2019 Unit 7 (Civil War) US History

Question 1

TorF? Antietam was a Union victory, but it was the bloodiest single day battle in Amer. history

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Admiral of the US Navy during the Civil War...

Accepted Answer

David Farragut

Question 3

Location of Confederate POW Camp where over 13,000 Union troops died-extremely harsh conditions

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 4

Who marched across Georgia in his famous "march to the sea?"

Accepted Answer

Sherman

Question 5

Which Confederate general was shot by friendly fire & died after Battle of Chancellorsville?

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 6

He was fired & hired by Lincoln several times...a very indecisive general...

Accepted Answer

McClellan

Question 7

Most successful Union general...

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 8

The Union had an advantage in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

industrial capacity & population

Question 9

Monitor & Merrimack...

Accepted Answer

ironclad ships used in the Civil War

Question 10

After this turning point battle (Union victory), the Confederacy never went on the offensive...

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 11

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Bull Run

Question 12

Who ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864 but did not defeat him?

Accepted Answer

George McClellan

Question 13

True or False? The terms of surrender Grant offered to Lee were generous.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Sherman presented this Southern city to Lincoln as a Christmas present....

Accepted Answer

Savannah

Question 15

His nicknames included "the Butcher" and "Unconditional Surrender"

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 16

Lincoln's vice president who became president after Lincoln's assassination....

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson

Question 17

In what year did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 18

The Union was responsible for all of the burning & destruction that took place in Atlanta...

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

The Union's three part strategy (proposed by Winfield Scott) to defeat the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan

Question 20

What is another word for drafting citizens for military service?

Accepted Answer

conscription

Question 21

When opponents strike not only opponents' soldiers, but also civilians & entire economic system

Accepted Answer

total war

Question 22

Adopted in 1865, this officially abolished slavery everywhere in the United States

Accepted Answer

The Thirteenth Amendment

Question 23

Which was NOT part of the Anaconda Plan?

Accepted Answer

wait for the South to attack and fight a defensive war

Question 24

Where did Lee surrender to Grant bringing an end to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 25

This offered land to people willing to move West and cultivate the land for at least 5 years...

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act of 1862

Question 26

a northern Democrat who advocated making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

copperhead

Question 27

Who assassinated Lincoln in Ford's theater?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 28

He became President of the Confederacy...

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 29

In this battle on the Mississippi River, the Union laid siege and brought total war...

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 30

Commander of Army of Northern Virginia & all Confederate Forces

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 31

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 32

The most famous black regiment of the Civil War...

Accepted Answer

54th Massachusetts

Question 33

strategy to keep fighting until the enemy runs out of men, supplies, and will...

Accepted Answer

war of attrition

Question 34

Lincoln's executive order freeing all slaves behind Confederate lines...

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 35

T or F? The Union won both of the Battles of Bull Run.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

2019 Unit 7 (Civil War) US History

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2019 Unit 7 (Civil War) US History

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