Civil War Final Assessment

Question 1

Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 2

This battle was the turning point of the war & was the last time Confederate soldiers penetrated the North.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 3

This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered resulting in the end of the war.

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 4

The 13th Amendment

Accepted Answer

formally banned slavery

Question 5

Going against the Lieber Code, 22 unarmed Union soldiers were killed during this event.

Accepted Answer

Centralia Massacre

Question 6

In this event with 60,000 soldiers, cities in Georgia were destroyed ending with the fall of Savannah.

Accepted Answer

Sherman's March to Sea

Question 7

The Confederacy lost this major battle on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Accepted Answer

Pickett's Charge

Question 8

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

Where was the capital of the United States during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

Question 10

The fundamental right to protect against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment is called

Accepted Answer

Habeas Corpus

Question 11

The members of the 54th Massachusetts received equal pay and racial equality.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Many schools closed during the Civil War because

Accepted Answer

They needed to use the schools as hospitals

Question 13

What was significant about the 54th Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

They were the 1st all black regiment in the Civil War

Question 14

The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment is the same thing

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Rose O'Neal Greenhow is an example of a...

Accepted Answer

Confederate Spy

Question 16

The conditions at Andersonville prison were decent and adequate.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

The Union gained control of the Mississippi River after this major event:

Accepted Answer

Siege of Vicksburg

Question 18

This layed out the rules of war including how to treat civilians and prisoners of war.

Accepted Answer

Lieber Code

Question 19

The following was NOT a general for the Union:

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 20

Who was NOT a general for the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Questions 20