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Civil War Quiz. Covers advantages/disadvantages, strategies, major battles, home front, end of war.
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1
What was the 13th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote
Gave blacks the right to vote.
Outlawed slavery in the US
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy
2
Which side executed captured black soldiers frequently?
Neither
Both
Union
Confederacy
3
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Battle of Bull Run
Fort Sumter
4
What is a blockade?
A new type of bullet invented by Abraham Lincoln
Use of a navy to prevent ships from leaving a port
To injure badly
To surround a city to cut off the defenders inside from help
5
What was the bloodiest multi-day battle of the Civil War?
Second Battle of Bull Run
New Orleans
Shiloh
Gettysburg
6
Which of the following was NOT a new technology used in the Civil War?
Tank
Train
Telegraph
Submarine
7
Which of the following were border states?
Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Iowa
Texas, Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania
8
To win battles, commanders had to know the land around them. This means they had to know the...
Seige
Strategy
Telegraph
Terrain
9
Who was the main Confederate General during the Civil War?
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S Grant
10
Which of these is not an advantage that the South had?
Population
Experienced military leaders
Cotton farming
Motivation to fight
11
What was Lincoln's main objective when the war began?
Suspend habeus corpus
Punish the Confederacy
Preserve the Union
Abolish slavery
12
What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
Lincoln was assassinated inside by John Wilkes Booth
General Grant surrounded the Courthouse and captured Gen Lee
General Lee beat Gen Grant in the final battle of the war
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Definition: To force people to join the military.
Homefront
Feasible
Conscription
Contraband
14
Which side had prison camps where prisoners died from starvation and disease?
Confederacy
Union
Neither
Both
15
When was Lincoln assassinated?
At the beginning of the Civil War
Days after General Lee surrendered
Right before General Lee surrendered
A year after General Lee surrendered
16
Who was the main Union General by the end of the Civil War?
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
17
Which side thought that the war would be over quickly?
Union
Confederacy
18
What is an iron clad?
A warship covered in metal
A type of submarine
A horse
A type of cannon
19
Which of these was not an advantage that the North had?
Large navy
Agricultural society
Industrialized cities
Strong central government
20
Which side tried to get support from European countries?
Confederacy
Union
Both
Neither
21
What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
Fort Sumter
22
Who was the Confederate President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Jefferson Davis
23
What was the Anaconda plan?
Union strategy to capture Richmond quickly
Southern strategy to blockade the North
Southern strategy to defeat North by capturing Washington DC
Union strategy to defeat the South by surrounding it
24
How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free in the Union states?
All of them
1/2
0
Only the slaves in the border states
25
What was the bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War?
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
26
At the beginning of the war, neither side was able to gain the upper hand and win. This is a...
Prejudice
Maimed
Reinforcement
Stalemate
27
Why did the Confederacy want a long, defensive war?
To kill lots of Union troops
To get the Union to give up the war
To show the world that they could survive
To show the Union who is boss
28
Which of the following things did women not do in the war?
Spy
Take over all the men's duties at home
Treat the wounded
Command troops
29
If someone in the North called you a "Copperhead", what did they mean?
You wanted peace with the Confederacy
You were dumb, as if your head was filled with copper
You were had a strong helmet made of copper
You were a poisonous snake
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Who was the Union President during the Civil War?
Robert E Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S Grant
