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Civil War Pre-test
Civil War Pre-test
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Civil war review
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1
How many people died at Ft Sumter?
6000
1000
2500
none
2
What battle officially started the Civil War?
Antietam
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Ft Sumter
3
What was another name for the South?
The Redcoats
The Union
The Patriots
The Confederacy
4
Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
George Washington
5
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Aaron Burr
James Earl Ray
6
Who was a famous general for the North?
George Patton
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
7
What was the original plot against Abraham Lincoln?
kidnap his wife and hold for ransom
assassinate him
kidnap and hold for ransom
blackmail him into surrender
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Which state was the first to secede (or leave the union)?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Missouri
Georgia
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Who was a famous general for the South?
William Sherman
Robert E Lee
George Washington
Ulysses S Grant
10
What was another name for the North?
The Union
The Patriots
The Confederacy
The Redcoats
11
What invention helped Lincoln and generals stay up to date on the war?
telegraph
hot air balloons
railroad
telephone
12
What pivotal battle allowed the North to secure the Mississippi River?
Sherman's March
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Antietam
13
The Fugitive Slave Act:
allowed runaway slaves to be returned to their owners
allowed slaves to be free
freed all slave in the rebelling states
14
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
James Madison
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
15
What battle is known as the bloodiest one day battle during the Civil War?
Sherman's March
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Antietam
16
Who was Dred Scott?
slave who sued for his freedom
abolitionist
conductor on the Underground Railroad
17
Why did the plot against Lincoln change?
it didn't change
Booth's buddies didn't cooperate
Lincoln found out the plan
the war ended
18
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Antietam
Vickburg
Shiloh
Gettysburg
19
Where did Lee surrender to Grant--ending the Civil War?
Ford's Theater
Ft Sumter
Appomattox Courthouse
Washington DC
20
What years did the Civil War take place?
1861-1865
1840-1845
1900-1904
1914-1918
21
Who believed in 'total war' and cut a pat of destruction 60 miles wide?
Ulysses S Grant
Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
Robert E Lee
22
In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered as a slave state & ______ entered as a free state.
Maine
Arkansas
California
Texas
23
Which of these is not true about Harriet Tubman?
She was a spy during the Civil War
She freed over 500 slaves
She lived to be 93
She was a part of the Underground Railroad
24
Four score and seven years ago... starts what famous speech?
Gettysburg Address
Give me Liberty or give me death
Emancipation Proclamation
I have a Dream
25
What decree freed all slaves in rebelling states?
Abolition Announcement
Emanicipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Treaty of Paris
