What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

freed enslaved persons in the rebel states

Why do we know the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

for their bravery in South Carolina

How did the US government finance the Civil War?

by establishing income taxes and greenbacks

Name the four border states.

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

William Tecumseh Sherman used total war in his march to the sea. What is total war?

destroying anything that could be used by the enemy

Appomattox Court House is significant because

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

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The Civil War

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1
What is the name of the Confederate's ironclad?
Monitor
Old Ironsides
Virginia
Miss Geico
2
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed enslaved persons west of the Mississippi River
freed enslaved persons in the border states.
freed enslaved persons in the rebel states
freed all enslaved persons.
3
What happened to "Stonewall" Jackson?
He became President of the United States
His horse fell on him
He died at the Battle of Gettysburg
He was shot by his own troops
4
The military leader of the Confederacy was ____________.
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
5
Major battle in Tennessee that had a lot of casualties.
Seven Days' Battles
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
6
The Anaconda Plan was the South's strategy for the Civil War?
False
True
7
This general captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Grant
Meade
Lee
MdClellan
8
Where did the Civil War start?
New Orleans
Washington D.C.
Fort Sumter
Manassas
9
Who founded the Red Cross?
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Dolly Madison
Sacagewea
10
Both sides expected a short war.
False
True
11
What did residents eat during the Siege of Vicksburg?
corn fritters and cabbage
rats, dogs, and mules
pizza
dirt and rocks
12
Why do we know the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
for fighting in Vermont
for freeing slaves in Alabama
for their bravery in South Carolina
for their bravery in North Carolina
13
How did the US government finance the Civil War?
by selling Southerners property
by establishing income taxes and greenbacks
by increasing tariffs on foreign goods
by taxing goods that Northern industries exported
14
Name the four border states.
Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
15
William Tecumseh Sherman used total war in his march to the sea. What is total war?
destroying the entire Confederate army in one battle
killing all enslaved persons
destroying anything that could be used by the enemy
killing all civilians
16
The Union had one constant military leader.
True
False
17
Soldiers on horseback are called
cavalcade
cavalry
generals
Confederates
18
Appomattox Court House is significant because
it is the site of the bloodiest one day battle
Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee
the Compromise of 1877 was signed there
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
19
What is the number of casualties in the bloodiest one day battle - Antietam?
25,000
51,000
18,000
32,000
20
What is something that women did not do during the Civil War?
ran farms
served in Congress
spied on the enemy
work in factories

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