Civil War Review Quiz

A serious weakness of the South was that it had...

What was the name of the Union's plan for victory called?

General Grant planned to end the war by...

T/F: Emancipate means to free enslaved African Americans.

Who was the President of the Union?

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln once again said that his main goal was...

T/F: A depression happens when there is a rise in prices caused by a decrease in the value of money

What happened as a result to the Emancipation Proclamation?

Who was the commander of the Union Army of the Potomac?

Who was the commander of the Confederate Army?

People who are not apart of the army.

T/F: Sum tax is a tax on what a person earns.

Rule by army instead of elected government.

What color uniforms did the Confederates and Union soldiers wear?

A military blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender.

Slave holding states that stayed in the Union once the war started.

T/F: Profiteers are people who overcharge for goods the government needs desperately for war.

Why did the tide of the war slowly turn in favor of the Union?

The belief that one race is superior to another.

What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

To cut off supplies to a region or area.

T/F: Iron-clad ships were made out of wood.

To destroy all food and equipment that might be useful to the enemy.

At the START of the war, the Union had all the following goal EXCEPT...

T/F: Copperheads were northerners who wanted to work out a compromise with the South.

What victory did President Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Which of the following was a serious weakness of the North?

The Civil War helped the northern economy by...

T/F: Habeas Corpus is having the right to have charges filed or a hearing before goingt to jail.

T/F: One of the South's problems during the war was poor military leadership.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?

To deny the same rights and treatment of others.

The North and South both passed draft laws because...

How did the South plan to win the Civil War?

T/F: The Confederacy had a difficulty collecting taxes from the states because of the issue of states' rights.

Lincoln had trouble finding good generals for the Union army because...

A law that required men to serve in the military if called upon.

Which of the following WASN'T an advantage the North enjoyed at the beginning of the war?

T/F: Grant surrenders to Lee, which ends the Civil War.

Who was the President of the Confederate of States?