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1
_____________ is the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Copperheads
Emancipation
Contrabands
2
Most soldiers, both Confederate and Union, came from
cities
farms
the East Coast
slums
3
Who served as president of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
4
Which of these was not part of the Anaconda Plan?
Capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
Blockade Southern ports
Control the Mississippi River
Set fire to farms and private homes in GA
5
Clara Barton worked with wounded soldiers and later founded the
American Red Cross
Nurses' Union
American Field Hospital
Hospital of Soldiers
6
By becoming Union soldiers, African Americans took an important step toward
securing civil rights
decreasing the military
losing the war
gaining equal pay
7
Which word means "to surround a city or fort to force its surrender"?
siege
calvary
casualties
artillery
8
Which Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River?
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Vicksburg
Cold Harbor
9
Where in Georgia was the location of the Confederate prison during the Civil War in which over 13,000 Union POWs died?
Atlanta
Andersonville
Chickamauga
Savannah
10
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Lincoln-Douglas debates
South Carolina Seceding
Fort Sumter shelling
Lincoln inauguration
11
What was the Anaconda Plan?
The Confederate plan to strangle the North.
The Union plan to strangle the South.
President Lincoln's plan to free the slaves.
Lee's plan to release deadly snakes in Union war camps.
12
President Lincoln became so disgusted with George McClellan's performance he replaced him with
Ulysses S. Grant
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
David Farragut
13
The capital of the Confederate States of America was located at
Atlanta, GA
Washington DC
Richmond VA
Gettysburg, PA
14
The law that required men between certain ages to serve in the army for 3 years was the
corpus
bounty
draft
Habeas Corpus
15
Which Civil War battle was watched by women, children, Congressmen, reporters, and other civilians?
Antietam
Vicksburg
First Battle of Bull Run
Shiloh
16
Why did the Union want to control the Mississippi River?
It would divide the Confederacy in two.
It would prevent the Confederacy from moving troops into Texas.
It would give the Union the port of New Orleans to use.
It would allow the Union to export goods by water.
17
In which battle was Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded?
Chickamuga
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Petersburg
18
Which battle was the single bloodiest day of the war with over 23,000 casualties?
First Battle of Bull Run
Shiloh
Fredericksburg
Antietam
19
The Confederate plan to enlist Britain's aid in return for continued cotton shipments was called ___________________.
Lee's Plan
Cotton Diplomacy
border states
Anaconda Plan
20
Why did Southerners join the Confederate army?
to protect their factories and industry
to prevent the separation of the Union
to maintain the Union
to defend their land and way of life
21
For the South, the primary aim of the war was to win recognition
as an independent nation
for having good soldiers
as slaveholders
as a wealthy area
22
The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to
be recognized as independent
reunite the country
punish the South
end slavery
23
What law did Lincoln formally sign on January 1, 1863, which freed enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy?
Anti-Slavery Bill
Union-Confederate Bill
Lincoln's Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
