Civil War Unit Test Review

Question 1

What was the name of the book that stirred a lot of controversy over slavery by depicting it as a cruel, inhumane system

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 2

Abraham Lincoln helped form which political party?

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 3

Where was the first territory to start fighting over slavery?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

Question 4

Where would the Confederacy surrender, ending the war?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse, VA

Question 5

This law stated that a slave owner could travel up north to capture a runaway slave

Accepted Answer

Fugitive Slave Act

Question 6

Who believed he was chosen by God to end slavery?

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 7

Which side of the war would face inflation, food shortages, and labor shortages?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 8

What battle, that happened in western Tennessee, was the site of the Union's first major victory?

Accepted Answer

Shiloh

Question 9

What was one advantage of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Having superior military leaders

Question 10

After what state was admitted into the Union, did the Southern states threaten to secede?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 11

What occupation did women first start to acquire during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Nurses

Question 12

Which state was the first one to secede or leave the country?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 13

What document did Abraham Lincoln sign that ended slavery in all Confederate territory?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 14

Where did Sherman's March to the Sea end?

Accepted Answer

Savannah

Question 15

What battle is seen as the turning point of the war, putting the war in the Union's favor?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 16

This battle would give the Union complete control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in half

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 17

Who was a lead conductor in the famous Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 18

What Supreme Court case divided the nation even more so?

Accepted Answer

Dredd Scott v. Sanford

Question 19

At the beginning of the war, what was the main goal of the North?

Accepted Answer

Reunite the country

Question 20

What city was the capital of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Richmond

Question 21

Where was the first battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 22

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 23

The bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was where?

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 24

Who was the top general of the entire Confederate Army?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 25

How would the states of Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland be classified as?

Accepted Answer

Border states

Question 26

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 27

This battle proved that the war was going to be long and hard fought?

Accepted Answer

Bull Run

Question 28

Which side of the war would see an economic boom and women filling in for men in working roles?

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 29

Who ended being the top general for the Union side at the end of the war?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S Grant

Question 30

The Civil War was not the deadliest war that America has ever fought in

Accepted Answer

False

Civil War Unit Test Review

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Civil War Unit Test Review

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