serve in the army whether or not they wish to serve.
draft
enlistment
treaty
Emancipation Proclamation
12
Why did workers riot in New York City in 1863?
They did not want to be forced to fight
They were running out of food
They believed the slaves should be freed
They wanted to stop making weapons
13
Which tactics and technology did not help defenders in battles?
rifles and artillery
positions on low ground
trenches and dirt walls
hot air balloons
14
Unlike most Civil War battles, the Battle of Gettysburg...
was won by the Confederacy
took place in the North
resulted in very few deaths
ended the Civil War
15
The turning point in the Civil War was the battle at ____________________.
Gettysburg
Roanoke
Fort Davis
Kansas
