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Chapter 2 Test
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1
Appomattox Court House is famous because it is the site of _____________.
Confederate headquarters
Robert E. Lee's surrender
a bloody battle
Union headquarters
2
Which word means 'to close ports'?
reconstruction
habeas corpus
greenback
blockade
3
Which of the following was the Union's capital city?
Richmond, VA
Atlanta, GA
Washington, D.C.
Merrimack, SC
4
The plan to control the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two was called _______.
the Squeeze Plan
the Anaconda Plan
the Great Divide
the River Conquest
5
What is the Northern money called?
generals
greenbacks
ironclads
blockade
6
Pickett's Charge took place during the Battle of ______________.
Gettysburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Shiloh
7
Which of the following is the Confederate capital?
Pittsburgh, PA
Atlanta, GA
Richmond, VA
Washington, D.C.
8
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack was the first ever between __________.
warships
cutters
clippers
ironclad ships
9
Which of the following was the name of the South's ironclad ship?
Reconstruction
Merrimack
Copperhead
Antietam
10
The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to ____________.
end slavery
punish the South
reunite the country
be recognized as independent
11
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the _____________.
Emancipation Proclamation
Fourteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Free Slave Bill
12
Who was the Confederate president?
David Farragut
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
13
What battle was named after a small church?
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Atlanta
14
What was the 54th Massachusetts?
the Southern army
a battle
an African American regiment
an ironclad ship
15
The bloodiest
day
of the entire Civil War was the Battle of ________. (one day!)
New Orleans
Richmond
Antietam
Shiloh
16
Who is the famous war hero of the North? (later became president)
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
David Farragut
17
Because the war disrupted their supply of cotton, the South expected support from __________.
Britain and France
Spain and Mexico
France and Canada
France and Spain
18
What battle began when Confederates entered a town for supplies and encountered Union troops?
Shiloh
Richmond
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
19
Who are the two famous war heroes of the South?
Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott
Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan and Abraham Lincoln
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
20
The nickname for the Peace Democrats is __________.
Copperheads
Stonewall Jackson
Clippers
Snakes
21
In the Civil War, for the first time, thousands of women served as _______.
soldiers
generals
nurses
farmers
22
Which was the site of Robert E. Lee's surrender?
Appomattox Court House
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Shiloh
23
Who captured New Orleans?
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
David Farragut
Abraham Lincoln
24
Which is the era after the war?
Shiloh
the Great Divide
the Anaconda Plan
Reconstruction
25
"Peace Democrats" became known as __________.
Rebels
War Hawks
Radicals
Copperheads