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1
What battle supposedly began as a result of the Confederate army searching for shoes?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Sharpsburg
Battle of Bull Run
2
Which law stated there would be no new slavery above the 36
o
30’ parallel?
The KansasNebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Wilmott Proviso
The Missouri Compromise
3
What was the attempted pressure placed by the South on the British in hopes of gaining support?
Gettysburg Address
Copperheads
Emancipation Proclamation
Cotton Diplomacy
4
Which law split the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands in two?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Wilmott Proviso
The Missouri Compromise
5
Who was the lead Confederate General throughout the Civil War?
William ‘Tecumseh’ Sherman
Robert E Lee
Jefferson Davis
David Farragut
6
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the Civil War?
William ‘Tecumseh’ Sherman
David Farragut
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
7
The 13th Ammendment
Outlawed Indentureship
Gave freed slaves citizenship
Outlawed Slavery
Gave former slaves the right to vote
8
Which State was severely divided over which side to join and eventually split into two states?
Kentucky
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
9
Which of the following States was the first to secede?
Texas
Kentucky
South Carolina.
Georgia
10
An
abolitionist
was a person who
wanted to end slavery
supported obtaining colonies
Wanted to extend slavery
opposed foreign alliances
11
Which statement, about Illinois during the Civil War, is correct?
It was a free state.
It was a border state.
It was part of the Dakota Territory.
It was part of the Confederate States.
12
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Richmond
Appomattox Court House
13
What was the first major battle of the Civil War, where the Union met a terrible disaster?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Sharpsburg
1st Battle of Bull Run
14
What were armed pro-slavery Missouri citizens that voted in Kansas elections called?
Infidels
Missourians
Illegal Immigrants
Border Ruffians
15
According to Lincoln, which of the following States was crucial to the Union cause?
Virginia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Kentucky
16
Starting the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to
prevent foreign involvement
preserve the Union
free all slaves
uphold national honor
17
Which fort was the first attack by the Confederacy on Union forces?
Fort Wagner
Fort McHenry
Fort Pierce
Fort Sumter
18
What recognized a battlefield as hallowed ground that would become a national cemetery?
Cotton Diplomacy
Copperheads
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
19
What said there would be no slavery/indentured servitude in the Mexican Cession territories?
The Missouri Compromise
The Wilmott Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
20
The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to
create new state governments
free slaves in the Confederacy
return slaves to Africa
support states’ rights
21
The 14th Ammendment
Outlawed Indentureship
Gave freed slaves citizenship
Gave former slaves the right to vote
Outlawed Slavery
22
Who used the tactic/strategy of ‘total war’ in their battles in the south?
William ‘Tecumseh’ Sherman
Robert E Lee
Stonewall Jackson
David Farragut
23
Which of the following States did not secede?
Kentucky
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
24
Which law admitted California as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise
The KansasNebraska Act
The Wilmott Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
25
What name was given to the Northern politicians seeking an immediate end to the war?
Emancipation Proclamation
Republicans
Copperheads
Cotton Diplomacy
26
What was the deadliest single day in US history as a result of the first day of this battle?
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Sharpsburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
27
Who helped the Union capture the several port cities along the Mississippi River?
David Farragut
George B. McClellan
William ‘Tecumseh’ Sherman
Jefferson Davis
28
Which of the following resulted in the US recognizing the slaves of the south as free?
Gettysburg Address
Copperheads
Emancipation Proclamation
Cotton Diplomacy
29
The 15th Ammendment
Outlawed Indentureship
Gave freed slaves citizenship
Gave former slaves the right to vote
Outlawed Slavery
30
Which statement, about West Virginia during the Civil War, is correct?
It was a border state.
It was a free state.
It was part of the Confederate States.
It was part of the Dakota Territory.
31
Due to Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in 1860, several Southern states called for
the House of Representatives to choose a President
a constitutional amendment ending slavery
another vote by the electoral college
secession from the Union
