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Civil War Review
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1
In Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address, he urged the nation to bind its wounds. His post war plan
Was lenient
Was organized
Was harsh
Was disorganized
2
What was the most important strength of the Confederacy in the early stages of war?
Capable military leadership
Vast food production
Extensive transportation networks
Superior industrial capacity
3
Based on this image, how did the artist decide to portray John Brown contribution to the US?
John Brown opposed slavery
John Brown opposed war
John Brown opposed the Union
John Brown opposed alcohol
4
What lay behind Sherman's "total war" strategy?
Destruction so complete it would break the will to fight
Needed to stop southern trading with France & England
Invasion of Georgia would lead to slave revolts
Sherman's men wanted revenge for treatment of POW
5
Scott's plan to defeat the south was called the ?
Cottonmouth Plan
Anaconda Plan
Total war
Divide and Conquer
6
During his presidency, Lincoln said his primary duty was to
End slavery throughout the nation
Preserve the Union
Enforced the Emancipation Proclamation
Encouraged sectionalism
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The main purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea?
Convince France & Britain to get out of the war
Capture important railroad connection at Charleston
Permanently destroy Georgia's ability to produce cotton
Destroy the south's economic ability to fight
8
Why was Harper's Ferry important prior to the Civil War?
Site of a failed rebellion in Virginia
Location of the first shots of the Civil War
First city to withdraw from the Union
Location of the capital of Confederacy
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The Dred Scott decision
Reduced tension between the north & south
Supported emancipation of slaves
Supported the Missouri Compromise
Encouraged slaveholder's resistance to abolitionist activity
10
What controversial action did Lincoln take early in the war with the border states?
he freed slaves in the south loyal to the union
He instituted a miliary draft
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation
He suspended habeas corpus
11
The Confederacy had many disadvantages during the war. Which was the biggest economic issue?
Agricultural production
Industrial production
Availability of resources
Sea port availability
12
This law created Fugitive Slave Act, allowed California as free state, & popular sovereignty?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Gadsden Purchase
13
Which Civil War battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
14
Great military tactician & Lee's right hand man but was killed in battle by friendly fire
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
General Joe Johnson
Jefferson Davis
General Joe Sharp
15
Bloodiest day of battle in Civil War leading Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Bull Run
Atlanta
Antietam
Shiloh
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Dred Scott v Sandford was a self inflicted wound for the Supreme Court because the decision
Ruled slaves were property and were not citizens
Supported the south's right to secede from the Union
Created the doctrine of "separate but equal"
Refused to give women the right to vote
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The Gettysburg Address is important because Lincoln said
None are correct
Slavery could exist in the south not expand
War was almost over & there shouldl be malice toward none
The fight to preserve the union was not done
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In the American Civil War, he was considered the most talented general in the US at the time?
George McClellan
Robert E Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S Grant
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This battle was significant because it stopped Lee's furthest invasion of the north?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
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Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation had all these effects EXCEPT
Led the British & French to refuse the south help it needed
Transformed the Union's goal for the war
Freed slaves in the south only
Led to mass movement of slaves out of border states
21
Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because
Placed Mississippi in control of the Union
Convinced Great Britain to support the Confederacy
Robert E Lee was forced to surrender
Railroads were destroyed & cut off Confederate supply lines
22
Ulysses S Grant, general of the Union, earliest success came in the siege of ________ in 1862?
Atlanta
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Vicksburg
23
Jefferson Davis played what role in the war?
Cabinet member of US government
Confederate general
President of the Confederacy
Union general
24
General of the Union army who led the Union to success against the south
William Sherman
Winfield Scott
Ulysses S Grant
George Custer
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Fort Sumter is significant because
Destroyed the Union by taking Port Royal
Target of Sherman's March to the Sea
The location of the end of the Civil War
Were the first shots of the Civil War
