SS8H6b Test Review (Civil War)

Question 1

Which of the below was something that the South had in its favor at the start of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

better military leaders

Question 2

Which of the battles was at first a Confederate win, but ended up allowing the Union to regroup

Accepted Answer

Chickamauga

Question 3

How did the Confederate army slip in between Northern ships blocking southern ports?

Accepted Answer

Blockade Runners

Question 4

Which was the bloodiest total battle of the Civil War (can be multiple days)?

Accepted Answer

Gettyusburg

Question 5

The reason many northerners MOST LIKELY attacked the Emancipation Proclamation was because it

Accepted Answer

allowed some states to continue to use slave labor.

Question 6

What was the name for the Confederate strategy to get war supplies from Europe?

Accepted Answer

King Cotton Diplomacy

Question 7

Which was NOT a major reason for prisoners dying at Andersonville?

Accepted Answer

battlefield wounds

Question 8

Which city was the major railroad hub that Sherman wanted to capture on his march to the sea?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 9

Looking at assets on paper, who should have been able to easily and quickly win the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 10

About how many prisoners died at Andersonville in 1864?

Accepted Answer

13,000

Question 11

Grant and Sherman’s strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also

Accepted Answer

non-military citizens living in the South.

Question 12

Which battle was significant because the Union halted the South's invasion of the north?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 13

By what nickname was General Scott's strategy known? (Union Blockade)

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan

Question 14

The majority of Civil War deaths came as a result of

Accepted Answer

disease and infection.

Question 15

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender the Confederate Army to the Union in the Spring of 1865?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Va.

Question 16

What was the occasion for Lincoln to be delivering the Gettysburg address in November of 1863?

Accepted Answer

Cemetery dedication

Question 17

Which was the bloodiest ONE DAY battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 18

The Emancipation Proclamation was announced after the Battle of

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 19

What did General Sherman present to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in December of 1864?

Accepted Answer

Savannah

Question 20

Was there a way in the Emancipation Proclamation that would let Southern states keep slaves?

Accepted Answer

true

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