A Divided Nation (Civil War Basics)

Question 1

Many regular Army officers clung tenaciously to their posts, rather than ____________ to the southern military presence.

Accepted Answer

surrender their facilities

Question 2

The Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the ____, a group of 11 southern states who seceded.

Accepted Answer

Confederate States of America

Question 3

The Confederates had the advantage of the _______________ of the South and knew the land better than the North.

Accepted Answer

sheer massive size

Question 4

The Civil War began when Southern troops ___________________ Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

Accepted Answer

bombarded

Question 5

The Civil War was fought between the Northern and the Southern states from ___________________.

Accepted Answer

1861-1865

Question 6

Southern Zealot John Brown claimed that the federal government had no power to ________________.

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 7

When the southern states seceded from the Union, ______________ was still not a certainty.

Accepted Answer

war

Question 8

The issues of ____________________ divided the United States during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

slavery and central power

Question 9

The Confederacy learned of Lincoln’s plans to send help to the army generals and ________________ under threat of force.

Accepted Answer

demanded that the forts surrender

Question 10

Because the North had more resources and people, they seemed to be _______ than the South.

Accepted Answer

much more powerful

Question 11

The North had more ___________________ than the South.

Accepted Answer

men and war materials

Question 12

President Abraham Lincoln refused to _________________ and the Civil War erupted in the spring of 1861.

Accepted Answer

recognize the southern states as an independent nation

Question 13

On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was shot by assassin John Wilkes Booth, a ___________. Abraham Lincoln died the next morning.

Accepted Answer

southern sympathizer

Question 14

In the northern states, ________largely drove the economy.

Accepted Answer

industry

Question 15

About ________ people lived in the North and 9 million people (nearly 4 million of whom were slaves) lived in the South.

Accepted Answer

22 million

Question 16

On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the _____________ across the country.

Accepted Answer

eventual freedom of slaves

Question 17

___________________ was the President of the United States during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 18

The Civil War was a conflict that still has _______________ on today’s America.

Accepted Answer

influences

Question 19

Which states were NOT part of the Confederate States aka "The South?"

Accepted Answer

New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maryland

Question 20

Chattel slavery formed the backbone of the largely agrarian (agriculture/farming based) ______________ economy.

Accepted Answer

southern

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