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Gr 7: Chapter 16: The Civil War Begins: PGA
Gr 7: Chapter 16: The Civil War Begins: PGA
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Why was controlling the Mississippi River a goal for the North?
Control of the Mississippi would help capture Richmond.
Control of the Mississippi would protect Washington, D.C.
It could no longer be used to move supplies to the east.
Control of the Mississippi would cut the Confederacy in two.
2
What lessons were learned after the First Battle of Bull Run?
Southern leadership was weak.
The fighting would be bloody and loooong!
The North had the advantage.
The fighting would end after one battle.
3
What battle is known as the bloodiest day in American history?
Shiloh
Antietam
First Bull Run
New Orleans
4
Who was the commander of the Union army that was fired after the Battle of Antietam?
Irvin McDowell
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
George Mead
5
Who resigned from the United States Army to serve the South?
PGT Beauregard
Thomas J. Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
6
In what state is New Orleans located?
South Carolina
Texas
Georgia
Louisiana
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What new technologies caused a dramatic increase in the death toll for both sides?
submarines
hot air balloons
ironclads
rifle and minie ball
8
Which of the following was NOT a border state?
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
9
What was one Southern strategy for winning the war?
Maintain control of the Mississippi River
Capture Washington, D.C.
Fight a defensive war until the North got tired of fighting
Blockade Boston harbor
10
What term describes the slave states that stayed in the Union?
Border states
Union states
Southern Union states
Union slave states
11
What was the South's greatest disadvantage?
Number of connecting railroads
Population
Number of farms
Number of factories
12
Who was the Union Admiral that captured New Orleans?
David Farragut
George McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Irvin McDowell
13
Which of the following battles was NOT a Union victory?
Battle of Antietam
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Shiloh
14
Why was the capture of New Orleans important to the North?
It stopped Southern cotton exports to Great Britain.
The victory stopped Lee from attacking the North.
New Orleans was the largest city and a major port
The Union gained control of the Mississippi
15
Where did the Battle of Shiloh occur?
Northern Virginia
Northern Mississippi
Southern Maryland
Southern Tennessee
16
What Southern city was chosen as the capital of the Confederacy?
Sharpsburg, MD
Atlanta, GA
Charleston, SC.
Richmond, VA
17
In what present day state was the Battle of Antietam fought?
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
18
Why did Lincoln like Ulysses S. Grant?
All of the soldiers liked him.
He was organized.
He did a good job training the army.
Lincoln said, "He fights!."
19
Where was the First Battle of Bull Run located?
Sharpsburg, MD
Gettysburg, PA
Manassas, VA
Vicksburg, MS
20
What was one Northern strategy for winning the war?
Fight a defensive war
Foreign aid from Great Britain
Attack Texas from the west
Naval blockade of Southern ports
21
Who stopped the Union advance at the First Battle of Bull Run by standing like a stone wall?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
PGT Beauregard
Thomas J. Jackson
22
What was the date of Lincoln's assassination?
April 25,1865
May 1, 2018
April 14, 1865
April 15,1865
23
General William Tecumseh Sherman
General who won battles for the Union all over the state of Florida
General who wanted to join the US with Canada
General who spoke over 20 languages and thought he could speak to animals
General who captured Atlanta and then cut the Confederacy in two
24
What important event happened in Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
Robert E. Lee surrendered
The capital city burned
The Emancipation Proclamation
The first major battle of the Civil War
25
What happened to start the Civil War?
The secession of South Carolina
The election of Abraham LIncoln
The formation of the Confederacy
The bombardment of Fort Sumter
26
Which battle stopped the South from invading Northern land early in the war?
New Orleans
First Bull Run
Antietam
Shiloh
