Civil War Review

Question 1

Who was the president of the United States of America during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Waging war on not only soldiers, but also civilians by destroying their property.

Accepted Answer

Total War

Question 3

Emancipation Proclamations freed all the slaves when it was issued.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What is your right to appear in court for a judge to determine if you are lawfully imprisoned?

Accepted Answer

habeas corpus

Question 5

Bloodiest day of the war

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam

Question 6

Plan to strangle South by cutting off Mississippi, blockading coast, and pushing South w/troops

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan

Question 7

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 8

What was the war fought for at its heart?

Accepted Answer

Future of slavery in US

Question 9

What is it when trade of a certain product is prohibited?

Accepted Answer

embargo

Question 10

What was President Lincoln's reason(s) for making the war about freeing the slaves?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 11

Musket balls shattered bones, often leading to _______.

Accepted Answer

Amputations

Question 12

To get enough troops, both sides had to use a:

Accepted Answer

military draft

Question 13

Northern Democrats that did not want to fight the South were called?

Accepted Answer

Copperheads

Question 14

Another name for the South during the war was the:

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 15

More than 3,000 served in this role during the war

Accepted Answer

Nurse

Question 16

Speech delivered after the war's bloodiest battle.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 17

What crop was essential to the Southern economy?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Question 18

How were rifles more deadly than muskets?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 19

Women were better at this role because they were not suspected as much as men.

Accepted Answer

Spy

Question 20

North tried to cut off supplies of the South by using a _____.

Accepted Answer

blockade

Question 21

"Rich man's war, but a _______"

Accepted Answer

Poor man's fight

Question 22

How could a person get out of the draft?

Accepted Answer

Pay a fee, Hire a replacement

Question 23

Turning point of the war

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 24

Whose property did the war start and end on?

Accepted Answer

Wilmer McLean

Question 25

Poor hygiene killed more soldiers than battle

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What advantage(s) did the South have over the North?

Accepted Answer

Knowledge of terrain, Better Generals

Question 27

Decree that called for freeing slaves, giving the North a moral cause to fight for.

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 28

First major battle of the war

Accepted Answer

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 29

What did soldiers do in camp to pass the time?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 30

A person who wanted to end slavery was called a _______.

Accepted Answer

Abolitionist

Question 31

Policy of Total War used to burn the South

Accepted Answer

Sherman's March to the Sea\

Question 32

What advantage(s) did the North have over the South?

Accepted Answer

Manufacturing Economy, Better weapons and technology

Question 33

Another name for the North during the war was the:

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 34

400 women served on both sides of the war as soldiers

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Who was a former slave that became one of the most influential abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 36

The war ended at this spot.

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court Houst

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