The American Civil War 1861-1865

Question 1

Approximately how many soldiers died in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

620,000

Question 2

The military strategy of total war was only used in the American Civil War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Describe your knowledge of the American Civil War.

Accepted Answer

I'm ready for the unit assessment on the American Civil War, I want to learn more about the American Civil War

Question 4

When and where did the American Civil War begin?

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All the answers are accurate

Question 5

Where, when, and who won the last battle of the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Palmito Ranch, May 13, 1865, Texas,the Confederate Army won.

Question 6

Who was the General in charge of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

General Robert E. Lee

Question 7

Why were there so many casualties in the American Civil War?

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All of the answers are correct

Question 8

What was the cause of the American Civil War?

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All of the answers are accurate

Question 9

What is the system of REQUIRED military service called?

Accepted Answer

A military draft

Question 10

What was the main goal of the Republican Party in 1854?

Accepted Answer

Stop the spread of slavers in western territories

Question 11

What was President Lincoln's number one goal in 1861?

Accepted Answer

To save the Union

Question 12

What is General William Tecumseh Sherman famous for doing in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

March from Atlanta to the Atlantic, Making the South feel "the hard hand of war", Subjecting the South to Total War, Burning Atlanta to the ground

Question 13

Which major battle did the North win after Losing 2,000 more soldiers than the South?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Shiloh

Question 14

What Civil War technology had the LARGEST impact on the world we live in?

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Medical

Question 15

What did the Dred Scott Supreme Court case determine?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers are accurate

Question 16

What is the OFFICAL name of the infamous prisoner of war camp in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Sumter

Question 17

Which is not an advantage that the North had over the South in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Superior military leaders

Question 18

What is General George Pickett known for at the Battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

An ill-fated Charge

Question 19

What was the Union plan to blockade southern ports called?

Accepted Answer

Anaconda

Question 20

What did the U.S. Congress do for the first time in history to pay for the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Levied an Federal income tax

Question 21

Widespread violence earned Kansas what nickname?

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas

Question 22

What officially banned slavery in the United States on December 6, 1865?

Accepted Answer

The 13th Amendment

Question 23

Who was the General in charge of the Union Army during the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

General Ulysses S. Grant

Question 24

What is false or misleading information spreat to further a cause called?

Accepted Answer

Propaganda

Question 25

President Lincoln honored the soldiers who died and commemorated the battlefield with his...

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 26

What Confederate General was the hero of Chancellorsville and later shot by his own men?

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 27

How long ago was the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

157 years ago

Question 28

In 1863, what did the Emancipation Proclamation not accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Abolished Slavery in the United States

Question 29

Who was the first female physician in America?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 30

What state was the first to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 31

Connor, what is the Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment?

Accepted Answer

Habeas Corpus

Question 32

What does history tell us about John Brown?

Accepted Answer

John Brown used violence to protest slavery

Question 33

What was the first land battle of the American Civil War, and a Confederate victory?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Bull Run

Question 34

Which is not an advantage the South had over the North during the American civil War?

Accepted Answer

Larger population

Question 35

What is Popular Sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

People vote for or against slavery in new territory

Question 36

Which of these is the most accurate source to learn about an event in history?

Accepted Answer

An image from the event

Question 37

Who, when, and where was President Abraham Lincoln assassinated

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth, Ford's Theater, 1865

Question 38

The Confederate's lost this battle and control of the Mississippi River July 4th, 1864?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Vicksburg

Question 39

What is the name of the era in American history following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction Era

Question 40

What American Civil War battle is infamous for the single bloodiest day of the war?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Antietam

Question 41

What was the leading cause of Death in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 42

What is a type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens rights are suspended?

Accepted Answer

Martial Law

Question 43

Which of these are causes for the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

John Brown's Raid, The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, California admitted to the Union as a free state, Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 44

What is not an example of new technology in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Tanks

Question 45

What were the slave states that did not secede from the Union Called?

Accepted Answer

Border States

Question 46

Who wrote the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 47

Interpret the Civil War propaganda poster.

Accepted Answer

The Union will annihilate states that secede

Question 48

On April 9th, 1865 where did General Lee surrender to General Grant to end the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 49

What are the names of the Union and Confederate ironclads that fought in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Union Monitor and Confederate Merrimack

Question 50

How many years have pasted since the end of the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

158 years

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