The Civil War - Unit Review

Question 1

Lincoln purposely connected this short speech to the Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 2

What is Mr. Potter's secret dream job?

Accepted Answer

lead singer in a rock band

Question 3

The right of habeas corpus means the right to ____.

Accepted Answer

appear before a court to face charges

Question 4

The battle that marked the farthest point north the South reached during the war.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 5

This Union general's march through Georgia was an example of "total war."

Accepted Answer

Sherman

Question 6

Step _____ of the Anaconda Plan involved dividing the Confederacy into sections.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 7

What was the South's greatest WEAKNESS during the war?

Accepted Answer

an economy that couldn't support a long war

Question 8

_____ and _____ killed far more Civil War soldiers than battle wounds did.

Accepted Answer

diseases - infections

Question 9

Most famous African-American army regiment.

Accepted Answer

54th Massachusetts

Question 10

The Virginia town/village where Lee surrendered to Grant.

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 11

Step _____ of the Anaconda Plan involved blockading southern ports to cut off shipping.

Accepted Answer

1

Question 12

The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 13

This Civil War combat nurse later started the American Red Cross.

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 14

The commander of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.

Accepted Answer

Robert Gould Shaw

Question 15

This battle was General Lee's second and final attempt at invading the north.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 16

This South Carolina fort was never taken by the North during the war.

Accepted Answer

Fort Wagner

Question 17

He was the president of the Confederate States of America.

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 18

Virginia city south of Richmond where a nine-month siege took place.

Accepted Answer

Petersburg

Question 19

The four Union border slave states were Missouri, Kentucky, _____, and _____.

Accepted Answer

Delaware - Maryland

Question 20

All of the following were technological firsts during the Civil War EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

landmines

Question 21

This battle ended hopes on both sides for a quick victory in the war.

Accepted Answer

Bull Run

Question 22

Union navy admiral who captured several key Mississippi River cities.

Accepted Answer

David Farragut

Question 23

All of the following were strengths of the North at the start of the war EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

military leadership

Question 24

The date of Lee's surrender and the end of the war.

Accepted Answer

4-9-65

Question 25

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the Confederacy and the Union border states.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 26

All of the following were results of the Civil War EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

the cost of the war was surprisingly low

Question 27

All of the following were parts of General Grant's surrender terms for Lee EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

the North agreed to help rebuild the South

Question 28

Women served all of the following roles during the war EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

lawyers

Question 29

This moment completed Step 3 of the Anaconda Plan.

Accepted Answer

Union capture of Richmond

Question 30

He led the failed charge that marked the northernmost point the South reached during the war.

Accepted Answer

George Pickett

Question 31

The first Union state General Lee invaded.

Accepted Answer

Maryland

Question 32

What was Lincoln's main purpose of the war BEFORE the Battle of Antietam?

Accepted Answer

to preserve the Union

Question 33

War on an enemy's will to fight and its ability to support an army is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

total war

Question 34

The Union win at Vicksburg completed step _____ of the Anaconda Plan.

Accepted Answer

2

Question 35

He became the commander of the Union forces in 1864.

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

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