5. General Grant's victory in the siege of Vicksburg was important because...

it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

2. An early Northern plan for fighting the war was based on...

cutting off Southern trade by setting up a blockade.

8. Which of these events happened last?

President Lincoln was assassinated.

6. In the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln...

honored the soldiers who had died fighting for liberty and equality

11. The black codes were laws that

limited the freedom of African Americans.

10. The most important work of the Freedmen's Bureau was...

educating the newly freed slaves.

4. Which of the following happened when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Union fought against both the Confederacy and slavery.

7. Soldiers didn't have enough food, with many nearly starving. Their clothes, dirty and torn. This best describes...

Confederate troops just before General Lee surrendered.

3. The Confederate states...

hoped that Britain and France would help them fight the war.

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5. General Grant's victory in the siege of Vicksburg was important because...
it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
it strengthened the Confederate army
it caused the South to surrender and end the Civil War.
it was the first battle won by the Union army
2
13. William T. Sherman became President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
True
False
3
2. An early Northern plan for fighting the war was based on...
invading the border states.
invading Georgia and Alabama by sea.
having Indian allies capture the Confederate capital.
cutting off Southern trade by setting up a blockade.
4
8. Which of these events happened last?
The Civil War ended.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.
President Lincoln was assassinated.
General Sherman destroyed the city of Atlanta.
5
6. In the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln...
named General Ulysses S. Grant to lead the Union army.
issued the Emancipation Proclamation and freed the slaves.
honored the soldiers who had died fighting for liberty and equality
created the Freedmen's Bureau to help Africans in the South.
6
1. What new state was formed out of a slave state by people who were against slavery and wanted to remain in the Union?
West Virginia
Alabama
Kansas
Nebraska
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11. The black codes were laws that
limited the freedom of African Americans.
gave African Americans their own land to farm.
made African Americans citizens of the United States.
allowed African Americans to travel freely throughout the United States.
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10. The most important work of the Freedmen's Bureau was...
educating the newly freed slaves.
helping former slaves find jobs in Northern factories.
helping former slaves find their family members.
making loans to the newly freed slaves so that they could buy plantations.
9
14. Andrew Johnson led Union soldiers through Georgia on the March to the Sea.
False
True
10
12. Clara Barton helped sick and wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War.
True
False
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4. Which of the following happened when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Union fought against both the Confederacy and slavery.
All of the slaves in the United States were freed.
Most of the border states switched sides and joined the Confederacy.
Great Britain and France were allowed to buy Southern cotton.
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7. Soldiers didn't have enough food, with many nearly starving. Their clothes, dirty and torn. This best describes...
Union troops at the end of the siege of Vicksburg.
Confederate troops just before General Lee surrendered.
Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Confederate troops after they captured Savannah, Georgia.
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3. The Confederate states...
hoped that Britain and France would help them fight the war.
had more people, factories, and railroads than the Northern states.
hoped to keep the war only in the South.
welcomed all women who wanted to become soldiers.
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9. Slavery in the United States was ended forever by the passage of the...
Freedmen's Bureau.
First Amendment.
Thirteenth Amendment.
Fourteenth Amendment.

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